By Ira Wallace Warm weather and late April rains have our fall-planted crimson clover, winter rye, and Austrian winter peas growing like weeds and just starting to bloom. As an edible bonus, the winter peas gave an abundance of sweet pea shoots to add to salads all winter and spring. The bright red flowers of crimson … Continue reading Cover Crops for Great Green Manure, Mulch, and More
updated January 2025 Spring is the perfect time to start a Salad Garden. Start harvesting fast with our quick guide to cool-weather-loving, fast-growing salad crops for the spring garden. LETTUCE. In the summer and fall, starting lettuce seeds can be a struggle because the soil temperature is too high, but in early spring the seeds … Continue reading Grow a Fast Spring Salad Garden: The Quick Guide
by Ira Wallace Many gardeners are familiar with growing rhubarb from divisions or crowns, but if you want to start a large rhubarb patch quickly, without spending a lot, growing rhubarb from seed is the answer. The stems of rhubarb grown from seed will not all have that intense red color you might be used … Continue reading Growing Rhubarb from Seed