In this small section of young leaf-vegetables, they enjoy the rain and mild temperatures. Getting off to a late start this season, these leaf-vegetables should reach maturity in several weeks. Writer: Tom Myrick If you would like to be a part of Urban Gardening’s mission of encouraging and sharing information about vegetable gardening throughout the…

Planted back in March, these young sugar snaps have survived the extreme weather fluctuations here this spring. Sugar snaps have a sweet, edible pod and are referred to as ‘garden candy’. Writer: Tom Myrick If you would like to be a part of Urban Gardening’s mission of encouraging and sharing information about vegetable gardening throughout…

After seeing this hack online, we put it to the test here at the Veggie-Bed. These mature spring onions were grown from scrap roots, and we are letting them flower to produce seeds. The seeds will be for sowing next season and hopefully adapt to our soil and climate conditions. Writer: Tom Myrick If you…

Started indoors from seeds back in February, these red kale plants were the first plants to go into the ground this season. Once fully grown, they will provide abundant fresh leaf vegetables for a household of four throughout this season. We planted them in the section where beans were grown last year. This practice is…

We had a hectic morning here at the Veggie-Bed cleaning up our neglected garden. The first order of business was to pick all the ripe vegetables. Later this afternoon, any plant with signs of infestation or disease will be removed and placed in the trash. Writer: Tom Myrick If you would like to be a…

Click on embedded links for more information These four young Dixie Hybrid squash plants are ready for us to plant out in the garden. We started them in the germination incubator and later moved them to the greenhouse, where they continue to develop. A yellow crookneck summer squash, Dixie Hybrid yields much fruit throughout the…