vegetables from an italian garden

Vegetables from an Italian Garden

The Cook Book

Italian Vegetables

Food

“By 2050 there will be 9 billion people on the planet. We’ll have to produce more food in the next 50 years than all of mankind has produced in the last 10,000 years combined.”

Italians Love Food and other things

Italians Love Eating

Italians Love Vegetables

Sun in your Italian Garden

Location, location, location

The Right Soil

“A poor gardener grows weeds. A mediocre gardener grows crops. A good gardener

grows soil” --- Japanese proverb

Soil Drainage

Veggie Garden Design

Raised Bed Garden

On-Line Kitchen Garden Planner

Design your Own Garden

Your Kitchen Garden

Square Foot Garden

Permanent Raised Beds

Advantages

Elevated Raised Bed

Temporary Raised Beds

Lasagna Gardening

Laying Newspaper

Adding Compost

Spring Italian Vegetables

Mesclun Greens

Wild Greens

Agretti

Agretti Cooked

Spring Salad

Asparagus

Asparagus Hedge

White Beans and Asparagus

Broad Beans

Crimson Fava Beans

Favas, artichokes & peas

Broccoli Raab

Summer Italian Vegetables

Artichoke

Costoluto Genovese tomato

Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter

Tomato & Nettle Ravioli

Corno di Toro Pepper

Carmen Hybrid Pepper

Rosa Bianca eggplant

Eggplant Parmigiano

Tony's Spread

Cocozelle Courgette

Mint, Courgette, & Almond pesto

Florence Fennel

Fennel and Grapefruit Salad

Summer Garden Care

Organic Mulch

Animal Manures

Cow vs Horse

Fish Fertilizer

Worm Poop

Zoo Doo

Side Dressing Fertilizer

Succession Planting

Organic Insect & Disease Control

Diversity is Key

Crop Rotation

Encourage Beneficial Insects

Plant Resistant Plants

Mechanical Controls

Vegetable Garden Traps

Targeted Sprays

Fall Italian Vegetables

Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts and Chestnuts

Cardoon

Celeriac

Celeriac Roots

Radicchio

Celeriac and Radicchio Salad

Leeks

Leek, Potato and Cheese Bake

Scorzonero

Garlic

Ready to Mange!