Q: I am looking to expand my options for annual vines to grow on a west-facing trellis. My preferences lean toward edibles.

In 1870, German chemist Erich Von Wolfe wrote up that spinach contained 35 milligrams of iron per 100-gram serving, but he misplaced a decimal point. He meant to write it up as 3.5 milligrams, and ...

A tropical vegetable that you can plant now and grow through the summer is Malabar spinach, Basella rubra, a red-stemmed vine that can be trained to grow on a trellis or along a fence.

Pole beans, peas, Malabar spinach, cucumbers, melons, and squash are all edible candidates for growing vertically. Training these vegetables up a support saves space in the garden.

David Moenter digs up red sweet potatoes in his Pemberville garden. The Blade/Jetta Fraser Buy This Image . A trellis of thick, hearty Malabar spinach. The Blade/Jetta Fraser Buy This Image ...

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Growing vertically can increase your yields and make harvesting much easier. Plus, it requires less bending over. If it is easy, you are more likely to pick regularly, increasing productivity and … ...