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fall harvest and saying goodbye to old friends

John — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:35:45 +0000

The last weekend of September and another nice harvest. This has been the growing season that just keeps on giving. Yet all good things must come to an end and it’s time to begin clearing out the beds so we can prepare them for next growing season which, by the way, begins in February [...read more]

hungarian hot wax peppers

John — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:20:39 +0000

There is something fundamentally magical about a pepper’s transition in color from green to red. Perhaps it’s a personal bias against the commonplace, after all green peppers are ubiquitous. Red peppers, whether hot or sweet, are simply beautiful in the garden. And they provide vibrancy and visual appeal to whatever dish you add them [...read more]

bountiful august harvest redux

John — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:27:55 +0000

As I walked through my kitchen it popped into my brain that I should post a photo of my counter top as it looks today. What this doesn’t show you are the additional tomatoes sitting off to the side in a basket, the many pounds of vegetables stuffed into my refrigerator, not to mention [...read more]

thai chili pepper

John — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:22:35 +0000

Who can object to a plant that is both so prolific and so beautiful? In the spring, my wife had expressed a desire to grow one of these as a container plant. I ran across this particular plant at Lowes. Given how hot this summer has been, the poor thing has wilted on numerous [...read more]

first peppers planted

John — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:50:16 +0000

The dear wife is behind on her seed starting this year so I’m trying to hedge my bets a little bit and get an early jump on this warm weather by supplementing our efforts with commercially grown seedlings. There’s not yet much variety at any of the local garden centers but I took a [...read more]