Saving Tomato Seeds One of the most popular vegetable (it’s really a fruit) that homeowners in our area enjoy growing is the tomato. It is certainly easy enough to pick up a small plant and put it in the ground or grow in a large pot but I decided after having a tasty crop […]
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Pumpkins All Season Long Gardeners in New Orleans plant pumpkin seeds in July for Halloween jack-o-lanterns. So, if you didn’t plant pumpkins you may partake in the harvest from farmers markets and the canned pumpkins which are a combination of different squash. Pumpkins take between 90 and 120 days to grow and are picked in
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Beets – Beta vulgaris Beetroots as they more commonly referred to in Europe are the taproot portions of the beet plant. It is a member of the goosefoot family as is Swiss chard and sugar beets. Beets have been around since the Middle Ages but the varieties similar to what we eat today came later.
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Okra Okra is a relative of hollyhock and hibiscus. It is a plant of the tropical and warm climates that produces edible green seed pods. Its’ scientific name is Abelmoschus esculentus and also Hibiscus esculentus. In various parts of the world, it is known as Okra, Ochro, Okoro, Quimgombo, Quingumbo, Ladies Fingers, Gombo, Kopi Arab,
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Hot August Flowers Periwinkle For sunny beds or containers, choose periwinkle, melampodium, blue daze, purslane, portulaca, pentas, torenia, perennial verbena, salvias, sun-tolerant coleus, cleome, butterfly weed, hard hibiscus (mallow), salvia, lantana, zinnia, marigold, abelmoschus, globe amaranth, cosmos, balsam, celosia, scaevola, Mexican heather, plumbago, black-eyed susan, purple cone flower and vinca . For shady and partly-
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