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7 Vegetables with the Largest Harvest

7 Vegetables with the Largest Harvest

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener If you have a limited growing area this season, or if you simply want more produce from every square foot of plantable space, here...

7 Vegetables with the Largest Harvest

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener If you have a limited growing area this season, or if you simply want more produce from every square foot of plantable space, here...

Winter Squash Guide

Winter Squash Guide

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

What a diverse and versatile vegetable! From tender, green, white, and yellow summer squash to even more varied colors of winter squash with thick rinds and stringy interiors, there is...

Winter Squash Guide

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

What a diverse and versatile vegetable! From tender, green, white, and yellow summer squash to even more varied colors of winter squash with thick rinds and stringy interiors, there is...

Summer Squash Guide

Summer Squash Guide

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

What a diverse and versatile vegetable! From tender, green, white, and yellow summer squash to even more varied colors of winter squash with thick rinds and stringy interiors, there is...

Summer Squash Guide

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

What a diverse and versatile vegetable! From tender, green, white, and yellow summer squash to even more varied colors of winter squash with thick rinds and stringy interiors, there is...

Growing Better Okra

Growing Better Okra

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Okra is grown for its long, pointed seed pods, which are used in stews, gumbos and soups. Okra is in the same family as cotton, hollyhocks and hibiscus. This edible...

Growing Better Okra

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Okra is grown for its long, pointed seed pods, which are used in stews, gumbos and soups. Okra is in the same family as cotton, hollyhocks and hibiscus. This edible...

Onions – the Tasty Bulb

Onions – the Tasty Bulb

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Onions are edible bulbs. They are members of the alluim family, along with chives, garlic, leeks and shallots. Onion bulbs are round or oblong and are composed of concentric layers....

Onions – the Tasty Bulb

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Onions are edible bulbs. They are members of the alluim family, along with chives, garlic, leeks and shallots. Onion bulbs are round or oblong and are composed of concentric layers....

Cucumbers in Vining Abundance

Cucumbers in Vining Abundance

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Cucumbers just aren't the same bought from the grocery store wrapped in plastic and coated in wax to shine it up. This crunch garden delicacy is so much more, with...

Cucumbers in Vining Abundance

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Cucumbers just aren't the same bought from the grocery store wrapped in plastic and coated in wax to shine it up. This crunch garden delicacy is so much more, with...