by Lucy M. Clark | Dec 7, 2018 | Edible Gardens, Gardening Guides, Vegetables
“What’s up Doc?” are three words most famously attributed to Bugs Bunny, everyone’s favorite carrot lover. But did you know that Mel Blanc, the original voice actor of Bugs Bunny for nearly five decades, hated carrots? Initially, they tried to...
by Lucy M. Clark | Sep 13, 2018 | Gardening Guides, Vegetables
This favorite salad vegetable is, by scientific definition, actually a fruit. It grows from inside the yellow flower blossom and is filled with seeds. It is typically used, however, as a vegetable, adding savory spices and salt when preparing it. The cucumber is a...
by Lucy M. Clark | Sep 5, 2018 | Edible Gardens, Gardening Guides
A catnip plant is a perennial herb that is also known as catswort and catmint, because it’s a member of the mint family. Its notched triangular leaves and small flowers give this plant a distinctive appearance.Planting, Tending, and Using the Hardy Catnip PlantThe...
by Lucy M. Clark | Aug 8, 2018 | Edible Gardens, Gardening Guides
Stevia plant is a green herbal plant with a long history of uses dating back to the early 1500s. It was a discovery by Pedro Jaime Esteve, a Spanish physician and botanist. The people of South America, Brazil and Paraguay have used this plant they called “sweet herb”...
by Lucy M. Clark | Aug 6, 2018 | Edible Gardens, Gardening Guides
If you dream of a fresh Capreze salad sprinkled with ribbons of basil chiffonade, a tangy garlic, basil and pine nut pesto drizzled over penne pasta, or a grilled chicken Panini drenched in basil sauce, then you will love to know that you can grow your own stash of...
by Lucy M. Clark | Jul 20, 2018 | Edible Gardens, Gardening Guides
Growing asparagus goes as an easy-to-grow vegetable that requires careful planting, caring and harvesting. This delicious, perennial vegetable comes back year after year and great for raised beds. Find out the best DIY way for growing asparagus with this...
