Garden Chores – So It Begins – February 7th – USDA Zone 5
The trick to starting seeds inside up north is a mystery to be solved. Which Seeds I am starting in February and Why. Details about Round One.
Seasoning Peppers I am Growing This Season
A seasoning pepper is often described as “rich” or “unique”. Seasoning peppers are often the basis of specific dishes around the world. A seasoning pepper is a pepper with a strong flavor separate from “heat” or “sweet”.
Hot Peppers I am Growing – Zone 5 Guide
Then I nurtured my very first garden, USDA Zone 5, on my very own property, moving beyond community gardens and working on other people’s farms. At the same time, I stretched out my culinary skills, adding dishes to the family menu that showcased heat. Because of Drunken Chicken, I grow and use Thai chillis. Because of some new spicy potato salad recipes I created, I grow poblano peppers. Because of pickled peppers for sandwiches, I grow Sugar Rush Peach peppers.
A Favorite – CORBACI Pepper Review
One of my favorites, a review of the ultra sweet Corbaci pepper with many many photos!
Before you Buy Dahlia Tubers – Read Me Please
If you have gardens set by color, as I do, check the background color of the leaves in the photo of the dahlia tuber you are looking to buy. I find many sellers will color adjust to make a dahlia seem a rarer color than it actually is. Or, perhaps a new seller may not pay attention ensuring a color is true when they throw up a photo of the dahlia for sale.
Garden Chores – January – Cold Stratification Guide
The goal of the home gardener’s cold stratification process is to mimic the winter conditions the seed in the wild would experience in the habitat that plant is best suited for. In my own example, Gentian is a mountain flower. The seed, in the wild, would cold stratify under snowpack (moist) in a cold environment with freezing temperatures.
So You Wanna Start Trying Hot Peppers – My Hottish Pepper Starter Guide
The Arroz Con Pollo pepper. There is a high variety of heat in this pepper, from none to spicy. Do a test slice first. The flavor of this pepper is sublime and very unique, I highly recommend trying one.
Sweetest Peppers to Grow in Your Garden
How do I grow the sweetest sugar peppers? Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine. As the plants near ripening, only water to keep healthy, do not overwater. Check out the sweetest peppers!.
Series – Future Self Journaling – 24E – Seed Inventory and Ordering
Have a few favorite youtube gardeners I watch. If I get a sense our palates are similar (we like the same tomatoes or level of heat in a pepper), I will make note of their recommendations.
Series – Future Self Journaling – 14E – Garden Chores
The hard frost comes tomorrow night. I am not ready. The environment around her lately has been tumultuous, with all of us on edge, pre-occupied. A crisis required all hand on deck for a short time, and now we survey all we put aside during that time. And it is a mess. Garden chores call.