Tag: vegetables

UNITED STATES—The difficult part will be removing the aging warm season vegetable plants while they are still trying to produce. That is one of...

UNITED STATES—Right smack in the middle of the warm part of summer, it is already time to be getting ready for autumn gardening. This...

UNITED STATES—A south or west facing fence is a perfect place to grow pole beans. Twine can be strung in a zig-zag pattern between...

UNITED STATES—Every year at about this time, there is the same concern that it is too early to put summer or warm season vegetables...

UNITED STATES—There is likely no other fruit that gets wasted quite like pumpkins. Almost all get hollowed and carved into jack-o -'lanterns, illuminated from...

UNITED STATES—It is getting close to one of those two unpleasant times of year for the vegetable garden. It happened last spring, and it...

UNITED STATES—Gardening requires planning. There is always planning. The vegetables that are getting harvested now are developing mostly on plants that were put out...

UNITED STATES—Considering that some of the winter squash can last right through winter and into spring, there really is a squash for every season....

UNITED STATES—The calendar does not always agree with the weather. It really is about time to start replacing aging cool season vegetable plants with...

UNITED STATES—Last week we kicked off the New Year talking about the importance of all things fruit-based. I mean it is the New Year...

UNITED STATES—The difficult part is pulling up the warm season vegetable plants while they still seem to be productive. It gets much easier after...

UNITED STATES—Things might have gone better for Cinderella if she had taken a Buick to the ball instead of that detrimentally punctual pumpkin coach....

UNITED STATES—For quite some time I have been thinking about going vegan. On occasion, I have actually done it, where I would completely give...

UNITED STATES—Most of us have been through it—the dreaded “picky eater” stage, when we declared our hatred for certain foods, exasperating our parents and...

UNITED STATES—I’ve been to my fair share of barbecues over the years. During my childhood, they involved burgers on the beach, hot dogs at...

UNITED STATES—I know I don’t drink enough water. Some of my friends track the amount of water they consume every day, making sure to...

UNITED STATES—After months of rain and relentless winds, spring is here, and summer is fast approaching. In Los Angeles, this means the arrival of...

UNITED STATES—If there are any cool season vegetables left in the garden, they should probably be harvested pretty soon. If left too much longer,...

UNITED STATES—Vegetables are annuals too, just like the flowering bedding plants that get replaced seasonally. Some are technically biennials, and a few might even...

UNITED STATES—'Zucchini' is Italian for 'little squash.' They certainly can grow to become big squash, but by then, they do not taste so good....