vegetables

Root vegetables – so called because the edible portion of the plant is the underground root – are harvested in late fall and cellared with the dirt still clinging to their flesh.

As winter approaches, the last of summer’s abundant greens start to droop and suffer from cool fall evenings. Fortunately, the season of root vegetables comes to the rescue.

In the blistering heat, gardening ain’t easy. But credit garlic with all kinds of restorative, intoxicating powers. By George Knowles

The longest day of the year arrives. The garden, sparsely populated a month ago, is full. By George Knowles

George Knowles values his vegetable gardening tools. He writes about “the tried and true friends that have stayed with me.”