Apples to Zucchini Veggie ID
Ever picked up your CSA box and wonder what that vegetable was? Or find something new at Front Porch only to get home and forget what it was even called, let alone how to cook it? You’d probably recognize apples and zucchini, but we grow a few other vegetables between A and Z that don’t have such familiar faces. And if it looks a bit like a gourd or a pumpkin, it’s probably a winter squash–of which there are so many varieties, winter squash has a page to itself.
Here at the Front Porch Veggie ID you’ll find pictures, basic cooking instructions, and we’ll even tell you when the leafy green things on top are edible, too.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of all vegetables grown across the country, but instead an index of what we grow in our garden here in northeast Washington.
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- Basil
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- Beans (Green)
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- Beans (Wax)
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- Beets (Detroit Red)
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- Bok Choy
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- Broccoli
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- Cabbage (Green)
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- Chard (Swiss)
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- Chinese Cabbage
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- Cilantro
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- Corn
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- Cucumbers
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- Cucumbers (Diva)
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- Cucumbers (English “Tasty Green”)
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- Cucumbers (Lemon)
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- Garlic
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- Kale
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- Kohlrabi
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- Lettuce
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- Onions (Sweet)
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- Peas (Oregon Giant Snow)
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- Peas (Sugar Snap)
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- Peppers (Anaheim)
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- Peppers (Ancho Pablano)
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- Peppers (Banana)
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- Peppers (Bell)
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- Peppers (Jalapeno)
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- Potatoes (Red)
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- Potatoes (Yukon Gold)
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- Rhubarb
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- Spinach (Bloomsdale)
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- Spinach (Tyee)
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- Summer Squash (Patty Pan & Star Burst)
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- Summer Squash (Yellow Crookneck)
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- Tomatoes
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- Zucchini
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- Zucchini (Yellow)
Winter Squash
Sources Referenced:
- Nourishing Traditions: The cookbook that challenges the politically correct nutrition and the diet dictocrats, by Sally Fallon
- Better Homes and Gardens All-Time Favorite Vegetable Recipes (c. 1977)
- The Green Thumb Cookbook, by the editors of Organic Gardening and Farming, edited by Anne Meyer (c. 1977)