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BIG VEGETABLES – HOW DO THEY DO IT?

BIG VEGETABLES – HOW DO THEY DO IT?

Maybe you grow seven hundred pound pumpkins? Or maybe you are the gardener reported on by the BBC this week who raised a record breaking 50 pound cabbage in England. So my question is this: why bother? I want to grow mineralized,organic, pest-free food. But does it really need to be giant?

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How do gardener’s measure success?

How do gardener’s measure success?

It has never been important to me to measure my success in the garden. I’m not a farmer so I don’t make money based on pounds of peas grown. If I run out of something I can always buy it at the Farmer’s market or local store. But new gardeners want to know specifics. They want to know how much they can grow in a pot on their patio or in a straw-bale garden on their boulevard.

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