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  • The Ultimate Tomato Garden

    Jan 03, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    Tomatoes To purchase Harvesting History Tomato Seeds click this link Today’s newsletter was created to answer a question that we receive frequently, “Help me to choose some tomatoes for my garden. I do not have a lot of space.” In today’s gardening world, the problem of limited space is ubiquitous from city dwellers with only a roof top or a balcony, to suburban homeowners with only a deck or patio, to rural farmers who can only protect a small space from the critters, to seniors, everywhere, who refuse to abandon their much beloved tradition of summer tomato growing and consuming the luscious fruit warm from the vine. The “Complete Tomato Garden” will have 1-2 different varieties of tomatoes from each of the three kinds of tomatoes: plum/paste,

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  • The Happy-Sad Story of the German Harvest Basket

    Nov 16, 2018 Categories: Garden Tools, Seeding the Future

    The Happy-Sad Story of the German Harvest Basket For the next 5 weeks, on Saturdays our newsletter will introduce you to someof the gifts for gardeners that we would really love to have ourselves and that are now available in our BRAND NEW website sections – Gardening Tools & Equipment, Beneficial Bugs and Gift Certificates. The first piece of gardening equipment that we are going to discuss may be our all-time favorite, but it is a bittersweet story so please read to the end. The German Harvest Basket with its wood spool handle is one of the most useful, and it will become one of the most beloved, garden tools you ever own – this is NO exaggeration. Like so many of the items we offer here at Harvesting

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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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  • Hot Pepper, Fish Pepper

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Fish Pepper – Capsicum annum 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. Fish peppers were brought to the US from the Caribbean by enslaved African Americans in the 1600s. Plants have striking variegated leaves and fruit similar in size and heat to Jalapenos. The peppers are yellow with green stripes until they ripen into red peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed 1/2 in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add 1/4 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 Hot 30

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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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  • Hot Pepper, Jalapeño

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Jalapeño – 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. Jalapeños are named after the Mexican city of Xalapa. Maybe the most popular hot pepper grown, the 30 in. plants produce a profusion of 3-4 in. fruit that ripen to red. Quite hot. 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 Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Poblano

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Poblano – 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. Called poblanos when fresh and anchos when dried, the 30+ in. plants produce an abundance of plump 5 in. mildly hot peppers which ripen from green to red. 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 Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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