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Learn about sweet potatoes, including how to plant and grow this vegetable. Listen to Podcast: podcast transcript How to Grow: Sweet Potato Now here’s a vegetable you normally don’t think of growing in the Northeast, but you actually can. Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a traditional Southern crop and need heat and a long season (up to 4 months) to form potatoes. However, with a few tricks, I’ve been able to grow good-sized sweet potatoes even in Vermont, so it is possible. The keys with growing sweet potatoes in our sometimes cool...

Learn about Jack O Lanterns, including how to plant and grow pumpkins. Listen to podcast: The leaves are dropping, the cold is coming, and it's time for carving pumpkin. But did you know that the first Jack-O'-Lantern was actually a turnip? The Irish story goes there was an unsavory character named Stingy Jack who tricked the devil into not claiming his soul. When Jack died the devil couldn't take him so he sent him off into the dark night to wander endlessly with only a piece of coal burning in a hollowed out turnip to light his way. He's...

Learn about gourds, including how to plant and grow them. Listen to podcast: It's one of the earliest plants domesticated by man and is grown around the world. We use it for a multitude of purposes, except eating. What is it? It's the gourd. Ornamental gourds originated in Asia thousands of years ago and have spread around the world. There are two types of this cucumber-family plant that are commonly grown; the decorative, or soft-shelled gourd and the larger, hard-shelled gourd. The soft-shelled gourds are those warty, odd-looking,...

Learn about planting vegetables for a fall harvest. Listen to podcast: I was planning on planting the vegetable garden in May or early June in our new home. I really was. But rain, work delays and mud stopped me in my tracks. But did that stop this intrepid veggie lover. No! My wife Wendy and I just planted a fall veggie garden last week and you can, too. While most lucky gardening souls are noshing on fresh tomatoes, squash, beans, and cucumbers, remember to make room for a fall garden. Many cool weather loving veggies thrive in September...