The Heirloom Scarlet Runner Pole Beans in Thomas Jefferson’s Hanging Gardens at Monticello Pole Beans Belong in Every Vegetable Garden- Here are 6 of the Greatest Visit THE LEESBURG FLOWER & GARDEN FESTIVAL site for details Visit THE SHEEP & WOOL site for details Beans, corn and squash are the quintessential American crops – the trinity of vegetables – The…
The 6 Most Beloved Hot Peppers of All Time
Heirloom Hot Peppers To Purchase Heirloom Hot Pepper Seed click this link The 6 Most Beloved Hot Peppers of All Time Sweet and hot peppers are indigenous to Central and South America. They have been cultivated since prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found chili peppers at sites dating to 7000 BC. The Aztecs, Incans and Mayans all cultivated peppers. The Aztecs…
The Paste/Plum Tomatoes-Good for Everything!
The Paste/Plum Tomato To Purchase Heirloom Paste/Plum Tomato Seed click this link The Paste/Plum Tomatoes- Good for Everything! Of the three morphological classes of tomato – cherry, slicing/sandwich and paste/plum – the paste/plum tomatoes are the least popular. This is unfortunate because paste/plum tomatoes are, literally, good for everything. Cherry tomatoes are too small for making sandwiches and roasting and…
Dinnerplate Dahlias
Dinnerplate Dahlias Dinnerplate Dahlia Emory Paul To Purchase Emory Paul Dahlias click this link It is the middle of February and many of us have had a horrible winter and are longing for spring. This newsletter is dedicated to each of you. For those of you who routinely read this newsletter, you will note that there are many, many more…
The 4 Greatest Heirloom Eggplants of All Time
The Heirloom Eggplant To Purchase Heirloom Eggplant Seed click this link The 4 Greatest Heirloom Eggplants of All Time Eggplants originated in China and India and have been cultivated there for thousands of years. The Spanish Moors introduced the eggplant into southern and Eastern Europe where it became very popular. The early explorers of the New World introduced eggplant into…
Six Rare, Exquisite Plants You May Not Have Tried
The Blue Lace Flower To Purchase Blue Lace Flower Seed Click This Link Six Rare, Exquisite Plants You May Not Have Tried In this newsletter, we are going to feature some plants that most of you do not have in your gardens and plants which are largely misunderstood, but plants which are easy to grow and will grow in most…
An Ancient Vegetable with Modern Nutritional Value-The Fingerling Potato
Fingerling Potatoes An Ancient Vegetable with Modern Nutritional Value – The Fingerling Potato View the Harvesting History videos on growing potatoes at our YouTube site POTATOES CANNOT BE SHIPPED IF THE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. WE WILL SHIP TO THE WEST COAST WHEN WE HAVE 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WE WILL SHIP TO THE MIDWEST AND EAST COAST WHEN…
Sweet, Beautiful and Nutritious – The Home Grown Pepper
View the Harvesting History videos on growing peppers at our YouTube site Sweet, Beautiful and Nutritious- The Home Grown Pepper Sweet peppers are one of those vegetable garden essentials that should only be consumed when picked fresh from the garden. By the time a sweet pepper has reached the grocery store produce section it has lost some of its sweetness…
Giants of the Tomato World – The Sandwich/ Slicing Tomatoes
Check Out The Harvesting History Collection of Plant Videos on YouTube Giants of the Tomato World- The Sandwich/ Slicing Tomatoes The tomatoes in the photo above starting from the top left and moving clockwise are Pineapple, Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Mortgage Lifter, Red & Yellow Stuffers, Black Krim, Kellogg’s Breakfast, Big Rainbow, Green Zebra and Great White. All are heirloom…
Growing Beets – It Rarely Gets Easier Than This
Growing Beets – It Rarely Gets Easier Than This Heirloom Beets To Purchase Heirloom Beet Seeds Click This Link Check Out The Harvesting History Collection of Plant Videos on YouTube For most of the US it is now time or will be in the next 45 days to plant beets. Before you turn up your noses in disgust at the…