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Try these Edible Perennials in Your Garden

September 27, 2010

The previous post examined reasons for including long-lived edibles in the vegetable garden. Today it’s time to identify some favorite vegetable perennials that will offer the same type of lasting benefits that flower and landscape gardeners love to take advantage of in their ornamental beds. Here is a partial listing of edible perennials; both vegetables [...]

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Coping with an Obsession over Globe Artichokes

April 23, 2010

In many areas growing globe artichokes is a bit of a stretch for the backyard gardener, but that doesn’t stop an increasing number, including myself, from trying their hand at cultivating this interesting gourmet vegetable crop. A previous article; “Growing Artichokes in Spite of Mother Nature” brought the following inquiry from a container gardening artichoke [...]

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Growing Artichokes in Spite of Mother Nature

February 23, 2008

“I want to grow artichokes this year up here in the Boston area. I have ordered the seeds and am wondering when to start them, when to transplant and if I will get any edible buds this season. Isn’t there a way to “fool” Mother Nature into thinking this is the second season?” – David P

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