One of our side goals on our recent trip to Bergamo to visit the Franchi headquarters was to Eat, Eat, Eat! We love the Italian's culinary focus on using vegetables when they're fresh and in sea...
https://www.growitalian.com/blog/eat-italian-spring-in-the-lombardy-region/
Along about 2010, life for me was getting a little mundane. We had been farming since 1988, and my body was starting to suffer oil leaks and warning lights pretty regularly. Vegetable and flower...
https://www.growitalian.com/blog/how-we-came-to-own-an-italian-seed-company/
Every year the seed companies bring you new varieties in almost every category. Even an heirloom seed company like Seeds from Italy is constantly seeking out new products — for us, the older th...
Lynn Byczynski is the author of three gardening books: The Flower Farmer, Market Farming Success, and The Vegetable Garden Planner . She was the founder and publisher of Growing for Market maga...
https://www.growitalian.com/blog/about-the-vegetable-garden-planner-author-lynn-byczynski
Succession planting is the practice of planting a crop several times to spread out the harvest over the longest possible period. The recommended length of time between plantings is based on how l...
https://www.growitalian.com/blog/succession-planting-in-the-home-garden-what-and-when-to-plant/
Birds, butterflies, and bees have all been in the news lately for the sad reason that they are in serious decline. As gardeners, we have the ability to help them by growing more of the plants the...
https://www.growitalian.com/blog/pollinators-in-vegetable-gardens/
Last year I conducted a side-by-side comparison of onions grown from Franchi seeds with onions grown from plants purchased at a local garden center. The seed-grown onions were so successful that ...
In recent years, garden centers have been offering plants in ever-larger containers - with proportionate price increases. The upscaling of plants has been in response to consumer demand for immed...
Braiding is an easy, traditional way to store onions. Here are a few tips to help you get started: As the onions are curing (as described in the previous article), check the stems frequently �...
Onions are ready to harvest when the tops are falling over on more than half of them. That’s the sign that the bulbs are done growing and it’s best to get them out of the ground while they ...
https://www.growitalian.com/blog/harvesting-and-storing-onions/