Growing Grand Rapids Lettuce

March 18, 2015 Schuyler Rain

Grand Rapids Lettuce is a heirloom leaf lettuce that makes large compact bunches of bright green leaves. The broad crumpled leaves have frilled edges. Grand Rapids Lettuce is crisp and sweet and can be harvested at any stage of growth. […]

Growing Cherokee Purple Tomatoes

March 9, 2015 Schuyler Rain

Cherokee Purple Tomato is an old Cherokee Indian heirloom tomato. This variety was offered in seed catalogs pre-1890. Heirloom Cherokee Purple Tomato has beautiful purple burgundy fruit with green shoulders and has deep burgundy flesh with green gel around the […]

Sunset Of The Month – February

February 28, 2015 Hollyann Rain

I love the strips of clouds and colors in this sunset. check back at the end of next month to see another beautiful sunset.

Growing Kentucky Wonder White Seeded Bush Beans

February 18, 2015 Schuyler Rain

These heirloom beans are prolific producers of 8″ long tender round pods, and tend to produce longer than most. Kentucky Wonder White Seeded Bush Beans have great texture and flavor and can be ready to harvest in just 60 Days, […]

Growing homemade pickles cucumber

February 13, 2015 Hollyann Rain

homemade pickles cucumber take 55 days until full maturity and aer deep green with small white spines but can be harvested at any size. They also have bright yellow flower. You can start seeds indoor for an earlier crop, plant […]

Sunset Of The Month -January

January 31, 2015 Hollyann Rain

enjoy the gorgeous colors of this sunset! check back at the end of next month to see another beautiful sunset.

The Pea Is Blue

January 22, 2015 Hollyann Rain

Blauwschokker Blue Podded Pea is a Dutch heirloom that can be harvest at around 60 days for snow peas, 75 days for shell peas. Grow Blauwschokker Pea and enjoy the gorgeous purple blooms and then be amazed by the deep blue […]

Growing Cascabel Chile Pepper

December 13, 2014 Schuyler Rain

Heirloom Cascabel Pepper – Little Bell is so named because of how the seeds become loose and rattle around in the dried chilis when shaken. Cascabel, Guajones or Coras is the name used for the dried chili. Cascabel is known […]

Growing Good Mother Stallard Bean

December 3, 2014 Schuyler Rain

This heirloom pole bean produces 4″ long flattened pods that contain 5 – 6 beans per pod. Good Mother Stallard Bean is a dry shell variety has plump, almost round beans. As the bean dries it develops deep shade of […]

Growing Lemon Balm

November 24, 2014 Schuyler Rain

Lemon Balm grows in clumps and spreads by trailing and taking root, or by reseeding itself. The leaves and stems of the plant die off after frost in the winter, but the root stays alive and will sprout and grow […]

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