Okay, there’s really no vegetable called Mock Broccoli that you’ll find in any seed catalog or gardening book. I made the name up, but it perfectly describes the edible seed stalks that you can harvest right now from your raised bed of spring greens.

If you enjoy eating fresh peas but aren’t crazy about the idea of picking and shelling bushels of pea pods, then sugar snap peas may be the perfect vegetable to plant in your home garden. Sugar Snap Peas are delicious and just as easy to grow but eliminate the effort required to shell and prepare the peas for cooking.

Edamame is a nutritious vegetable that’s popular with commercial farmers, but hasn’t caught on with the home gardener. That’s unfortunate because edamame, more commonly known as green soybeans, are easier to grow and more productive than the popular lima beans found in many backyard gardens.
Reasons to Grow Edamame in the Home Garden
Soybeans are touted for their [...]

Kohlrabi is definitely a strange looking vegetable. It’s difficult to describe, so rather than try I’ll just attach a picture below. You’ll see what I mean; it looks like a baseball on a stem with leaves growing out of the top.
As unusual as kohlrabi looks, it’s very attractive and the purple color provides an ornamental accent to [...]

Winter Vegetables are the cold hardy varieties that don’t flinch at the arrival of fall frosts, and have no problem withstanding a moderate amount of freezing weather. In fact, some winter vegetables can survive to enjoy the warmth of spring and continue producing harvests for the crafty gardener.
Here’s a list of my favorite cold hardy [...]

If you enjoy growing vegetables but have never delved into fall gardening, it’s time to add a new adventure to your list of accomplishments. Fortunately, I think that you’ll discover that planting a fall garden is even easier than gardening during the summer.
The Joy of Fall Vegetable Gardening
It’s the middle of October here in South [...]

Brussels Sprouts can be a challenging crop for production in the home garden. They require a very long growing season, are heavy feeders, and can be tempermental when it’s time to produce sprouts for harvesting. On a positive note, they are extremely nutritious, unbothered by most insect pests, and your home grown sprouts will provide [...]

A dozen of Kenny Point’s favorite gourmet vegetable varieties:

Brussels sprouts ‘Rubine.’ Red sprouts and red-tinged leaves and stems.
Cabbage ‘Early Jersey Wakefield.’ Tender and gets pointed heads.
Kale ‘Lacinato.’ Tall, slender kale with savoy, dark-blue leaves.
Potato ‘Russian Banana.’ Yellow-fleshed fingerling type with excellent flavor.
Bean ‘Royalty Purple Pod.’ Bush bean with purple pods.
Pepper ‘Marconi.’ Produces large, elongated fruits [...]