Beets I grow 5 types of beets: white, yellow, chiogga, cylinder, and round red. I love cylinder beets as they are easier to peel and to cut. Chioggia beets flesh are very tender, mild, and sweet. Chioggia beets are the sweetest, than red, yellow, and lastely white. One thing to note if cooking all 4 beets…
Category: Vegetables
A to z veggies. Learn about various veggies and how to use them in various dishes.
Asparagus
Asparagus! This is one vegetable I don’t grow. It can be grown from seeds or from root stock and is a perennial. If you want to grow asparagus, look for crowns(plants) instead of seed for an earlier harvest. Depending on how much you love asparagus plant between 10 to 50 crowns. Source It gives 3 different…
Tomatoes
I love tomatoes and have decided I’m growing enough varieties of tomatoes. It’s so tempting to add another variety, but I need to stop. These are the varieties of tomatoes I grow: Bush Days Ind vs Det Size Notes Manitoba 65 6 oz From saved seed Red Deuce 72 10 oz Red Morning 70 14…
Useful Websites
Herbs everything you want to know about how to use and grow herbs. Gardening how to take care of veggies and herbs. Recipes I can cook, but I prefer not to cook. If I’m looking for recipes Mennonite Girls Can Cook is my go to site to find recipes. Pumpkins my go to site for pumpkin facts and the…
Veggie Bags
Ever heard of CSA’s or community supported agriculture? It’s a “program” where market garden offer consumers a share, weekly vegetables, often for 10 to 16 weeks. What’s nice about them is it gives gardeners money upfront to purchase seeds, soil, etc. I like the idea, but I’m not organized enough to do a CSA. Last…
Pumpkinist Lora 