I have had very good luck with California Wonder peppers and would like to save some seed. I assume they are open pollinated. It's the only...
Got an email this morning from one of my gardening friends down the road asking me if my sweet potato vines were blooming because her vines are...
I've done hand pollinating before with winter squash and was successful. However, I can't seem to catch a male and female flower open at the same...
Best lettuce we had this spring was volunteer. I've let a couple go to seed. Was a romaine type. It may be Jerico which is open pollinated...
I've got seed that says Mexican Tarragon. Also says on the packet that the seed source is Israel? What? :lol:
I've been growing sweet potatoes for a couple of years. I went in the back room to get one for supper and I've got two that have started...
I garden in Southern Arizona. I've read this bean is one that works in warm climates. I asked about them in my garden group and two members had...
I live in agricultural zone 8--desert Southwest. It gets pretty hot here in the summer. I have strawberries planted in two beds that I...
As you've seen on the national weather reports this week, Arizona weather is in Chicago while we had some snow in our desert yesterday afternoon....
I've bought some seed and want to start them. I'm going to try in a coffee filter because it says on the packet that germination is erratic....
Anybody in a hot climate try this variety? I've read they'll set tomatoes even when it's over 90 degrees. Apparently they are grown in hot dry...
This is a recipe found all over the internet. Here's my version I make 12 pints every year. ANNIE'S SALSA 8 cups tomatoes, peeled, chopped...
I have some calendula growing in semi-shade. The plants are suffering in our 111 degree heat. I'm thinking about taking them out because they...
I know that beans and onions are not good companion plants. I just harvested onions from one raised bed and I'd love to plant some bush beans...
I've got lemon grass on my wish list for next year. I read an ad that said, "Grow your own mosquito repellent. Lemon grass contains citronella."...
I dried six. It's an experiment because I can't have a food cellar here. No point in loosing more than six if we don't like them. I don't much...
I'd never used it until this fall. Wow! I'm very happy with the result. I handpicked cabbage worms but there were more little, tiny worms than...
I'm thinking about growing pole beans next year. I want to grow Roma beans (flat Italian green beans) and lima beans. I read that a 10 foot...
I've got a volunteer Waltham Butternut Squash vine that's taking over the whole back third of my garden. Frankly, it's a real trick getting...
A couple of gardening friends and I grow cover crops in our in-ground beds and raised beds. So far it's been whatever seeds we have on hand like...
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