by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Dec 8, 2010 | Asparagus
Green and White Asparagus White asparagus is considered a delicacy. It has a milder flavor than green asparagus. White asparagus is preferred in gourmet cooking. It is also expensive. Here is how to grow your own. Blanched In Darkness White asparagus is grown just...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Dec 5, 2010 | peppers
Ghost Pepper We all know that some peppers are hotter than others. Bell peppers and banana peppers are called sweet peppers. Jalapenos and various other peppers are called hot peppers. The compound that makes peppers hot is capsaicin. The amount of capsaicin in...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 19, 2010 | peas
Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons English Peas (P. sativum) encompass edible pod peas, snow peas, and sugar peas. In my area of Texas, we plant peas in February with the other...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 19, 2010 | peas
Black-eyed peas have many names. They are called field peas, Southern peas, cowpeas, crowder peas, and some 50 other names. Whatever the name, up until the Civil War, black-eyed peas were grown primarily to feed cattle. Some may have been eaten by slaves, but free...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 15, 2010 | beans
There are lots of kinds of beans, but green beans are a good example of how to grow the whole family of beans. There are bush beans, which are similar to little shrubs, and pole beans, which are like ivy and need poles for support. You can grow both kinds...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 11, 2010 | turnips
Turnips are a two-for-one vegetable. You can grow them for their tops, which you eat like spinach, or for the turnip itself, or both. In any case, turnips are cool-season crops. In my part of Texas, they are planted around the first of February or in the fall, when...
