• Torrid Fruits From Hell

    Click on embedded links for more information Almost every vegetable garden has them – hot peppers. So, what to with these fiery capsica (aka peppers)? Try freezing, roasting, blending with a sauce, pickling, canning, or drying them. Having gobs of cowhorn peppers (Capsicum annuum, Plant variety -Cowhorn Pepper) at the Veggie-Bed, we chose to dry…

  • Invasion of the Cucurbits

    Every season the Veggie-Bed is overrun with squash. These plants flourish by planting the squash throughout the Veggie-Bed’s grounds in areas with plenty of sunlight and good drainage.  Squash is in the genus of herbaceous vines in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbits (aka Cucurbita), and the species is grown worldwide for their edible fruit. “Squash…

  • Emerald and Sunshine

    Easy to grow and highly nutritious, okra is a win-win and finds itself grown here year after year.