Vegetables

The Celery is Still Growing

If you recall, I decided to grow celery from scraps this year since celery takes so long to mature from seed.  Growing it from scraps means that I cut about 3 inches from the base of organic celery and stuck it in a bowl of water.   I gave it light under my grow lights while […]

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 […]