Garden Science

Oct 18, 20202 min read

A Midsummer Garden Microenvironment

In the microcosm of your garden it's easy to feel like your actions have no impact on the "environment at large." Conversations about...

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Oct 18, 20203 min read

What Do Car Radiators and Winter Carrots Have in Common?

Why are winter vegetables the sweetest? I've always wondered if fresh vegetables in the winter are sweeter because they are a little more...

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Oct 18, 20204 min read

Roots, Rhizomes, Rhizobia, and the Subterranean Ecosystem

Hey there! What a week it has been, with an even bigger one coming up… I’m in the process of trying to pin down a research topic for my...

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Oct 18, 20204 min read

Seeds in the Wild

As a cut flower lover and future vegetable breeder (grad school starts next week folks) I mostly find myself focused on how human food...

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Oct 18, 20202 min read

Pigment Exploration: Putting Color Under the Microscope

Last time you heard from me, I was gushing over the amazing colors of my salad veggies. (Haven’t read my last post? Check in out here:...

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Oct 18, 20204 min read

My Kale Bolted, Now What?

Bolting in overwintered vegetables: If you’ve ever grown kale, broccoli, cabbage or any of the Brassica genus in your garden, and let...

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Oct 18, 20203 min read

The Beat on Colorful Beets

It all started with the “Spring Beet Blend” that I noticed in the root crop trials at my work. At first I thought it was a planting error...

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Oct 18, 20204 min read

A bit dense for a light topic...

Hey there! This week I wanted to write about something that’s very often on my mind: plant breeding. In the current era of CRISPR and...

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