Delicately flavored sprouts can be used as a garnish for your salads, and young leaves can be cooked like spinach.
Now Sowing: Sunflowers (Feb-Aug)
It's Sunflower Season! Did you know sunflowers are one of the fastest growing flowers in the world? That big flower is actually surrounding hundreds of teeny tiny flowers that turn into the seeds. Plant some in your garden and share with friends, family, or birds! Common Name: Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Seed Saving Level: Easy Sunflower…
Plant Your Monsoon Garden
The rains have started early this year, and it’s time to plant your Monsoon Garden!
Three Sisters Planting
Three Sisters planting refers to a 5000-year-old method of mixed-crop gardening by American Indigenous cultures. The three sisters - maize (corn), beans and squash - are incorporated into many different cultural folktales. When grown together, these crops complement each other’s growth, and would provide backup sustenance in case one crop failed. Traditionally, a farmer would…
Now Sowing: Eggplant (Feb-May)
When fully ripe, purple varieties become a dull purplish brown; green fruits turn yellowish green; and white fruits become golden.
Now Sowing: Tepary Beans (July-Aug)
Teparies are drought tolerant and grow under extremely dry, hot weather conditions and alkali soil.
Now Sowing: Cabbage ~ Seeds: Jul-Nov / Plants: Sept-Jan
Get your cabbage seeds growing indoors and learn how to make Estonian Cabbage Rolls!
Now Sowing: Peppers, sweet (Seeds inside: Feb15-Mar15, July / Plant: Apr-May, Aug)
Sweet bell peppers can make your dish even better! Peppers are perennial plants in warm climates, but they are quickly killed with frost.
Now Sowing: Lettuce (Jan~Feb, Sept~Nov)
Lettuce seeds in the catalog Common Name: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Seed Saving Level: Easy: Perfect, self-pollinating flowers. Little out-crossing with lettuce so isolation is not a big concern. Varieties: Loose-head varieties—butter-head or Boston—will mature in 60-75 days. Loose-leaf varieties, suited for cut-and-come again harvests, mature in 40-60 days. Romaine varieties, with long narrow leaves and…
One Seed Pima County: Chickpea Check In
Last fall, people checked out over 600 packets of Kala Chana chickpeas (garbanzo beans) as part of One Seed Pima County. How are your seeds doing?
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