Gardener's Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden, Sample Chapter

Sample Chapter – Gardeners Guide to Growing Beets

Beets are propagated by planting seeds. The beet seed is what botanists call a multi-germ seed. This is because the “seed,” is actually two or three seeds attached to each other. This happens because beet flowers occur in a cluster and the petals of two or more flowers fuse together as the seeds mature. The result is the multi-germ seed that the gardener plants. Most of the time, both seeds germinate together, resulting in two, or even three, seedlings occupying the spot where one seedling should be. For this reason, the gardener needs to thin the seedlings to give the plants more room to grow. The thinned seedlings may be added to a salad, so they do not go to waste. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Gardeners Guide to Growing Beets

Gardener's Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden

Gardener’s Guide to Growing Beets

Beets are one of the most popular vegetables to grow in the garden. Vegetable gardening is a valuable way to … Continue reading Gardener’s Guide to Growing Beets

Abe's Beer Garden, Gardener's Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden

Potatoes and Onions

Potatoes and Onions Onions and potatoes are two important crops grown in Abe’s Beer Garden each year. Potatoes, of course, … Continue reading Potatoes and Onions

Abe's Beer Garden, Gardener's Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden

This Week in Abe’s Beer Garden – Cauliflower

I have four plants which I planted in the greenhouse and one out in the garden. I planted the ones in the greenhouse back in late February. I have harvested three of the heads on the greenhouse so far with the fourth still developing. Continue reading This Week in Abe’s Beer Garden – Cauliflower

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Planting Potatoes

In February I began planting potato chits in 3″ pots. A potato chit is a sprout that has developed on the skin of the potato. I cut off the chits as we used the potatoes for other purposes and laid them in a 4″ saucer to form a callus. The photo below is a potato chit ready for planting. Continue reading Planting Potatoes

Gardener's Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden, Sample Chapter

Sample Chapter – Arugula

Harvested as a food crop at least since the Sixth Century, BC, arugula has a long history. Originating in the Mediterranean area, arugula had the reputation of being a sexual stimulant. This reputation was so strong that growing it in monasteries during the Middle Ages was forbidden. Many writers at the time recommended mixing it with lettuce to lessen the aphrodisiac effect. Arugula also found use as an anesthetic. Traditionally, people gathered arugula from the wild or home gardens to add to their salads. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Arugula

Book Series, Box Set, Gardener's Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden

Gardener’s Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden

The garden vegetable series Gardener’s Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden includes many of the most common vegetables grown in the home vegetable garden. The books relate to the gardener complete growing, culture, botanical, harvesting and storage information. Great for veteran or beginning gardeners the series is written for gardeners by a gardener. Continue reading Gardener’s Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden