Hot Peppers
Good Morning!
My jalepeno plants are just bursting with peppers! I’ve also got some gorgeous and huge tomatoes ripening on the vine and a nice pot of basil growing in my kitchen window. I’m thinking salsa! How are your gardens growing? Send me your pics and I’ll post them here. Just click the Contact button.
It’s getting to be the time to start thinking about cool weather crops. Broccoli, kale, cabbage, spinach, carrots and beets are all veggies that do well in the cooler temps of fall. Start gathering your seeds or seedlings and prepare your beds. If you plant now you’ll have a nice harvest come October!
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July 25th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
So spinach does better in colder temps? I planted mine around the same time I planted my peas and beans and they went to seed so fast. I thought it was something I had done, but I am guessing now that I planted them too soon. Maybe?
July 25th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Hi Shelly,
Yes the heat causes spinach to bolt, that is, to flower and make seeds. Spinach should be planted as soon as the ground is thawed for an early summer harvest or around now for a fall one. Hope this helps!