Kitchen gardens played an important role on nineteenth-century farms. Not only did these gardens provide food for the farming family, they also provided some extra revenue. (Larger gardens were often called “market gardens,” because the extra produce was sold at market.)
Howell Farm’s interns have been hard at work preparing the farm's kitchen garden for planting. (In the photo above, they’re weeding.) Carrots and beets are already growing, and more vegetables will be planted soon, once the rain stops and the soil finally starts to dry out.
Kitchen gardens played an important role on nineteenth-century farms. Not only did these gardens provide food for the farming family, they also provided some extra revenue. (Larger gardens were often called “market gardens,” because the extra produce was sold at market.)
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June 2015
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