Vegetables
Beetroot: from the seed cluster in the bed to the sand box in the cellar
Why several plants come up from one seed, why you should eat the leaves, and how to store beetroot in damp sand until spring.
#rote-bete#wurzelgemuese#lagern#anbau
Topics
Vegetables
From the first radish to the autumn harvest: growing, care and variety know-how for your vegetable beds.
54 postsVegetables
Planting and earthing up leeks: how the long white shaft grows
The long white shaft makes a good leek. How to plant leeks deep, earth them up right, and protect them from leek moth and onion fly with a net.
#porree#lauch#gemuese#anbau
Vegetables
Harvest lettuce all season: successional sowing makes the difference
Twenty heads at once and then nothing? How small batches and loose-leaf lettuce give you an even harvest from spring into autumn, and why lettuce will not germinate in high summer.
#salat#blattgemuese#aussaat#ernte
Vegetables
Bean variety: bush, pole, runner, broad and lima at a glance
Five bean types, five roles in the garden and the kitchen. Which bean goes in when, which one climbs, why they feed the soil and why you must never eat one raw.
#bohnen#huelsenfruechte#gemuese#selbstversorgung
Vegetables
Sweetcorn in the home garden: why you must plant it in a block
Fresh from the bed, sweetcorn is a revelation. Why wind pollination means planting in a block not a row, how to harvest full cobs and what the milk stage tells you.
#zuckermais#mais#gemuese#drei-schwestern
Vegetables
Squash types explained: Hokkaido, butternut, spaghetti squash and pattypan
Three botanical species, four kitchen types, and why you must never eat a bitter squash. Which squash is good for what, how to grow it and harvest it ripe.
#kuerbis#fruchtgemuese#sortenkunde#ernte
Vegetables
Growing cucumbers: salad or pickling, bitter-free and crisp
Salad or pickling cucumber, greenhouse or outdoors, and why a cucumber turns bitter. How to grow both types, train them up a support and harvest them crisp.
#gurken#fruchtgemuese#gewaechshaus#anbau
Vegetables
Pinching out tomatoes: when, why and on which plant never
Pinching out sounds like secret lore but takes thirty seconds per plant. Why only cordon tomatoes get it, how to spot the sucker, and when to hold back.
#tomaten#ausgeizen#fruchtgemuese#pflege
Vegetables
Zucchini: from choosing a variety to the harvest
Zucchini are one of the most rewarding vegetables you can grow, and a handful of plants will feed a whole family. From choosing a variety through starting seeds and planting out to the daily harvest at the height of summer: the whole journey, explained without rushing.
#gemuesegarten#zucchini#aussaat#ernte#hochsommer#anfaenger