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Labyrinth, Yvonne, and Alpen Sundown.

I cannot imagine having so many beautiful peppers in my garden to chose from. Your family must be eating like kings!😍

Very interesting to learn that there are super tasty jumbo ground cherries in this world-- fascinating! :)

This year I am trying to harvest poblano seeds separately from each of several robust plants, which makes for a more complex pepper project in the long run. I often start out well-organized, and then as the season wears on plants tend to get all muddled up despite my best intentions. Labeling...

These seeds were from West Coast Seeds flowerbug. Have you been working on developing your Beaver Dam seeds?

I grew Arizona Apricot Gaillardia from seed, and instead of being uniform each plant has its own bloom characteristics. The most charming grasshopper was nestled amongst the buds.

The bumble bees are smitten by the zinnias in bloom!

First time growing Beaver Dam peppers, after learning about them from many of you. I was unprepared for just how large these beauties are-- almost 6" long! Haven't tasted them yet; waiting for them to turn red, so I can save seed for next year.

Interesting to know that the USDA offers seed trials. Is there a link for this page please? And are home gardeners encouraged to participate in these trials?

Two weeks have passed and it's time to get the lettuce seedlings outside and in the ground. I will need to clean up a few garden beds this morning to make room for them. Good timing though, because many of the bean and tomato plants are finished and ready to be culled. Note that the little...

Peppers are beginning to ripen around the garden, so yesterday I was able to harvest a few Czech Black and Flaming Flare hot peppers. They are now in a jar in the basement, fermenting with some onion, garlic and Poblano Pepper for winter hot sauce. The seeds looked really good too!

Petit Gris de Rennes melon with fresh garden raspberries. A delicious combination!

In 2022 bush snap bean Harvester Mangiatutto was a bust, and then in 2023 I planted my last two seeds and was able to harvest some dry pods. This photo shows the seed harvest from this summer from a patch of about a dozen plants-- beautiful blemish free beans with almost no culls. The...

The harvest seems to be coming in all at once, and it feels overwhelming at times. Every flat surface in the house is covered in trays of beans. I so wish I had a bean drying room like you heirloomgal! Last evening we shelled out several varieties, including this festive platter of Ugandan...

Last year I grew Hidatsa Shield Figure for the first time with great success (in fact it was arguably the best bean for me last summer). The plants were thick and lush, producing robust long pods with gorgeous plump seeds. This year I planted some of those saved seeds in two separate gardens...

That's about how tall my okra grows too-- a short plant with one and only one pod. ☺️

The rain started before we could get the raspberries picked this afternoon, but we did manage to harvest tomatoes as well as quite a number of dry bean pods. Looks like a wet weekend ahead. The slugs have been out in force for the past few days; they will surely take full advantage of this...

These Masai bush bean seeds were started on July 27th, with a couple of weeks spent in 2" soil blocks. The seedlings were planted out to a nice sunny spot on August 15th. I was unsure of whether the beans would have time to mature, but when I checked on them today there were lots of little...

A follow-up to the August 8th post showing newly planted soil blocks with beans in the high tunnel. Here is a photo of what the plants looked like this morning.

This interesting specimen is in our friend's garden. One blossom is half white!