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...

The most active Williamsburg resident in the 18th century transAtlantic plant exchange was John Custis who purchased a four acre lot on...

Aspabroc, is the original Broccolini(TM). It is a hybrid of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) and Chinese kale (Brassica...

Many in the southern United States have heard the term Crape Murder for an unfortunate pruning practice which has disfigured so many...

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...

Brussles sprouts are notoriously difficult to grow. One writer describes their culture as “a study in humility, for they demand much and...

Brussels Sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera) are one of the more recent additions to the panoply of Barssica varieties that grace the...

We moved to Kilmarnock, on the Northern Neck of Virginia (being the peninsula of land between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers) in...

I was often asked by visitors to the Colonial garden at Colonial Williamsburg what my favorite vegetable was. My stock answer was “the...