Growing up, my mom had the most thriving garden in the entire neighborhood, and broccoli was her favorite. I still remember that day when she excitedly told me about little green broccoli heads forming in the garden, only to find them bolting a few days later. The look of disappointment and sadness on my mom’s…
Last summer, I spotted unsettling yellow discoloration on the cabbages in my backyard and felt a wave of anxiety wash over me. Frankly, it was more than just a pang of worry; it felt like the culmination of my hard work was slipping away into nothingness. Here’s the fun part though: this year’s harvest emerged…
Until the age of 14, I never knew peas plants offered flowers. I vividly remember walking into my mom’s vegetable garden and noticing the vertically growing pea plants blooming; to be honest, it shook my world. “But mom weren’t pea plants only for peas?”, I asked my mom with a surprised look on my face….
Although I personally never experimented with spinach in my vegetable garden due to the warm climate of the area I reside in, my mom, who actually lives in a different, cooler region, has had many conversations with me regarding this leafy green. She has a love-hate relationship with spinach. She loves it because it’s…well…spinach: the…
Back in my younger years, I had all the knowledge about plants and their varieties but little understanding of how to care for them. Juggling my first job and facing financial struggles, many of my early plantings died at the hands of neglect. If only I had known about drought-tolerant plants earlier, I could have…
While many would say the perfect red meat companion doesn’t exist, I believe it does – arugula. Even to this day, I grow arugula in my backyard specifically to enjoy its fresh, peppery flavor alongside my weekly steak. The most delicious greens, however, always come with trouble. Arugula can quickly invite harmful fungal raves and…