Growing Blooms, Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit
When buying mint seeds or seedlings, you should consider leaf color and flavor variations. Leaf Color Variations: Green – Peppermint, Spearmint, Apple Mint Green and White – Pineapple Mint Green and Yellow – Ginger Mint Flavor Variations: Gum Flavors – Spearmint, Peppermint Fruity Flavor – Pineapple Mint, Orange Mint, Apple Mint, Lime Mint, Lemon Mint, […]
There are two main types of herbs – woody and herbaceous. The base stems of woody herbs are brownish gray and woody. Herbaceous herbs which have softer green stems. A lot of the woody herbs are perennials, but it depends on where you live.  While some herbaceous herbs like salad burnet are perennials, most […]
Unlike when you store carrots by freezing, I would not suggest blanching beets. Here are my tips: Harvesting Tips: 1) Keep in mind the maturity dates on the seed packet as a rule of thumb. Most beets are ready in 50 to 70 days.  If you know how wide the tops or how tall the […]
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