Did you know that broccoli was invented by human beings? Not that it required cloning or chemicals or GMOs or such but if you start with wild kale and select traits you want, like larger, tastier flower buds you encourage it. And so on. Do this long enough and you’ll have broccoli. Or just drive […]
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I continue to do experiments with stretching the garden season to year-round. If I can grow greens continually, there will be no reason to freeze greens. My plans include adding more cold frames and perhaps a miniature hoop house. In addition to the kale and leeks and lettuce and spinach that made it through the […]
The rewards of the garden in October are multiple. There’s the accounting of the quantitative results, either in pounds of tomatoes or quarts canned. There’s an accounting of the qualitative results as well, either a given crop was good or not so good, a lot or a few, hardy or weak, tasty or bland. There […]