Do you have a small garden? Make it do double-duty as a space for outdoor entertaining and growing edibles. Garden designer Susan Morrison is an expert on small space landscapes and she gave us quick design…
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Want to give some homegrown zip to your meals? Plant horseradish! Simple to grow and harvest, you’ll enjoy having your own fresh crop to eat and to share with friends. Tricia plants and harvests…
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February 17, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Want an easy edible that looks good too? Include rhubarb in your vegetable garden or your landscape, for brilliant color that the deer won’t bother. Perennial vegetables like rhubarb are such garden…
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Want to grow vegetables and take it easy? Perennial vegetables are the way to go. Supreme among the perennial vegetables is asparagus—plant it and then reap the benefits for up to 20 years.…
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November 17, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Artichokes are the new stars of the edible garden. Of course we all love to dip the chokes in butter, but artichoke plants also have great garden design elements with their dramatic height, spiky foliage,…
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November 17, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Want an easy to grow, unusual vegetable? Try Jerusalem artichokes. What is a Jerusalem artichoke? Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus) are really sunflowers with fat, edible roots. They’re…
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How can I find my USDA plant hardiness zone? Click on THIS LINK for the new 2012 USDA plant hardiness zone map. You can search it by zip code. Do you live in an area (like Nevada County) with varied terrain…
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Welcome to the Powdery Mildew edition of Stump the Gardening Stars. See how much you know about one of our least favorite fungi. True or false? 1. Overhead watering increases powdery mildew. 2. …
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This week we have some lovely, happy plants from the yard of our nursery manager. Check out those artichokes, and artfully trained hops. Scattered in I’ve included some fun pictures from market here…
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I just saw your planting artichoke crowns video. Trisha said the plant can grow to have a large spread, so why was she planting the crowns so close to the fence? I can understand supporting the height of the plant with the fence, but won’t the fence hinder one side of its growth? Can you trellis this kind of plant like an apple tree and just encourage lateral growth?
Thanks!
Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Says:
Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Gina, Sharp eyes! This was just a temporary planting for a demonstration. Artichokes can have a leaf spread of 6’ across.