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The earth pear or yacon: overview, cultivation, and benefits

or thrips. When to harvest ground pears? This plant blooms around the month of September and produces small yellow flowers. It is advised to harvest its tubers when the foliage is hit by the cold. Always wait until after the first frosts for the taste of the tubers to be even sweeter. After harvest ...

06
May
2024

Colocasia: the elephant ear plant

ure to water it regularly and fertilize it twice a month with nitrogen fertilizer, which promotes the growth of stems and leaves. She produces edible tubers. In tropical regions, the species Colocasia esculenta is cultivated as taro for its edible tubers. To be safely consumed, the tuber must be wel ...

08
Mar
2024

The perpetual vegetable garden: which vegetables to plant?

also important to know that chard easily reseeds itself and can therefore be used in a permanent vegetable garden. It is also possible to integrate tubers into your perennial vegetable garden that you will partly harvest in winter, leaving a small part in the ground for it to sprout again in sprin ...

10
May
2023

Indre-et-Loire : 5 good reasons to visit the Château de la Bourdaisière

ervatory. This contemporary garden consists of wonderful beds of dahlias where the different varieties form patches of color. There are more than 5000 tubers of 400 different varieties, which allows visitors to discover an unsuspected biodiversity... The castle gardens are open to the public f ...

16
Sep
2022

Baked sweet potato fries: a light recipe

oes. The sweet potato fries recipe baked in the oven is rather easy to make. The most tedious step is cutting the sweet potatoes into sticks as these tubers have firm flesh. 1- Peel and wash the sweet potatoes. 2- First cut them into slices, using a large sharp knife and a cutting board. 3- Then ...

26
Apr
2023

Fructose is believed to be the leading cause of obesity worldwide.

For comparison, a pear contains 6% fructose, and a ripe banana contains 5%. This sugar is also found in many vegetables such as carrots, and even in tubers like onion, Jerusalem artichoke, and chicory... But most importantly, this simple sugar is a very common additive in ultra-processed products. ...

25
Oct
2023