Harvesting of Vegetables: A - F
Harvesting vegetables may seem like a simple task. "You just pick them when they look right". However, the goal is to harvest vegetables when they are at their best - the most tender and sweetest. A number of vegetables if not picked at the ... [... more]
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The Cook's Encyclopedia of Vegetables
 The definitive vegetable cookbook: Excellent informational section detailing the history, nutrition, varieties, buying and storage, preparation, and cooking and serving of a wide range of vegetables, complete with color photos to aid in identification (a [... more]
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Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style
From Amazon.com: Since its 1991 publication, Viana La Place's Verdura has become a classic. And with good reason: Its 300 accessible recipes represent the best of the Italian approach to vegetable preparation, an earthy yet spirited technique that [... more]
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Growing Herbs and Vegetables: From Seed to Harvest
From Amazon.com: Sometimes reading like a botany class textbook, this volume is for gardeners who want to follow their plants from conception onward; it is also a great source for those wanting to start a nursery or catalogue seed business. Experts Terry [... more]
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Landscaping With Fruits And Vegetables
Great Reference: I ordered this book through Amazon.com because we are interested in using fruits and vegetables in landscaping. Actually, we just plain like to garden and eat. Landscaping is secondary. Fruit tree catalogues are very basic, and [... more]
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Red, White, and Greens: The Italian Way with Vegetables
From Amazon.com: For those who immediately associate Italian cooking with meatballs and red sauce, Faith Willinger has a treat. She has composed a cookbook of everyday, family Italian recipes that rely on vegetables and tradition. Each chapter features a [... more]
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Urban Eden: Grow Delicious Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs ...
What a breath of fresh air: Living in a small space with no bed to call my own I picked up this book and read it. It was wonderful! Lots of information on gardening specifically for the urban dweller. The photographs were wonderful, as was the writing. [... more]
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Vegetables
The long weekend in May is traditionally the time when Canada's gardens take off with a jump. Usually, the weekend serves as a guide as to when we can expect that the last spring frost has passed. Of course, there are no guarantees, and frosts ... [... more]
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Vegetables To Avoid
Each year seed companies promote new vegetable varieties. The "All-America selections" are well worth considering. They are new varieties that have been given awards for their superior characteristics. The selection trials for the awards are ... [... more]
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Harvesting of Vegetables: G - Z
The remainder of onions may be gathered as needed or when tops start to bend over and yellow. If they are still actively growing by the beginning of September, the tops should be bent over to start a bulb curing process. Onions should not be ... [... more]
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Reducing the Guesswork in Selecting Vegetables for Your ...
Reducing the Guesswork in Selecting Vegetables for Your Garden GardenLine / Vegetables / Reducing the Guesswork in Selecting Vegetables for Your Garden Every spring the new seed catalogues presents an overwhelming array of vegetable cultivars ... [... more]
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Warm Season Vegetables Go Undercover
GardenLine / Vegetables / Warm Season Vegetables Go Undercover The growing season in most of Saskatchewan is just too short for many garden favourites. The first fall frost usually catches heat-loving crops such as cantaloupes, watermelons, ... [... more]
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