It’s going to be a long time before the snow melts out at my garden plot. And truthfully, I thought I had a few more weeks before I would need to start thinking about seed starting for 2010. But then I saw that both Sylvie of Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardner and Kathy of Skippy’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘peppers’
First Seeds Started!
Posted in Gardening, tagged basil, marigolds, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Roasting End-Of-Season Peppers
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged peppers, roasted vegetables on November 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been quite impressed with the resilience of the peppers in my garden. Even as the weather has cooled down significantly, they’ve been producing plenty of peppers. Too many, in fact. But since I don’t want to overload on pickled peppers, I decided to roast the latest harvest and freeze it for later use. I [...]
Preservation Methods: Pickling
Posted in Food, tagged peppers, pickles, preservation on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the first summer I’ve made pickles, and aside from my first batch being a bit too salty, things have been going well. And now at the end of the season, I’ve had a surfeit of jalapeños and banana peppers. Both of these varieties make good pickles, I’m told. And since I was going [...]
Sunday Photos: A Rainbow of Peppers
Posted in Food, tagged Dupont Circle farmer's market, peppers, photos on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Vendors at the Dupont Circle farmers market often make dazzling displays of their produce. Deep red cherries carpeting an entire table, baskets overflowing with green spinach, and gleaming piles of purple eggplants are common sights. But faced with the sheer diversity of peppers present in this region in August, a mono-color display seems to be [...]
Summer Round-Up: Nightshades and Cucurbits
Posted in Gardening, tagged cayennes, eggplants, garden plans, mexican sour gherkins, peppers, squash, summer squash, zucchini on August 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Alright, so I’ve reviewed all my tomatoes and all my root vegetables for the year. And yet there are STILL too many veggies left for one more post. I’ll start with the remaining members of the nightshade family, then move on to cucurbits. Tomorrow I’ll finish up with brassicas and herbs. Señorita Jalapeño Peppers: All [...]
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Dr. Carolyn Wins Gold!
Posted in Commentary, tagged olympics, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After sitting around for a week doing nothing, the pepper and tomato seeds I planted were seriously starting to worry me. I planted three seeds in each little peat pot, and yet nothing was coming up. What if they were just rotting away in there? But today, the Dr. Carolyn yellow cherry tomato won the [...]
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