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Vegetable of the Month: Kale
Photo by Kathleen Yetman. By Kathleen Yetman Kale is a cultivar of Brassica oleracea, or wild cabbage, along with cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. The origin of wild cabbage is controversial with...
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Vegetable of the Month: Carrots
Carrots. Photo by Kathleen Yetman. By Kathleen Yetman The carrot (Daucus carota) is a familiar root vegetable in the Umbelliferae family that is grown and consumed around the world. The modern day...
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Vegetable of the Month: Leek
By Kathleen Yetman The leek is a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum that has been grown for its edible leaves for millennia. Dried specimens and wall drawings and carvings of leeks in excavated Ancient...
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Vegetable of the Month: Parsnips
By Kathleen Yetman The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to parsley and carrots that has been cultivated and eaten for thousands of years. Parsnips are indigenous to...
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Vegetable of the Month: Cabbage
By Kathleen Yetman Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is a leafy vegetable grown for its heads of tightly-layered leaves. Modern-day cabbage varieties evolved from the wild cabbage of Europe thousands of...
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Vegetable of the Month: Lettuce
By Kathleen Yetman Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a leafy green plant in the daisy family that was originally cultivated from a weed by the Ancient Egyptians. There are hundreds of lettuce cultivars...
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Vegetable of the Month: Rhubarb
By Kathleen Yetman Rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum, is a perennial plant grown for its sweet fleshy stems. The Chinese have used rhubarb medicinally for thousands of years, but it’s only been in the past...
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Vegetable of the Month: Peas
By Kathleen Yetman Peas are the seeds of the pods of Pisum sativum. The pods are botanically the fruit of the plant and, in the case of snow peas and snap peas, are as edible as the peas themselves....
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Vegetable of the Month: Tomato
By Kathleen Yetman The tomato is the fruit of Solanum lycopersicum — a nightshade plant in the Solanaceae family, which includes eggplant, peppers and potatoes. The tomato is native to South and...
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Growing panes: A window on the Prescott Farmers Market 20 years on
By Kathleen Yetman Strolling around the Prescott Farmers Market today, it’s hard to imagine its humble beginnings 20 years ago. On August 9, 1997 the Prescott Farmers Market opened in the parking lot...
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