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Good night GardenChatters! This is on my pond deck and I am so excited it is finally blooming. I winter tropical hibiscus over in my dome each year. They sure are a fun plant to enjoy! #gardenchat #tropical #tropicalhibiscus #summervibes #yellow #nightphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9ma0dAjnJ/?igshid=10okq7gqd1rzh

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6 No-Fail Perennials To Cheer Up Your Garden: https://goo.gl/Y4AVM0

Less work? More flowers? Count us in. Add a profusion of colorful flowers that come back every year with these no-fuss plants.

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Monday Just Got Super Chatty in the Garden World!

Monday Just Got Super Chatty in the Garden World!

Monday Just Got Super Chatty in the Garden World!  Tonight on #gardenchat Twitter we welcome the Creators of PlantsMap.com Tracy and Bill Blevins to share with us all the cool new additions on their site to better help gardeners archive their growing season.  Read more at : ConnectShareGrow.com 

How to Participate on Twitter Chats : http://connectsharegrow.com/twitter-2/how-to-gardenchat-on-twit…

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What was on your to grow list this year that either didn’t succeed or you forgot to grow? I’ve always wanted to grow garlic in my home garden and have never been able to find healthy garlic seed when I need them.  While visiting the Veggie Trials in California in August friends from Sustainable Seed Company stopped by the trial garden at Seeds By Design and brought gifts – including Garlic!!!!  Garlic is at the top of my 2016 Harvest list.

Now there is only one problem with owning my first Garlic to plant … I have NO CLUE what to do!

JOIN THE CONVERSION TONIGHT on Garden Chatter

Where else can you ask a Farmer how to grow garlic???? Register by clicking the image below and then click the link later tonight to join live on Garden Chatter.

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Harvest List 2016

Below in the photo collection are a few other goodies I’ve got on my list to grow in 2016.  I’m planning Garlic and other HOT Seeds for 2016 Harvest.  Click on each image to find out more about the seeds.

Sustainable See’s Hot Edible Garden Picks For Spring and Summer 

By Debra Prinzing in the Los Angeles Times  

” Fendley, whose company is based near the Mendocino National Forest, was motivated to collect old varieties after he noticed that the number of broccoli seeds in the nonprofit Seed Savers Exchange catalog dropped from about 80 types in the 1980s to only four or five in 2003.

“I wondered, is there anyone else freaked out that there are only a few broccoli varieties left to grow?” he said …. ” continue reading  Here 

  Join the conversation tonight on Garden Chatter  where you can ask questions and learn more from Sustainable Seeds Farmer John.  I’m looking forward to growing garlic together!  

  Planning Garlic and Other HOT Seeds for 2016 Harvest What was on your to grow list this year that either didn't succeed or you forgot to grow?

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NGBplantnerds Share #VeggieTrials2015 on Garden Chatter

NGBplantnerds Share #VeggieTrials2015 on Garden Chatter (highlights and more!)

On August 10-13 a group of amazing veggie garden bloggers made their way out to the West Coast to visit some amazing trial gardens filled with veggies. This group came from as far as the east coast northern Canada to travel from Los Angeles up to Sacramento California in four days.

A group of some of the top veggie garden bloggers head to the west coast for the #veggietrials2015. Watch the…

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No Work Garden - SeeFit Tip

No Work Garden – SeeFit Tip

Centered around production and usefulness, permaculture is an approach to gardening that serves to sustain both the plants and their caregivers. Coined by two Australians, David Holmgren and Bill Mollison, this system focuses on observing nature and working with it to create diverse and resilient ecosystems.

At the foundation of this approach are 12 principles, each of which has been broken down…

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Highlights from MyFixitUpLife Gardening jujitsu & #GardenChat

Highlights from MyFixitUpLife Gardening jujitsu & #GardenChat

MyFixItUpLife : Mark and Theresa

MyFixitUpLife talk show hosts Mark & Theresa share DIY and design tips, talk about their favorite home and tools, and relate strategies for managing the challenges of raising a family while juggling home projects. Every week Mark & Theresa interview editors and celebrities… (More )  from MyFixItUpLife.com 

Check out July 7 episode :Let’s talk gardening jujitsu…

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I’m a HUGE pepper fan! I love growing them in my raised beds, traditional garden and even in containers.  Last night on the Google Garden Chatter hangouts Adam Cortell and I got to speak with Terry Berke who I have officially hashtagged the #PepperGuy ! Terry is a pepper breeder for Seminis Seed and has spent over 15 years traveling the world to find the perfect peppers for us to grow in our home gardens. Many of these peppers I’m sure you have eaten either at restaurants, from your local markets and maybe even in your own home garden. I hope this presentation embedded below will encourage you to include peppers in your home garden this year.

Terry Berke : Peppers on My Youtube Channel

My Home Garden Peppers

Peppers are super easy to grow in most home gardens as long as you have healthy soil and plenty of warm sunshine.  I purchase many of my peppers as starter plants from my local garden centers.  Below is a chart from a local Bowling Green Greenhouse showing the scoville that Terry mentioned in the interview video above.

Terry Berke the #PepperGuy

I had a blast meeting Terry last year at the Woodland Trial Gardens in Northern California.  Here are some photos I took of him sharing his peppers.  You can totally tell he LOVES peppers!!!

Pickled Pepper Recipe

Terry’s Pickled Jalapeno Recipe

During the presentation Terry shared a pickled pepper recipes that I can’t wait to try this next harvest season. Click Here or on the image above to view the recipe.  I can’t wait to share more of the recipes Terry sent to me as well so be sure to follow my blog by subscribing to my newsletter so you won’t miss them featured in the months to come!

Happy Gardening and Let’s Grow Some Peppers!

  Add Peppers to Your Home Garden | Pepper Guy Shares Tips and More I'm a HUGE pepper fan! I love growing them in my raised beds, traditional garden and even in containers.