Vegetables

Garlic Types and Growing Garlic

While I was unable to attend the Tomato Garlic Festival at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh in August last year, I made it this year.  Of all times, I forgot my camera and my cell phone so  don’t have any pictures of the event.  The main reason that I like to attend is to pick out […]

Vegetables

My Favorite Hot Peppers

While some of my hot pepper seeds (poblano, Anaheim green chili, jalapeno) came from Burpee, the Cayenne pepper seeds came from High Mowing Organic Seeds.  The packets are dated from 2013.  Don’t forget you can use pepper seeds for a few years.  Because I am growing my peppers in a small area, I don’t save […]

Vegetables

Harvesting, Curing and Storing Sweet Potatoes

I know it is hard to wait for sweet potatoes but you should wait until fall to harvest them.  You can wait until the first frost hits but then you better start digging.  I just harvested mine last week.  Please be careful because sweet potatoes bruise easily.  If you recall, I am growing sweet potatoes […]