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 [...]

(From the Harrisburg Patriot-News, August 18, 2005)
Take one look at Kenny Point’s vegetable garden, and it’s obvious he’s doing something right. And different.
This suburban Lower Paxton Township back-yard garden is a far cry from the fairly typical vegetable garden you see this time of year – ones that have degenerated into ignored, sprawling, weed-infested, groundhog-chewed, [...]