I love growing hot peppers, but I don’t like eating hot peppers! The hottest pepper is the Carolina Reaper at 1.5-2.2 million scoville units. Pepper spray has 5.3 million scoville units. When looking at the scoville scale you’ll find that peppers tend to vary in their heat units. My theory is because of the ripeness…
Tag: Vegetables
A to z veggies. Learn about various veggies and how to use them in various dishes.
I’m not sad, it’s these Onions!
I grow 3 types of onions: red, yellow (sweet Spanish), and white. Onions tend to be a staple that everyone uses in cooking. Personally I dislike onions and if I find them in my food I will pick them out. Though I do love onion rings, mmm. Common onions are normally available in three colour…
Kohlrabi: The Alien Veggie
The veggie from space aka the alien veggie! kohl·ra·bi | \ kōl-ˈrä-bē (Call rah bee). Its unique name is derived from the German word for cabbage (kohl) and turnip (rabi). I love this veggie, it’s cool looking and tastes good. One way to eat it is like an apple. The peel is not edible so you need to…
Garlic!
Garlic is something I have just started to plant. This year will be my 3rd year growing garlic, and second year growing in my rental garden. I’m growing small amounts and slowly increasing the amount I grow ever year. I grow both softneck and hardneck garlic. Softneck garlics are used in braiding and hardneck garlic…
Eggplant
It gives many different colors of eggplant: white, green, purple-black, light purple, purple with white stripes. It also gives different shapes: oval, cylinder, small egg shaped, and round. Eggplant belongs to the nightshade family and botanically speaking it’s a fruit. I sell both plants and the vegetables. It is quite easy to grow eggplant, but…
It’s June!
The pumpkins are going in and the weeds are flourishing. Once everything is planted, I than tackle the weeds. This June is a little different as I’m battling a cold and laryngitis. I’m finding being outside makes my symptoms worse so I’ve been avoiding the garden. I’m getting a little concerned at how far behind…
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…
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 