Vegetables Archives - Growing With Plants

It’s Spring! Planting and Sowing, Planning and Growing

May 9, 2017

Sturdy Celtuce and beetroot seedlings ready for transplanting were started in the greenhouse and set into the cold frame for a couple of weeks…

How to Grow and Force Perfect Belgian Endive

April 4, 2017

Step-by-step guide on how-to raise and force your own Belgian Endive from seed in your home garden. Since I have bit more time while…

Preserving Summer – Heirloom Tomatoes

September 14, 2014

Tomatoes seem to know when they should ripen – and it’s never at a convenient time. I’ve been traveling for the past three weeks…

How to grow the healthiest tomatoes

June 12, 2013

My tomato seedlings are strong and have good root growth, thanks to my new fertilizer which is lower in nitrogen, and rich with micro…

Planting Celery and Artichokes

May 8, 2013

Home grown celery that will be comparable to commercial farm-raised celery is not an easy task for anyone, but with some weekly care (…

HOW TO GROW AND COOK CARDOON

February 17, 2013

I found cardoons at my local market – a relative of the Artichoke, the stems are cooked and eaten and they have the same…

HOW TO GROW ARTICHOKES FROM SEED AND HARVEST IN ONE YEAR

January 20, 2013

Artichoke seed must be sown early, and mid to late January sowings result in plants large enough to endure the neccessary cold ‘vernalization’ temperatures…

The Winter Harvest Garden

December 3, 2012

CHINESE CABBAGE AND NAPA CABBAGE STILL BEING PICKED ON THIS SNOWY, FRIST WEEK OF DECEMBER IN OUR RAISED BEDS WITH NOTHIN MORE THAN A…

Late Autumn Vegetable Harvest

October 29, 2012

Organic Chinese Cabbage ‘Minuet’ (F1) is a fast growing mini variety which is best grown as a fall crop in the north. As the…

My Convincing Argument – Grafted Tomatoes Prove That Their Worth It

August 20, 2012

MASSIVE FLOWER TRUSSES ON A GRAFTED SWEET 100 TOMATO PLANT – 7 FEET TALL, AND NO SIGN OF FALL BLIGHT – ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I…