If you are planning to plant carrots this season, you should consider growing them in a raised bed. It helps you provide the perfect soil condition to grow carrots at their full potential. The deep and loose soil along with consistent moisture encourages them to grow long and straight roots with a satisfying crunch and …
Allium cepa is the scientific name for the onion, a member of the Amaryllidaceae family. It is simplest to produce onions from bulbs, however, seeds may also be used. Onions are a vital food crop in many countries throughout the globe. Onion seed quality is affected by several variables, including environmental circumstances during the mother …
Nothing beats the taste of fresh onion right from your garden. They are a sight to behold, whether they’re the slender green ones in your salad or the big juicy slice on your burger. You can easily grow onions at home using its seeds. Onion seeds are quite easy to produce and gather. The only …
One of the most popular vegetables to grow in your garden is carrot. However, when you harvest carrots, you wouldn’t find any seeds neither on the plant nor in the carrots. Here, the question arises, where do carrot seeds come from? The answer to this question is that carrot seeds come from the flowers on …
Not attractive enough to win the second glance of customers in grocery stores, parsnips are often underrated. It’s no wonder that their brighter cousins, carrots, take all the spotlight. If you’ve ever noticed pale root vegetables, similar in shape to carrots on the vegetable aisles, those are the ones we’re talking about. They’re called parsnips. …
Green onions and chives are two alliums that will often confuse you. Though they might look the same at first glance, the flavors, smell and texture are different. Knowing the differences between the two can help you explore new flavors and aromas for your dishes. Also, when a recipe includes chives or green onions, you …
Clay soil can be downright frustrating for gardeners. Sticky gunk when wet and rock hard and cracked when dry, clay soil isn’t the perfect soil for most vegetables. Because clay soil has low porosity and is very dense, the weak roots of most vegetables have a hard time finding their way through the soil layers. …
So you have some spring onions in your garden and are wondering what they’ll grow up to be. When is the right time to harvest them? Is it any good waiting for them to bulb up, or can you harvest them in spring once the shoots are tall enough? Do spring onions grow into onions? …
Onions are a great vegetable to include in your vegetable garden. Seeds are cheap and there are a large number of delicious varieties available. Home-grown onions are a real treat and a basic kitchen ingredient. If like me you grow onions you will at some point get a few undersized onions. Nothing is worse than …
Onion, also called common onion or bulb onion belongs to the genus allium and is one of the most widely cultivated vegetables on the planet. Though you can’t imagine cooking without onions, have you ever stopped to wonder where an onion comes from? How do onions reproduce? Continue reading, and you’ll learn all about how …
