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Cold weather can keep you from savoring the wholesome taste and nutrition of homegrown leafy greens – but it doesn’t have to just yet! Many of your favorites can be grown well into the fall. There’s an added incentive in that the cold actually sweetens and enhances the vegetables’ flavor. Keen on growing leafy greens Read More 
We planted kale at the research farm on the 30th both in containers and in beds. We chose a handful of varieties – Red Russian, Siberian, Lacinto and Dwarf Curly Scotch. I attended a vegetable trial this summer, and learned that there are two traditional kale planting times; a summer planting and a winter planting. Read More 
Just a quick update on my own garden at home – I shared a few photos of my garden earlier in the season, and I’m really pleased with how things are coming along. I hope to show more progression and (hopefully) capture my harvest as well as the summer goes on. Below are my Stonehead Read More 
Craig here – I thought I’d share some progress shots of my garden as a whole. My early-planted kales, cabbages, and other cole crops are doing well. Salads have jumped up due to the rain and heat! I’ll be harvesting this mix soon – how are your lettuce and cole crops doing? Mixed Kales 
The Cardboard Garden is a test picked up from gardeners in England that use cardboard laid down first and mounded with compost and soil. This is to help avoid weeds and eliminates the need to roto-till, which wreaks havoc with soil life. For the soil, I used recycled nursery media. The test is planted Read More |
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