Tag: Vegetables
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Aging Gracefully: The Colorful Life of Grandma Kirksey Peppers
Discover the vibrant Grandma Kirksey pepper, a perfect addition to any garden. This ornamental pepper boasts purple-tinted leaves and color-changing fruit. Learn about its history and care, from planting to harvest, and enjoy its stunning transformation from violet to red. Whether for visual appeal or culinary use, Grandma Kirksey peppers promise delightful surprises.
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Seed Saving Made Simple: A Beginner’s Guide to Saving Seeds
Whether you grow annuals or perennials, a garden continues year after year. If you’re looking to preserve the varieties and cultivars of plants that you most enjoy, you should save your seeds. Saving seeds from your own garden saves money too. If you’re going to go through the trouble of saving your own seeds, you…
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Fruits and Vegetables at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon was the home of the first President of the United States, George Washington. Located in Mount Vernon, VA in Northern Virginia, it has some of the most spectacular gardens designed by the founding fathers. I had the opportunity to tour the gardens and have visited there many times. In the latest post I…