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Seeds You Shouldn’t Start Indoors. Although most common herb, flower, and vegetable seeds can be started indoors, there are a few exceptions. Plants with vining stems or long tap roots can be ...
February marks the midpoint of winter, and with spring just over the horizon, many gardeners are dreaming of sunny days and dirty fingernails. A week before the last frost date, begin to “harden ...
Whether you’re a beginner gardener or a home chef who wants to grow your own ingredients, an herb garden is a great place to start. When it comes to edible plants, herbs are the easiest to grow ...
The etymology of the generic name Pastinaca is not known with certainty. The name may be derived from the Latin word pastino (or pastinare), meaning "to prepare the ground for planting of the vine" (or more simply, "to dig") or the Latin word pastus, meaning "food", liberally translated as "Earth-food".
The parsnip is native to Eurasia; it has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans, although some confusion exists between parsnips and carrots in the literature of the time. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival of cane sugar in Europe. [3] Parsnips are usually cooked but can also be eaten raw.
The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird, [1] is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. It is used for growing edible plants and often some medicinal plants, especially historically.
Apiaceae (/ eɪ p iː ˈ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers.
Cucumbers and squash can be used as living mulch, or green mulch, around tomato plants. The large leaves of these vining plants can help with soil moisture retention. [79] Turnips and rutabagas: Brassica rapa and Brassica napobrassica: Peas, [44] broccoli [32] Hairy vetch, peas [44] hedge mustard, knotweed: Turnips act as a trap crop for ...