The Argonaut Winter Squash was planted this year in my garden and it did prove one thing, it does get to a large size. This was the first year growing it, will have to see if the taste is better or worse than the other winter squash grown.
Category Archives: Vegetables
Summer Coming To An End
Summer is winding down and the plants in the garden are showing the end is near. The Blood Butcher Corn grew to a tall height at maturity. The Amaranth Flowers are still persisting. No wonder it is called the forever flower. Too bad this grain crop isn’t planted all over Iowa. Would be funner to […]
Knee High By the Fourth of July
I am growing some Bloody Butcher Corn this year. As you can see, it is more than knee high by this Fourth of July.
Garlic Chives
Garlic Chives is very attractive to insects when it is flowering. A lot of bees spend time on them. We have divided them and have more plots of them that are full of flowers like this. The fast growing vines behind them are grapes.
Asparagus Beyond Perfection
What happens if all I grew was annual vegetables in my garden? I would not experience the pleasure of harvesting and eating the earliest veggie in my garden: Asparagus. Early to rise and a long harvest window gives me servings of it every day for weeks from April to June, and sometimes the asparagus spears […]