We have done a couple of videos on hydroponics but didn’t have many folks interested in the topic, however, George set up some jars for lettuce and basil this year. The lettuce was mainly for the guinea pigs and the basil was for me…I like to dehydrate it for recipes Read more…
So much garlic! Back in the fall of 2022, we planted a good-sized bed of both hardneck and softneck garlic and they both did well; the softneck was huge! It takes around nine months to grow so we dug them up sometime around July 2023. Softneck garlic is so tightly Read more…
Remember when I mentioned the “End of the Line” for the garden when George grabbed up the remaining peppers? Well, he decided to preserve some. A year or so ago, we bought this Presto Digital Pressure Canner and it has come in handy. There was a lot of prep work Read more…
Ingredients While the peppers are cooling to the touch, preheat the oven to 400°. I mash together the cheese and the bacon bits. I then form rounded cylinders that will fit inside the pouch of each pepper, sizes will vary on how much cheese you want and how much each Read more…
I think it’s the end of the line for our peppers this year. George went out last night and gathered what he could before the temperature dropped to nearly freezing last night. We have quite a few gigantic jalapeños and some beautiful bell peppers too. The basil had already bolted Read more…
I just found lots of peppers still growing in the garden. We have green bell peppers, Jalapeño peppers, and some Chinese hot peppers that have turned almost black! I bet they are really spicy. It’s been getting cool at night so this surprised me, I guess zone 8b is perfect Read more…