Into the heart of Purplish Bekana. This is my dream of a scrumptious purple tinged version of Tokyo Bekana. All the crispness and crunch and refreshing great mouthfeel that comes with Tokyo Bekana + purple at the same time! To get the initial population I grew a patch of Tokyo Bekana beside a patch of … More Into the heart of Purplish Bekana
These are 3 peppers from my Scotch Bonnet Remix project. They are F3 fruits from a cross between Scotch Bonnet and some unknown sweet pepper. That means this is 3 generations since they crossed. We have a few hundred plants in the field and I’m trying to choose a handful to grow out next year. … More How To Choose Which Peppers To Keep For Seed
Once upon a time you found the sweetest pepper. You were making your way through a pepper field where no 2 plants looked the same. A field of F3 plants. That is 3 generations after two distinct varieties cross pollinated each other. In this case, a Scotch Bonner (a Capsicum chinense). with an unknown sweet … More The sweetest pepper you’d ever tasted
“Where did you buy those mini-tunnel arches?” was the main response to last month”s post about overwintering crops in mini-tunnels, Well, we bought some 10ft long E.M.T. conduit from a local hardware store and then bent the arches ourselves. It’s a pretty simple process that you can easily do on your farm. Come, let’s see … More Bend Your Own Mini-Tunnel Arches
We ran out of time to build caterpillar tunnels in Novemeber.
So we built mini tunnels to overwinter crops instead! … More Mini Tunnels To Get Seed Crops Through The Winter
Hey Kids, do you have any arugula that looks like this at home?
Did you know that if you just leave it there, all those flowers will turn into seeds pods?
… More What to do when your arugula look like this!
This week I’ve been walking the Rainbow Tatsoi to select what plants we’ll be letting go to seed. Overall, things are getting very stable. Some solid dark leaves with a lot of purple stems. Some diversity in savoy texture. Very similar growing habit. But then I come upon this. I haven’t seen an individual this … More Genetic memory or chance encounter?
Yesterday I went through my 2019 breeding notes from my Scotch Bonnet Remix project. I’m planning out what selections to grow this summer. (This was a cross between Scotch Bonnet peppers and some sweet Capsicum annuums. A cross that everyone tells me shouldn’t happen! Read more about the Scotch Bonnet Remix origin story here) The … More Planning out the 2020 Scotch Bonnet Remix breeding project.
This is book four of my personal Top 10 Farm Books Of The Decade. I’m presenting my Top 10 in order of publication. Next up ,,, The Organic Seed Grower A Farmer’s Guide to Vegetable Seed Production by John Navazio When I was a new farmer in the early 2000s, there were some great books … More The Organic Seed Grower – Book Review
Wow a second blog post in the same day!!!! This is book two is my personal Top 10 farm books of the decade. I’m presenting my Top 10 in order of publication. Let’s head to 2011 With ,,, Breeding Organic Vegetables A Step-by-Step Guide for Growers by Rowen White and Bryan Connolly This book is … More Breeding Organic Vegetables – Book Review