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Peppers are members of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family along with tomatoes, eggplants, and potatoes. They require a long season of warm-hot weather before maturing in 2-3 months.
Find a video and additional resources to have a food garden in Sonoma County with limited available water, with tips to scale planting to your family’s likes and needs, and apply water-wise strategies to your vegetable garden.
Brussels sprouts, a member of the Brassicaceae (cabbage) family, had their origins in the Mediterranean region but received their familiar name only after they were widely grown in Belgium. They do best in coastal regions where they are grown commercially in California.
Mint is wonderful in the garden as long as it is containedin a container! Planted in the ground, its creeping rhizomes take over, sending up many new stems, crowding out other plants, and becoming nearly impossible to eradicate.
Spinach can be one of the easiest crops to grow depending on the gardeners choice of planting times. It is fast-growing, short-lived, heat-sensitive, and dependent on adequate fertility.
CHIPPED BRANCH WOOD (CBW) By Master Gardeners Bernadette Nouel and Tommie Smith Contributors: Master Gardeners Debbie Platt, Guma and Janet Thorp What is Chipped Branch Wood (CBW)?
Cucumbers of many types and varieties grow easily in sunny gardens, producing bountiful crops for many weeks in summer. Choose varieties according to their growth habits and how you plan to use them. Pickling, slicing, long (English, Persian, Armenian, Asian), round (lemon).
Valued as a key ingredient in authentic Southern gumbo and other soups and stews, okra can also be roasted, pickled, dipped, or grilled. Despite being slow to evolve from seeding to fruiting, pods form repeatedly and quickly in late summer.
Green, gold, yellow, striped or round zucchini may be the most commonly grown summer squashes, but scalloped pattypan, straightneck, and crookneck are just as easy to include in the summer garden. Some are smooth-skinned others are bumpy; all have soft skin and can be eaten raw and unpeeled.
