With the addition of 4 new varieties last season—Bonita, Bush Porto Rico, Murasaki and O’Henry—you now have 9 different varieties to choose from, including our previous favorites: Beauregard, Centennial, Georgia Jet, Vardaman and White Yam. Now is the time to place your orders to insure that we will have the varieties you want. We begin […]
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Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas L.) are members of the bindweed plant family Convolvulaceae, which features the many varied types of ornamental plants we know as “morning glories.” Common or “Irish” potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are members of the nightshade plant family Solanaceae, which make them close cousins to other such common garden nightshade fruits and vegetables […]
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Don’t forget to place your order for onion plants NOW to make certain you have plenty to put out in the garden for a bountiful harvest of this versatile cuisine-seasoning “root crop” come fall. Although Seeds ‘n Such also offers an extensive selection of bulb onion seed varieties, seeds need to be planted in the […]
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Many of our gardeners now have garden plots under several inches of snow, so it may be difficult to think about getting the ground ready for planting. However, what better way to pass many dreary hours than preparing your seed beds while you await the promise of Spring and warmer weather? As temperatures begin to rise […]
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In less than two months, spring will officially arrive on our calendars, and the 2018 gardening season will begin in earnest! But there are plenty of ways we could be eating our own homegrown food right now with proper planning in late summer and early fall. In fact, wife Pat and I are still eating […]
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There’s another very special reason for growing and eating many of our cole crops, such as kale, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, which are also known as “cruciferous vegetables,” easily identified by their cross-like (crucifix)-shaped flowers. These “Superfoods” have become the latest trend in healthy eating, featured in medical research around the world as having a […]
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“Most botanists agree that our modern crucifers developed from wild plants that grow in the eastern Mediterranean region,” says Jo Robinson, author of Eating on the Wild Side, who researched nutritional data published worldwide for nine years to complete her book. “In nature, they are leafy greens without a crown or central head, much like […]
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Vani Deva Hari, who blogs as the Food Babe, is an American author and food activist, who promotes more nutritious—especially organically-grown—food choices in lieu of the typical highly processed foods offered by the conventional food industry. She started the Food Babe blog in 2011, and it received over 54 million views in 2014. Born in Charlotte, N.C., […]
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In a list of 10 Things About Kale Whether You Like It Or Not at the website www.enrichyourlifecoaching.com, we learn more about the special health benefits we’re missing by not including kale in our diets, and kale is just one of the many cruciferous vegetables we need to consider growing in our gardens. Our “10 […]
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