Quick update on the artichoke saga: Part 1 was the selection and planting, Part 2 was the death of the first batch of seedlings (mice) and replanting. Every year I like to experiment with a vegetable that I haven’t grown before, and this year the lucky veggie was the artichoke. A variety called “Imperial Star” was [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2010
Saving tomato seeds
I’ve always been interested in saving seeds of vegetables that aren’t hybrids. Tomatoes have got to be one of the favorite crops grown in any garden. General instructions on saving tomato seeds include the words “ferment” which is a little scary to me–that’s the last step before “rot”! A friend of mine eased my fears from [...]