Tag: organic

Red and Orange Peppers
Planting

Planting Peppers and Eggplant

It’s  May, and here in Central California it’s summer planting season! Yesterday I got 3 pepper plants and 2 eggplant plants planted. Here’s what I did: 1) Prepare your soil. I amend mine with the following. Spread the amendments evenly across the soil and dig under 6-8 inches. For each […]

Gardening

November Garden

Well, it’s early November, and I am still getting produce from my “summer garden.” Leeks, beets and carrots are still growing, I pick them as I need them.      Parsley still grows fully There’s still new patty pan and trombetta squashes growing The last of the tomatoes…    And […]

Harvest & Preserve

Harvesting Corn

Summer’s end brings ripe corn from the garden. One of my favorites!      In the past I have grown white corn, but have since learned that yellow corn has more antioxidants and nutrients than white corn, and less sugar. So I grew yellow corn this summer. The corn is […]