City Gardening

a gardening journal by Lorraine Flanigan

Archives for the ‘Veggies & Herbs’ Category

The Year of the Vegetable Gardening Book: City Farmer by Lorraine Johnson

By Lorraine • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Plants, Veggies & Herbs

Geared to city gardeners, Lorraine Johnson’s City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing will be available in April, 2010 — just in time to start sowing! Wanna know more? Read what Greystone publishers have to say about it.



The Year of the Vegetable Gardening Book: Incredible Edibles by Sonia Day

By Lorraine • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Plants, Veggies & Herbs

Another entry in the Year of the Vegetable Gardening Book, Sonia Day’s Incredible Edibles: 43 Fun Things to Grow in the City is sure to be packed with Sonia’s earthy advice. Her practical, no-nonsense approach to gardening means the pages of her latest book are bound to offer great growing advice for city gardeners.
 
 
 
 
 



7 of 12 Great Things I Found at Raleigh

By Lorraine • Oct 6th, 2009 • Category: Plants, Veggies & Herbs

7. Scuppernongs
For a gal who grew up with a grape vine in her backyard you’d think I’d know a grape when I see one, but scuppernongs had me scuppered. The size of ping-pong balls, these juicy fruits were nestled into pint-sized boxes lined up on the open shelves of more than a few vendors at [...]



Canada’s Food Rules!

By Lorraine • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: Veggies & Herbs

Just in the last week, I’ve attended two lectures on vegetable gardening, read innumerable blog posts about planting veggies and today, what do you think arrived in the mail? Doug Green’s Guide to Canadian Vegetable Gardening. For a dyed in the wool carnivore, all this talk about vegetable plots is a tad difficult to swallow. [...]