Heirloom Vegetables
Heirloom vegetables are popular these days, but do you know what this term means and what varieties really are heirlooms? You can read more about this topic in this article…
Vegetables
It’s easy to grow fresh, nutritious and tasty vegetables in your own yard, community garden plot, or even in containers on a deck or patio. The University of Wisconsin – Madison Division of Extension offers home vegetable gardeners a tremendous number of resources to learn how to grow vegetables, as well as how to prevent and control diseases and insects. Browsing our publications and fact sheets will help you be successful in achieving a bountiful harvest.
Featured Vegetable Articles
Making and Using Compost in the Garden
Making your own compost is an easy, practical, and satisfying way to make use of yard waste and table scraps. With this publication, designed for the home gardener, you’ll be composting like a pro in no time!
Using Crop Rotation in Home Vegetable Garden
Crop rotation in the home vegetable garden involves changing the planting location of vegetables within the garden each season. Crop rotation is used to reduce damage from insect pests, to limit the development of vegetable diseases, and to manage soil fertility. Learn the basics in this factsheet.
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Articles
A Pepper for Every Pot
There’s a plethora of peppers out there, and they’re not all just for eating. USDA scientists are developing ornamental varieties (that are also edible), with two interesting varieties released in the last couple of years. Learn more about what’s going on in ornamental pepper development in this article…
Lettuce Shows
Why keep your vegetables in a back corner of the yard when they could add a little ornamental punch to your landscape? Lettuce is a great plant for adding interesting foliar color and texture to beds and containers as a foil for the plants with pretty flowers. Learn more about how to make a show of your lettuce in this article…
Kohlrabi, Brassica olearcea var. gongylodes
Looking somewhat like a space alien, kohlrabi is a member of the cabbage family that has a turnip-like enlargement of the stem above the soil surface. This cool-season vegetable has a flavor similar to turnip, and the bulbs are used raw or cooked like a turnip. To learn more about this exotic-looking vegetable, read this article…
Chioggia Beets
Beets are an easy crop to grow in the home garden, but they don’t have to be plain red. ‘Chioggia’ is an heirloom variety that is also called candystripe or bull’s eye beet for the colorful red and white rings seen in cross-section of the roots. These beets are often sweeter than other varieties, too/ To learn more about this interesting beet, read this article…
