Shallot, grow it from seed to harvest
Shallot is both easy to grow and delicious in cooking.
Shallot
Shallot is sometimes called for in recipes for its unique taste. The growing, though is nearly identical to that of onion. Guidelines.
25 Vegetables that resist drought and dry spells
“Climate change”. Hard to have a day go by when this phrase isn’t heard in a conversation. And, like it or not, seasons are changing: frost dates are shifting, winters get milder, summer heat waves strike stronger, drought becomes a thing where it previously never was…
Perennial vegetables: plant once, harvest for years!
This isn’t your typical veggie patch! Gardeners should definitely give perennial vegetables a try. Many kinds of vegetables can provide a harvest for several years.
Onions all year round
Fresh onions in spring, preserves in winter: plant onions in your vegetable patch to provide for year-round availability in the kitchen!
Shallot health benefits and therapeutic value
Shallot is a spice plant that offers many health benefits and significant therapeutic value.
Companion planting in the vegetable patch
Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate or protect each other. Other families tire each other out and make each other vulnerable. Companion planting is the art of pairing them well!
Alliums and Cancer, powerful and potent
They’re crisp and tasty and some may even bring you to tears when cooking… All for good reason!
Allium leaf-mining fly, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease
Appearing in eastern France in 2003, allium leaf-mining flies have continuously spread West and are today among the most devastating enemies of leek overall.
Onion fly, the reason why maggots are eating up your bulbs
A fly that is slightly larger than the common housefly, onion fly is a destructive pest for certain Alliaceae plants. Not only do they reproduce extremely fast, but the larvae trigger bulb rot and eat the bulbs out from the inside.
