This year we had started many chili peppers from seed but the plants didn’t grow well. Later in spring our local garden center had many different varieties of chili peppers on sale, so we got one of each. They were either capsicum annuum or capsicum Chinese and had names like ‘Red Scorpion’, ‘Fire Ball’, ‘Ghost […]
Flower garden in June
It has been a beautiful summer and the flowers in our borders and flower garden have been spectacular. We had to grab the camera and make a small video. Following is being shown in the video: Blue cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) Woodland sage (Salvia nemorosa) Rosa glauca Flax (Linum usitatissimum) True lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) Breadseed poppy […]
Tulip fever
This year we are late planting the tulip bulbs since winter still hasn’t really started. We planted 25 tulip ‘Pink Fantasy’ and 25 tulip ‘Triumph blue-purple’. ‘Pink Fantasy’ is s stunning tulip with bright intense colors in shades of pink and white and distinct markings. ‘Triumph blue-purple’ is a beautiful blue/purple flower and is known […]
Potato variety
If you had asked me years ago about differences between potatoes, I probably wouldn’t have thought of much more than waxy and floury types. However, since we have been planting potatoes in the garden ourselves, we have come across many interesting varieties, which differ from each other both in taste and appearance. Since our farm […]
Tee from our garden
A few years ago we bought a dehydrator to process our fruit into dried fruit. This worked out quite well and helps to store the fruit for a long time. Since the mint varieties in our herb garden have grown well this year, we have harvested peppermint (Mentha × piperita) and green mint (Mentha spicata) […]
Finally springtime
After a long winter, spring has finally begun with some delay. Last year it started about 3 weeks earlier. In the last few days we have now divided and prepared the plots. This year we are starting a seven-year crop rotation in the vegetable garden, as practiced by Ian Tolhurst in the UK. This means […]