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It was a summer of zucchini, when vegetables became a threat. Each year it comes down to the same moment: When zucchini turns from a … Read more

A packet of seeds tells you they will be abundant, but it never says exactly how much you will get or when, in August for … Read more

Even though the pumpkin vine might appear to be doing great in late July; all leaves with no fruit; chances are, it’s not. You’ve planted … Read more

Until strawberry harvest day, plant looks like…a strawberry plant, with green foliage (until it’s not!). Then after harvest, there is nothing but vine. But how … Read more

If you stare at your pea patch and discover yourself looking at just a handful of plant. But intend to feed a family from it; … Read more

One potato goes in; maybe a meal’s worth of food will come out. That’s what we hope for when planting a seed potato. More often … Read more

Not to disappoint, but there’s a particular letdown when a jalapeno plant that was in good condition suddenly fails to set any more fruit. You’ve … Read more

When you plant bell peppers with great hope, what do you picture? Chances are you think: rows of full branches loaded down with shiny green … Read more

THERE’S A certain kind of panic I feel upon discovering that I’ve grown three plant of something in my green bean patch when what I … Read more

It starts with the number of seed packets, then ends with a stare down of a row that appears to have had a bad year. … Read more

The cucumbers is up on the vine in early summer, you see that first one, and then what? The plant works out the energy for … Read more