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You say tomato, I say pomodoro.

Is a garden without tomatoes still a garden? Tomatoes, or 'pomodori', as we Italians call them, are the cornerstone of Italian cuisine....

Unexpected backyard sweet corn. Truly a'maize'ing.

It's not often I get to make a corn pun, so I went with it. Overused? Certainly. Funny? Maybe. Are you all ears? I hope so. Corn, first...

Romano beans: Versatility in its greenest garden form

Fabam vita sunt. Beans are life. Broad, flat, string-less seams. Tender, easy-to-cook, and flavorful. The Romano bean (Italian flat...

Replanting scallions for maximum yield

We often see them chopped up and dumped on a plate of Irish nachos, but what did scallions do to deserve such a cruel fate of...

New Zealand spinach: A lesson in how to get the most out of your summer garden

New Zealand spinach. Botany Bay spinach. Sea spinach. Cook's cabbage. Tetragon. With enough nicknames to be a Marvel supervillain, one of...

Cousa Squash: Zucchini's sweet cousin

My family comes from the Calabria region of Italy (the tip of the boot). We've experimented with growing dozens of varieties of squash...