Posts Tagged: organic gardening
This last freeze destroyed the sweet potato vines (along with the remaining pepper, okra, and tomato plants) into slimy chords. That means only one thing: Time to get dirty. A few small potatoes came right out still attached to the vines. Some stuck up at top of the soil where I planted the slips. Mostly, … Read the rest →
Usually, when we buy a giant container of organic baby spinach (or any size for that matter), we expect to get the spinach that we paid for. That’s not unreasonable, right? So, I’m minding my business, wilting half of the spinach in a pan of olive oil, butter, and onion from the garden, and I … Read the rest →
Back when our zucchini plants looked like flourishing green plants, I was showing them off to one of my besties. I mentioned the male and female flowers, and she said, “What?” Oh, yes. Most squash-type plants have gender. Some of the flowers grow with the pollen (the male) and other grow with the veggie (female). … Read the rest →