Resources Tagged: Garden Vegetables

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  1. Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden

    1978-01-01 You'll find everything you will need to know about each plant's growing habits, climatic needs, cultural requirements, soil and moisture preferences; extra carethat can produce a superior crop; harvestting and storing each vegetable, its value as a food and how to prepare and serve it. Sources of...
    Vegetable gardening Organic gardening Garden Vegetables

  2. Growing Your Own Food: A Save the Children Action Project

    1980-01-01 This publication reports on Save the Children's garden project which was initiated in order to demonstrate to the field coordinators, as well as other program personnel, that health and nutrition are closely related and that individual home gardens can make the difference between an inadequate...
    Children's Gardens Gardening Vegetable gardening Garden Vegetables

  3. Blue Corn & Square Tomatoes: Unusual Facts About Common Vegetables

    1987-01-01 Describes the history of tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, eggplants, peas, beans, lettuce, celery, carrots, radishes, beets, pumpkins, cucumbers, melon, and corn.
    Vegetables Vegetable gardening Garden Vegetables

  4. Homegardens with traditional African vegetables to increase the consumption of nutrient dense vegetables and improve income generation for men and women - lessons from East Africa

    Session:WorldVeg has implemented a project funded by USAID on scaling home gardens with traditional African vegetables to improve nutrition of young women and small children, and enhance incomes. The session will focus on the diversity of species being produced, the choices of adoption of good...
    Garden Vegetables East Africa

  5. Leek

    Leeks are a close biennial relative of both onion and garlic, but do not form bulbs. Leaves are flat and large, when cooked they are milder in taste than onions, and are mainly used in soups and similar dishes.
    Garden Vegetables Root Crops

  6. Summer Squash

    Summer Squashes are distinctive from all other squashes because they are eaten when they are immature. They grow on either vines or bushes with large leaves that are hairy underneath. They have smooth, edible skin, flesh that varies from light to dark green or yellow, and seeds that are soft and...
    Squash and Gourds ... Garden Vegetables

  7. Wax Gourd

    Wax gourds are vining plants that produce large, round wax-covered fruits. Originally from Southeast Asia, the species is grown in many lowland tropical environments up to 1,300 m in elevation. The long vines may be trained along trellises or up buildings where they produce fruit. Fruits are...
    Squash and Gourds ... Garden Vegetables

  8. Tropical Pumpkin

    The Tropical Pumpkin originated in tropical South or Central America, possibly Peru or Mexico, and is now widely distributed throughout the tropics. Tropicalpumpkins are very well adapted to hot, humid conditions and the ripe fruits can be stored for months or even a year under dry well...
    Squash and Gourds ... Garden Vegetables

  9. Tahitian Butternut

    This winter squash has been cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas since Pre-Colombian times. Evidence of its use has been found in archeological diggings. It is a very old variety not often available through seed companies.
    Squash and Gourds ... Garden Vegetables

  10. Italian Edible Gourd/Cucuzzi

    This Italian edible gourdis a cucurbit vine that climbs and has large long-stalked leaves forming a canopy over the flowers and fruits. The fruit islight greenand smooth-skinned. Fruit shape varies but usually is long and cylindrical,up to 1 m in length and 8 cmin diameter. The fruit is harvested...
    Squash and Gourds ... Garden Vegetables