Eric Toensmeier, appointed lecturer at Yale University who previously managed the Tierra de Oportunidades urban farm project in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He is author of Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener’s Guide to Over 100 Delicious, Easy-to-Grow Edibles, which won an American Horticultural Society book award. PerennialSolutions.org
Bonus: They’re Perennials Perennials are a pleasure to grow because they reappear year after year, taking much of the grunt work…