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I sometimes get asked what's the difference between a pumpkin and a winter squash? I really don't have a answer to that question. They both belong to the Cucurbita family and than they branch off into other families. All pumpkins are winter squash: mature fruit of certain species in the genus Cucurbita. Subspecies include pepo, moschata, argyrosperma, and maxima. Quite confusing so I just say a pumpkin is a squash! I grow approximately 60 different varieties of pumpkin

This is an older post from 2019 describing how I garden, which is chaos gardening.

I grow many different types of potatoes. To grow potatoes one needs seed potatoes which can be bought at big box stores, greenhouses, or in Canada Eagle Seed Potatoes . Norlad: Early red skinned, white on the inside potatoes. Yukon Gold: Yellow skin and flesh. Russet: starchy, netted brown skin, and white on the inside. Russian Blue: Blue on the outside and inside. Amarosa: fingerling potato with a smooth bright red skin, and deep red flesh. Linzer Delikatess: they have ye

I love growing hot peppers, but I don't like eating hot peppers! The hottest pepper is the Carolina Reaper at 1.5-2.2 million scoville units. Pepper spray has 5.3 million scoville units. When looking at the scoville scale you'll find that peppers tend to vary in their heat units. My theory is because of the ripeness factor and if you eat the seeds or not. I sell Carolina Reapers, but I make sure I warn people that it's a risky endeavor. On the tamer side is sweet bell p

It's the start of garlic season in Manitoba and there's tons of questions on Facebook about what garlic scapes are. This kind of scape is not a scapegoat, this scape is delicious in many different ways. How to use scapes? Pesto , Relish , in stir fries, Pickled Scapes (this recipes is for beans, so just substitute the beans for scapes), garlic scape butter, deep fry them, garlic scape hummas, ....... There are hundreds of ways to use scapes. If you're growing garlic an

I grow 3 types of onions: red, yellow (sweet Spanish), and white. Onions tend to be a staple that everyone uses in cooking. Personally I dislike onions and if I find them in my food I will pick them out. Though I do love onion rings, mmm. Common onions are normally available in three colour varieties. Yellow onions, are full-flavoured and are the onions of choice for everyday use, with many cultivars bred specifically to demonstrate this sweetness. Yellow onions turn a ric

The veggie from space aka the alien veggie! kohl·​ra·​bi | \ kōl-ˈrä-bē (Call rah bee). Its unique name is derived from the German word for cabbage (kohl) and turnip (rabi). I love this veggie, it's cool looking and tastes good. One way to eat it is like an apple. The peel is not edible so you need to peel it, which can be a pain. So cut the kohlrabi into 4s or 8s and eat like an apple slice, just don't eat the peel. Some people like sprinkling a little salt and/or pep

This is an older post from 2019 on cutworms and ways on combatting them.

My favorite question is: can you eat gourds? I'm sure you could, but you're teeth might not appreciate biting into them. Gourds are used as decorations for Thanksgiving, fall, and Halloween decorating. I love growing gourds, as you never know what you're going to get. When picking the gourds it's like going on an Easter egg hunt. Autumn Wing gourds look like alien birds, Crown of Thorn gourds look like Pac Men, and Lunch Lady gourds........, yeah they're big and warty.

An older post from 2019 describing the various varieties of garlic LP Farm Store grows.

Everyone loves tomatoes and they can be grown in the garden, raised beds or in containers.

A quick up date on the garden. This is an older post from 2019.