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Hot Weekend with Hot Peppers

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Dirt to Dinner

I can grow asparagus from seed. I can grow potatoes from true seed for God’s sake! But I cannot seem to manage to keep pepper seedlings alive long enough to make it into the garden. Out of the dozens of pepper seeds I have started this year, only one ‘Fish’, one ‘Matchbox’ and one ‘Joe’s Long’ have survived.

Filed under: Growing, Learning, Planting | Tagged: Capsicum pubescens, Dirt to Dinner, growing peppers, growing your own food, hot peppers, Manzano Orange peppers, urban farming, vegetable gardening | Leave a Comment »

Beaning In the New Year

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dirt to Dinner

It’s done! In honor of the New Year I have finally shelled, frozen, sorted and stored all the beans from the 2011 growing season. Well, all the ones we didn’t eat, that is. We’ve already made chili with 2 cups of the ‘Scarlet Emperor’ beans and had baked beans out of another cup of the ‘Jacob’s Cattle’ beans.

Filed under: Cooking, Harvesting | Tagged: Dirt to Dinner, dried beans, growing beans, growing food, growing vegetables, urban farming | 1 Comment »

New Year in Potatoes

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Dirt to Dinner

This is my third year growing potatoes through the winter. I chose a sheltered location this winter because last year the harvest was very small and there was considerable frost damage. But in 2010 we had a wonderful harvest in March from winter-grown potatoes.

Filed under: Learning, Planting | Tagged: container potatoes, Dirt to Dinner, growing food, growing potatoes, urban farming, when to plant potatoes, winter grown potatoes | 2 Comments »

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