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  • Sweet Pepper, Hungarian Sweet Wax

    Jan 24, 2017

    SWEET PEPPER, Hungarian Sweet Wax – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Considered by many to be the most reliable of all sweet peppers, AKA Sweet Banana. The 30 in. plants produce heavy yields of 6-8 in. banana-shaped peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Sweet 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 75

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  • Sweet Pepper, Pimento

    Jan 24, 2017

    SWEET PEPPER, Pimento – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Highly underrated-one of the best sweet peppers grown today. Beautiful, red, heart-shaped, 5 in. fruits have incredibly thick walls with incredibly sweet flesh borne on 30 in. plants. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Sweet 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 75

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  • Sweet Pepper, California Wonder

    Jan 24, 2017

    SWEET PEPPER, California Wonder – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Probably the most popular green bell pepper grown today. The 30-40 in. plants produce large green, sweet peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Sweet 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 75

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  • Sweet Pepper, Cubanelle

    Jan 24, 2017

    SWEET PEPPER, Cubanelle – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Cubanelle is a beloved Italian heirloom, a beautiful, plump, 6-8 in. red pepper borne on 30+ in. plants. Deliciously sweet. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Sweet 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 70

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  • Sweet Pepper, Big Red

    Jan 24, 2017

    SWEET PEPPER, Big Red – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Introduced in the latter half of the 20th century, Big Red is a deliciously sweet, huge bell pepper produced on 30 in. plants. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Sweet 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 75

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  • The Paste/Plum Tomatoes-Good for Everything!

    Feb 18, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    The Paste/Plum Tomato To Purchase Heirloom Paste/Plum Tomato Seed click this link The Paste/Plum Tomatoes- Good for Everything! Of the three morphological classes of tomato – cherry, slicing/sandwich and paste/plum – the paste/plum tomatoes are the least popular. This is unfortunate because paste/plum tomatoes are, literally, good for everything. Cherry tomatoes are too small for making sandwiches and roasting and too much work to put in sauces, but they are great in salads and for popping in your mouth straight from the vine. Sandwich/slicing tomatoes are great for sandwiches, but they are usually too watery for sauces and salads. Paste/plum tomatoes have it all. Like cherry tomatoes they are small enough and firm enough to be eaten in salads and right off the vine. Like sandwich/slicing tomatoes they are just

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  • Sweet, Beautiful and Nutritious – The Home Grown Pepper

    Jan 30, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    View the Harvesting History videos on growing peppers at our YouTube site Sweet, Beautiful and Nutritious- The Home Grown Pepper Sweet peppers are one of those vegetable garden essentials that should only be consumed when picked fresh from the garden. By the time a sweet pepper has reached the grocery store produce section it has lost some of its sweetness and most of its nutritional value. Sweet peppers, fresh from the garden, are some of the most nutritious foods you can eat. They contain high levels of Vitamins A, C, E, and B6, potassium and magnesium. Along with bananas, they are the recommended source for individuals requiring high levels of potassium in their diets, but unlike bananas they do not contain as much sugar. Sweet and hot peppers are

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  • The Pepper

    Mar 02, 2016 Categories: Growing Instructions

    The Pepper - A Little History and Some Growing Instructions Sweet and hot peppers are indigenous to Central and South America. They have been cultivated since prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found chili peppers at sites dating to 7000 BC. The Aztecs, Incans and Mayans all cultivated peppers. The Aztecs had at least seven different words for hot peppers. We derive the term chili pepper from some of the Aztec words for hot pepper. The Incas used peppers as a form of currency. Columbus named the peppers he saw growing in the West Indies, pimiento, because he thought they were the pimienta, spice pepper, grown in the East Indies. He was painfully surprised to find out that the West Indian peppers were incredibly hot. On his several voyages to

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  • The Science & Art of Growing Tomatoes in Containers

    Feb 06, 2020 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Seeding the Future, Vegetables
    The Science & Art of Growing Tomatoes in Containers

    CONTAINER GROWN, Slicing Tomato, Silvery Fir Tree The Science & Art of Growing Tomatoes in Containers THE SEEDS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THIS LINK WE HAVE 2 YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON TOMATOES. THEY ARE: PLANTING TOMATOES IN CONTAINERS AND PLANTING TOMATOES Why is This Specific Newsletter So Special? I have been growing tomatoes for 64 years. I began when I was 5 years old growing tomatoes in a tiny backyard garden in a rowhouse community in Baltimore, MD. Those first tomato gardens consisted of 5 plants in an 18 inch by 10 foot space. Eventually, I expanded to large gardens with 20-40 plants and since 2004 my colleagues and I have been working on a research project growing approximately 40 different tomato plants each year in containers. Over the years we

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  • Autumn’s Glory-The Rarely Available FALL BLOOMING Bulbs

    Jun 21, 2019 Categories: Beneficial Bugs, Bulbs, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    The Naked Lady Lily Autumn’s Glory- The Rarely Available FALL BLOOMING Bulbs We welcome nearly 1000 new subscribers to our newsletter. If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, you provided Harvesting History with your email address in exchange for a free seed packet at one of the early 2019 flower shows or outdoor garden festivals. At this time of year, we publish our newsletter once every 2 weeks with the exception of July 1, July 2, July 3, and July 4. During those 4 days each year we publish a little known but remarkable, true story about the creation of this country and therole that horticulture may have played. We hope you enjoy and learn something from these historically based newsletters, and that as a result you

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