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wagreene4
Sep 20, 20233 min read
The Tomato Table
By the last quarter of the 18th century the tomato had gained wide acceptance as a sauce in the newly formed United States of America...
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wagreene4
Jul 26, 20234 min read
Apples of Love
The most active Williamsburg resident in the 18th century transAtlantic plant exchange was John Custis who purchased a four acre lot on...
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wagreene4
Jun 7, 20235 min read
Aspabroc and the ancient broccoli
Aspabroc, is the original Broccolini(TM). It is a hybrid of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) and Chinese kale (Brassica...
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wagreene4
May 10, 20234 min read
On the use and utility of Pollards
Many in the southern United States have heard the term Crape Murder for an unfortunate pruning practice which has disfigured so many...
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wagreene4
Mar 3, 20233 min read
Winter Work
So much has been going on over the last two months that I thought I would catch up on all the various things we have been working on...
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wagreene4
Feb 12, 20232 min read
The culture of Brussels Sprouts
Brussles sprouts are notoriously difficult to grow. One writer describes their culture as “a study in humility, for they demand much and...
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wagreene4
Jan 22, 20233 min read
A historical examination of Brussels sprouts
Brussels Sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera) are one of the more recent additions to the panoply of Barssica varieties that grace the...
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wagreene4
Jul 28, 20222 min read
Greenehouse
We moved to Kilmarnock, on the Northern Neck of Virginia (being the peninsula of land between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers) in...
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wagreene4
Jun 3, 20221 min read
Cabbage Sprouts
I was often asked by visitors to the Colonial garden at Colonial Williamsburg what my favorite vegetable was. My stock answer was “the...
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