Vegetable Updates

All Blue Potatoes

When the All Blue potatoes arrived in late April from High Mowing Seeds, they were already sprouting so I planted them in early May in grow bags.  See my recent post on how to Plant and Grow Seed Potatoes. One step I didn’t do initially was put a hoop and a cover over them to keep out the […]

Vegetable Updates

Trionfo Violetto Beans

I love this purple Italian bean called Trionfo Violetto which I purchased from Botanical Interests. I have to be honest I started growing it because it was different and a pretty plant.  It is a snap bean like the Blue Lake green bean, but the color is very different.  The Trionfo flower is violet, the stems and […]

Cucumber Varieties

Homemade Pickles Cucumbers

This is my all time FAVORITE cucumber to grow!  If I ran out of gardening space and had to pick one cucumber to keep it would be the Homemade Pickles Cucumbers.  I got this seed variety from Botanical Interests. My top reasons why I love the Homemade Pickles variety:  1) It tastes great fresh or […]