Crop Profiles

Nature’s Medicine Cabinet
Herbs not only taste good, they can also treat common ailments. Discover more uses for what grows in your garden.

All About Squash
If you’re already growing squash—or even if you’re not—here are some squash facts you can’t miss.

Asparagus: Ten Facts
Cultivated--or even wild--asparagus is an elegant, but hardy plant to offers more than meets the eye to eager gardeners everywhere.

Boutique Pumpkin Varieties
Don’t think a plain orange pumpkin is your only option. Specialty pumpkin varieties turn heads on the farm with their rainbow of colors, textures and styles.

Bring Clover On Over
The right variety of clover can yield a long-term forage and nitrogen source for your small farm.

Crop Profile: Broccoli
This tasty brassica crop has been a favorite on dinner plates for centuries.

Crop Profile: Brussels Sprouts
Try this brassica plant in your garden, a good crop for patient and experienced farmers.

Crop Profile: Cabbage
The head of the cabbage family, this brassica will have many uses on your hobby farm.

Crop Profile: Cauliflower
Add sophistication to your garden with this brassica crop.

Delmarvelous Farms Chestnuts
Delmarvelous Farms' chestnuts are a successful crop for Pettits. Couple striving to change chestnut's stigma, repopulate country with nut crop.