For many cooks, a kitchen garden is a romantic idea, especially if you call it by its fancy French name: a potager (pronounced po-tuh-jay). Unlike a vegetable patch or an entire yard given over to ...
Dear Master Gardener: What is a potager? Answer: Potager is the French term for kitchen garden or vegetable garden. It comes from the French word potage, which means soup, so a potager provides the ...
On a windy, cloudy, cold March day, Lorraine Schreiber’s French potager, or kitchen, garden in Norfolk’s Sherwood Forest was as appealing as a summer breeze. Kale, Swiss chard, spinach and more looked ...
ALEX SEROS and Walter Ulloa’s vegetable garden has the design elements of a classical French potager: four rectangular raised beds, divided by gravel pathways, set in a sunny spot not far from the ...
Potager gardens have been around for hundreds of years. Never heard of one? Well, that's not surprising. Until recently, they've been planted mostly in Europe, but they are starting to gain popularity ...
Dear Master Gardener: What is a potager? Answer: Potager is the French term for kitchen garden or vegetable garden. It comes from the French word potage, which means soup, so a potager provides the ...
Calling all green-thumbed cooks! SbytovaMN/Getty Images For many cooks, a kitchen garden is a romantic idea, especially if you call it by its fancy French name: a potager (pronounced po-tuh-jay).
It's finally time to dine al fresco, and that means those of us with home gardens are ramping up our crops of fresh produce for beautiful summer meals. While not all of us have large garden spaces, a ...
When it comes to landscaping, a lot has changed since the era of golf course lawns and manicured shrubs. While this look is still popular, today’s gardener can choose alternative landscaping designs ...
A potager garden is a kitchen garden that contains edible and ornamental plants. It’s a great combination of functional plants (like fruits and vegetables) and attractive landscaping plants. Potager ...
'Tis the season when everyone gets the urge to plant. And if you choose to grow vegetables, there's no need to relegate them to a far corner of your yard, where they are sure to suffer neglect. A ...