Vegetable & Herb Videos
Veggies
I grow what I eat, therefore, I have gardens full of vegetables other than onions and shallots. As time permits, I will share more videos in this section.
Veggies I grow: asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, chard, cucumbers, eggplant, fennel, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, orach, pak choi, peas, potatoes (Austrian Crescent fingerlings, purple Magic Molly, russet, Yukon Gold), radishes, rhubarb, squash (acorn, butternut, yellow crook neck), tomatoes, zucchini.
Fruits: apples, currants, elderberries, pears, raspberries (black, golden and three types of red - Boyne, Heritage, Latham).
Herbs: basil, cat mint, cilantro/coriander, mullein, parsley.
Potatoes - planting through harvest - 2024 Season
Beets - harvesting and cooking - 2024 Season
Walking Onions - 2024 Season
Bunching Onions Umbels and Seeds - 2024 Season
Garlic Scapes - 2024 Season
Garlic Harvest - 2024 Season
Prepping Cured Garlic for Storage - 2024 Season
Harvesting and Prepping
Pak Choi - 2024 Season
Black Coat Runner Beans - 2024 Season
Harvesting and Prepping
Beans for Bean Soup - 2024 Season
Pic of canned beans from the video on left: quart jar, one cup dried beans (not soaked), water to one inch from top, pressure can for 90 minutes.
Growing Squash and Zucchini Vertically - 2024 Season
How I Plant My Cherry Tomatoes - 2024 Season
Cabbage Mid-Season Second Planting - 2024 Season
Herbs
Mullein
At this point mullein grows wild in my yard, and by that I mean I've stopped trying to control where it grows; it comes up wherever it wants. I usually find about 30 year-one plants in various places around the yard and in the gardens, and I cull all but 10, that way I know where the year-two plants will come up.
Mullein is an expectorant that helps the body expel excess mucus. I use it for respiratory ailments - lung and cough - to bring up mucus from the chest or throat. It is also an anti-inflammatory.
Leaves and flowers are dried and used in tea - 2 teaspoons mullein steeped in 1 cup boiled water for 15 minutes. Or the dried leaves and flowers can be steeped into an tincture/expectorant.