I agree with how you get pulled in when ordering seeds online! 😂 I know good and well I have nowhere to plant the amount of things I have. I need to start praying before I look at these websites. 🤦🏾♀️ Loved your seed haul. 🌱🤍
I do not grow okra but I send them to a church in Zambia (A.I.D.S.) means many hungry children to feed. They like clemsen spineless which is cheap and did well. Jade did well for me. As for pole beans I like Kentucky Blue, and my Chinese wife (for 44 years now) like the yard long beans and so do I.
Jade bush beans are soooo good and prolific, definitely grow this every year. The sugar rush peach pepper is a staple in my garden. My husband and I love these for fresh eating but they are so versatile and we made a fun and delicious spice mix dehydrating them with Buena mulata peppers.
I know I am making too many comments. Lol but you need to add Chocolate Mint, oh my goodness it's the best of mint smells and I love it in tea. But I know you know most all mint is evasive so plant to itself. I love all of the procut sunflowers for making flower arrangements. The Mammoth Sunflower is great for making roasted sunflower seeds. I love the burgundy sunflowers, also. I buy a lot of seeds from Hoss Tool and have the best germination from their seeds. They have a yellow straight neck squash that absolutely makes squash all summer long very disease resistant. It's called Slick Pic squash. The Gentry squash is a close second. I too am in 7a Northeast Arkansas. I love your seed haul. If I think of other things I cannot go without I will post again. Lol Have a blessed day. God is Good..
I grow jade beans every year, and always will! Better than blue lake and contender. Also I grew the adjvarki peppers for the first time last year. I LOVE them. I am doubling my plant starts this year. I use them as a bell pepper. The walls of the peppers are thick and sweet. I froze some, diced, but wish I had more. I just found your channel today. I love your ease at talking and of course the eternal joy and struggles with gardening!
Welcome Rachel! So glad you are here. That is good to know on the jade beans and the comments have been consistent around them so I am excited to try them. And good to know on the Adjvarski peppers too. I am getting more excited!! It is always good to have some confirmation.
I don't do hot peppers at all. But I made a fermented hot sauce by fermenting Jalapeños in green and red stages and my husband said it was similar but better then Sriracha. I didn't taste either so I can't describe differences. I plan to ferment sugar rush peach for him next year and make the same style hot sauce.
i don't care how much i take inventory...I am the biggest sucker when i go to order. EVERYTHING strikes me..I want to buy it all!!! I really have to work hard to only buy 1 or 2 new try items. You got a lot of great seeds! i can't wait to see how your garden turns out this year. I can't wait to plant mine. Im zone 6B
Howdy Barbara!👋 Nice haul!👍I grow the Crackerjack (African) marigold for tea. It has several medicinal uses. My Mom-in-law has arthritis and it's good for inflammation. 🙂💕
Heads up the African Nunam basil won't taste like the basil you're used to. It will have more of a oregano flavor to it. It is a must grow especially in the warmer zones because it can tolerate the humidity for sure. It's amazing as a pesto or dehydrated 💚
We like the Asian long beans. The are a pole variety and really produce. I'm going to order the sugar rush pepper. That would make a great hot sauce. Blessings, Rochelle
I got the free spoon tomato as well. I am going to try it in a pot on the deck and I think I may try and see if it will grow inside for winter salads. I can’t believe there are nine tomatoes on one spoon 😂 I can’t wait to try dr wychys. So exciting. Thank you for sharing. I love it all
Hey Barbara. I am in zone 7b in Maryland and I have only grown the Jade bush been. They are wonderful. My family loved the taste of the. And they are very prolific. You are gonna love Jade!
Sriracha sauce in the United States is made mainly from red and green jalapeno peppers, from Fresno peppers, serrano peppers, and Thai chili peppers. Hope that helps. What about using your Sugar Rush Peach pepper for a pepper jelly? That's if you like the flavor of the pepper, of course! Milkweed. This is one of those "it depends." Milkweeds in their native ranges said not to be invasive, although some such as common milkweed and swamp milkweed do spread and need to be cut back and probably dug out from time to time, just the portions that have gone beyond where you want them to be. That "Gay Butterflies" you have there is so pretty! ---and looks like a "butterfly bush" I paid hard cash for at the garden center and which came on like a house afire its first year in the garden and in the second year just started growing exponentially and taking over more space than I felt I could afford to let it have so I dug it out mid-season and disposed of it. Sad, but necessary. Milkweed, I read, needs as much of a year as it can possibly get to grow and get ready for winter which an immature or inadequately prepared milkweed may well not survive. That makes me wonder if you could start it later than it needs to be started to make itself ready for winter, and let the winter kill it off? Would it bloom for you in that shorter time? Hope something here is helpful, too. That Salmon Janina Chinese aster is to die for! You have me thinking that I might need to make another order, just for some flowers. We want to see this one in bloom in your garden. *nod, nod* As for your big dreams, you just go, girl! Dream Big! Big Dreams are the best kind! "Make voyages. Attempt them. That's all there is." ----Camino Real, Tennessee Williams
This was a fun video to watch! I had never heard of the purple hull pink eye cowpea. I love growing all different kinds of beans so I’m going to grow them this summer. Do you have any favorite recipes for them?
I got some from a farmers market this summer to see if I would like them before I start growing them… well. I cooked them just like I cook my pinto beans and they were heavenly! Wonderful taste with this buttery texture, created a smooth broth. I can’t wait to grow some.
The most absolutely beautiful basil I have ever planted was Cardinal Basil from Baker Creek. It bloomed with huge deep burgundy colored flowers and had a wonderful smell to it. Butterflies loved it. The taste was ok but I always prefer Thai basil better than any other for taste but I cook a lot of Asian dishes. But to use the Cardinal Basil as just a beautiful plant for adding color and smell to your garden is a game changer.
The spoon tomato from what I have heard, grows quite wild and produces a lot. The downside is that it is time consuming to pick them and yes the limited ways to use them. They taste good and usually the kids have fun picking them.
A friend is growing the Spoon Tomato for her kids to eat in the garden. She says she won't worry that they will choke on such a small tomato. They love to eat straight from the garden so she is making a garden just for them with safe foods,
Great seed haul! Waiting for mine to get here. You are talking about expanding you seed starts, I am talking about controlling mine, lol. I am single and work full time, and every spare minute seemed to go to rotating, watering, transplanting, and carrying them in and out of the house as things started to warm up.
This video got me more excited about planting! As far as peppers, 25000 isn’t really that hot. Probably more like a green poblano heat. Wondering if he picked up scotch bonnet seeds. Those are often mistaken for habaneros. They’re largely used is Caribbean cooking as its a Caribbean pepper. They are delicious and they’re flavor profile is different from any other pepper, but those seeds are hot hot if consumed. Eden Brothers has been the only place I’ve seen so far that sells the seeds. Definitely plan on getting some myself. Try poblano and bean tostadas, roast them for salsa verde, roast and stuff them like regular peppers, poblano poppers and/or make your own green sauce to season meats and I’ve made a Mexican inspired Alfredo using traditional Mexican seasonings. I think poblano can be something great to add to something like that.
If you get a chance try Korean Green peppers they have the flavor of cayenne but the heat level is similar to jalapeno and the best snacking pepper I found is the Pippins Golden Honey (wait till they are yellow!}
I’m so excited to start seeds. I’m trying several basils this year as well. I love all your picks! I haven’t tried mr stripy but I’ve heard great things about it. I got more nasturtiums this year and I also got the climbing one. I put my leaves and flowers in witch hazel and it’s so nice as an astringent on my face. I got that idea from team benson desert garden ❤ I’m also trying milk weed and according to my husband, he said it will be everywhere and doesn’t even want me to plant it 😂 oh boy. But, I found out that there are free milk weed seeds being offered in order to help the butterflies 🦋 so I will plant my seeds❤ thank you Barbara
My favorite Hot Pepper is Santa Fe Grande. I may have mentioned it to you before but it is just a little hotter than a jalapeno.. they have a good flavor with a citrus flavor. I bought mine from MIgardner.
I planted the orange spice last year and it was a very hot pepper for us. But I wonder if it was just the drought and heat we had that caused it to be so hot. I did not have any other peppers around this pepper. So it would make a good hot sauce pepper. It also did not grow very well but again I will try it again.
I grew the sugar rush peach pepper this summer. They took forever to ripen for me (maybe due to the extreme heat last year) but they were SUPER prolific. I must have had about 100 peppers on the plant
@@AGardenersJourneyHomestead they were really good. Sweet and hot. They weren’t super hot though. Just enough. You can make a good hot sauce or powder out of them
I have tried the jade bean. I loved them. So did the deer once I figured out the pest control I did get one big harvest. They were very prolific. I can't say how the plant did longer term because I harvested the night before a freeze.
Spoon tomatoes are pretty for floral arrangements, trusses hanging over the sides of bouquets.
Hmm ok would not have thought about them for flower arrangements. Thanks!
I agree with how you get pulled in when ordering seeds online! 😂 I know good and well I have nowhere to plant the amount of things I have. I need to start praying before I look at these websites. 🤦🏾♀️
Loved your seed haul. 🌱🤍
I do not grow okra but I send them to a church in Zambia (A.I.D.S.) means many hungry children to feed. They like clemsen spineless which is cheap and did well. Jade did well for me. As for pole beans I like Kentucky Blue, and my Chinese wife (for 44 years now) like the yard long beans and so do I.
Marshmallow plants are so cool. I winter sowed mine with some success. Love your channel!
I like the plant
Jade bush beans are soooo good and prolific, definitely grow this every year. The sugar rush peach pepper is a staple in my garden. My husband and I love these for fresh eating but they are so versatile and we made a fun and delicious spice mix dehydrating them with Buena mulata peppers.
I know I am making too many comments. Lol but you need to add Chocolate Mint, oh my goodness it's the best of mint smells and I love it in tea. But I know you know most all mint is evasive so plant to itself. I love all of the procut sunflowers for making flower arrangements. The Mammoth Sunflower is great for making roasted sunflower seeds. I love the burgundy sunflowers, also. I buy a lot of seeds from Hoss Tool and have the best germination from their seeds. They have a yellow straight neck squash that absolutely makes squash all summer long very disease resistant. It's called Slick Pic squash. The Gentry squash is a close second. I too am in 7a Northeast Arkansas. I love your seed haul. If I think of other things I cannot go without I will post again. Lol Have a blessed day. God is Good..
Thanks for all the tips!!
Jalapeños are used in Sriracha sauce.
Thank you!
@@AGardenersJourneyHomestead You're welcome.
Your flower garden is going to be beautiful!
I hope so!
Amazing selection of seeds!
I really want to try that sugar rush peach.
You’ll like the Dr. Wyche’s yellow 👌It’s yummy ❤️🌱
Thanks for the tips!
I grow jade beans every year, and always will! Better than blue lake and contender. Also I grew the adjvarki peppers for the first time last year. I LOVE them. I am doubling my plant starts this year. I use them as a bell pepper. The walls of the peppers are thick and sweet. I froze some, diced, but wish I had more.
I just found your channel today. I love your ease at talking and of course the eternal joy and struggles with gardening!
Welcome Rachel! So glad you are here. That is good to know on the jade beans and the comments have been consistent around them so I am excited to try them. And good to know on the Adjvarski peppers too. I am getting more excited!! It is always good to have some confirmation.
I don't do hot peppers at all. But I made a fermented hot sauce by fermenting Jalapeños in green and red stages and my husband said it was similar but better then Sriracha. I didn't taste either so I can't describe differences. I plan to ferment sugar rush peach for him next year and make the same style hot sauce.
i don't care how much i take inventory...I am the biggest sucker when i go to order. EVERYTHING strikes me..I want to buy it all!!! I really have to work hard to only buy 1 or 2 new try items. You got a lot of great seeds! i can't wait to see how your garden turns out this year. I can't wait to plant mine. Im zone 6B
Howdy Barbara!👋 Nice haul!👍I grow the Crackerjack (African) marigold for tea. It has several medicinal uses. My Mom-in-law has arthritis and it's good for inflammation. 🙂💕
Thanks for the tips!
Heads up the African Nunam basil won't taste like the basil you're used to. It will have more of a oregano flavor to it. It is a must grow especially in the warmer zones because it can tolerate the humidity for sure. It's amazing as a pesto or dehydrated 💚
We like the Asian long beans. The are a pole variety and really produce. I'm going to order the sugar rush pepper. That would make a great hot sauce. Blessings, Rochelle
I used my poblano peppers to make a Mexican flavored stuffed peppers. They were on the small size, and delicious.
OK that sounds good.
Awesome seed haul I love flowers too I am going to try and make a garden for the good o 🐝🐝 and butterflies
Yes they will love it.
I got the free spoon tomato as well. I am going to try it in a pot on the deck and I think I may try and see if it will grow inside for winter salads. I can’t believe there are nine tomatoes on one spoon 😂 I can’t wait to try dr wychys. So exciting. Thank you for sharing. I love it all
Hey Barbara. I am in zone 7b in Maryland and I have only grown the Jade bush been. They are wonderful. My family loved the taste of the. And they are very prolific. You are gonna love Jade!
OK thanks-good to know!
Sriracha sauce in the United States is made mainly from red and green jalapeno peppers, from Fresno peppers, serrano peppers, and Thai chili peppers. Hope that helps.
What about using your Sugar Rush Peach pepper for a pepper jelly? That's if you like the flavor of the pepper, of course!
Milkweed. This is one of those "it depends." Milkweeds in their native ranges said not to be invasive, although some such as common milkweed and swamp milkweed do spread and need to be cut back and probably dug out from time to time, just the portions that have gone beyond where you want them to be.
That "Gay Butterflies" you have there is so pretty! ---and looks like a "butterfly bush" I paid hard cash for at the garden center and which came on like a house afire its first year in the garden and in the second year just started growing exponentially and taking over more space than I felt I could afford to let it have so I dug it out mid-season and disposed of it. Sad, but necessary.
Milkweed, I read, needs as much of a year as it can possibly get to grow and get ready for winter which an immature or inadequately prepared milkweed may well not survive. That makes me wonder if you could start it later than it needs to be started to make itself ready for winter, and let the winter kill it off? Would it bloom for you in that shorter time?
Hope something here is helpful, too.
That Salmon Janina Chinese aster is to die for! You have me thinking that I might need to make another order, just for some flowers. We want to see this one in bloom in your garden. *nod, nod*
As for your big dreams, you just go, girl! Dream Big! Big Dreams are the best kind!
"Make voyages. Attempt them. That's all there is." ----Camino Real, Tennessee Williams
Thanks so much for all the tips!
Hello Barbara, I am so glad I came across your channel. I am just beginning to grow a garden myself.
Welcome and I am glad you are here! So happy you are starting a garden!
This was a fun video to watch! I had never heard of the purple hull pink eye cowpea. I love growing all different kinds of beans so I’m going to grow them this summer. Do you have any favorite recipes for them?
I got some from a farmers market this summer to see if I would like them before I start growing them… well. I cooked them just like I cook my pinto beans and they were heavenly! Wonderful taste with this buttery texture, created a smooth broth. I can’t wait to grow some.
The most absolutely beautiful basil I have ever planted was Cardinal Basil from Baker Creek. It bloomed with huge deep burgundy colored flowers and had a wonderful smell to it. Butterflies loved it. The taste was ok but I always prefer Thai basil better than any other for taste but I cook a lot of Asian dishes. But to use the Cardinal Basil as just a beautiful plant for adding color and smell to your garden is a game changer.
It looks pretty on the package so I cannot wait to try it!!
I'm trying Sugar Rush Peach for the first time as well. 🧡 I'm super excited about it and Purple Petite Peppers.
Ok great-I never heard of the purple peppers. Let me go look that up!
The spoon tomato from what I have heard, grows quite wild and produces a lot. The downside is that it is time consuming to pick them and yes the limited ways to use them. They taste good and usually the kids have fun picking them.
Yes I am not thrilled about this one!
A friend is growing the Spoon Tomato for her kids to eat in the garden. She says she won't worry that they will choke on such a small tomato. They love to eat straight from the garden so she is making a garden just for them with safe foods,
That is so nice-the kids will love it!
Jalapeno is milder than a serrano. So Aji mango is hotter but for its use in sauce or cooking it is still tolerable, less than habanero
Thanks!
Great seed haul! Waiting for mine to get here. You are talking about expanding you seed starts, I am talking about controlling mine, lol. I am single and work full time, and every spare minute seemed to go to rotating, watering, transplanting, and carrying them in and out of the house as things started to warm up.
Thanks for stopping by!
This video got me more excited about planting! As far as peppers, 25000 isn’t really that hot. Probably more like a green poblano heat. Wondering if he picked up scotch bonnet seeds. Those are often mistaken for habaneros. They’re largely used is Caribbean cooking as its a Caribbean pepper. They are delicious and they’re flavor profile is different from any other pepper, but those seeds are hot hot if consumed. Eden Brothers has been the only place I’ve seen so far that sells the seeds. Definitely plan on getting some myself. Try poblano and bean tostadas, roast them for salsa verde, roast and stuff them like regular peppers, poblano poppers and/or make your own green sauce to season meats and I’ve made a Mexican inspired Alfredo using traditional Mexican seasonings. I think poblano can be something great to add to something like that.
Nasturtium on focaccia is delicious 🥰
If you get a chance try Korean Green peppers they have the flavor of cayenne but the heat level is similar to jalapeno and the best snacking pepper I found is the Pippins Golden Honey (wait till they are yellow!}
I’m so excited to start seeds. I’m trying several basils this year as well. I love all your picks! I haven’t tried mr stripy but I’ve heard great things about it. I got more nasturtiums this year and I also got the climbing one. I put my leaves and flowers in witch hazel and it’s so nice as an astringent on my face. I got that idea from team benson desert garden ❤ I’m also trying milk weed and according to my husband, he said it will be everywhere and doesn’t even want me to plant it 😂 oh boy. But, I found out that there are free milk weed seeds being offered in order to help the butterflies 🦋 so I will plant my seeds❤ thank you Barbara
Yes I am excited too! Oh no on the milkweed. I may have to put that in a container. The witch hazel sounds so good!
You can use a poblano just like a green bell pepper in recipes, especially in Mexican dishes…sometimes they can be a little spicy.
Thanks for the tip!
My favorite Hot Pepper is Santa Fe Grande. I may have mentioned it to you before but it is just a little hotter than a jalapeno.. they have a good flavor with a citrus flavor. I bought mine from MIgardner.
Thank you!
I planted the orange spice last year and it was a very hot pepper for us. But I wonder if it was just the drought and heat we had that caused it to be so hot. I did not have any other peppers around this pepper. So it would make a good hot sauce pepper. It also did not grow very well but again I will try it again.
The African basil is amazing. It was my highest producer last year and it gets pretty tall
Oh wow it does? Good to know-thanks!
Same here! I definitely recommend growing this variety to other basil lovers . It was one of my rock stars in my garden
I grew the sugar rush peach pepper this summer. They took forever to ripen for me (maybe due to the extreme heat last year) but they were SUPER prolific. I must have had about 100 peppers on the plant
Wow-how did they taste?
@@AGardenersJourneyHomestead they were really good. Sweet and hot. They weren’t super hot though. Just enough. You can make a good hot sauce or powder out of them
@@DebiLynn Ok good to know-sounds good!
I have tried the jade bean. I loved them. So did the deer once I figured out the pest control I did get one big harvest. They were very prolific. I can't say how the plant did longer term because I harvested the night before a freeze.
OK good to know-I am excited to try it!
I bought the sugar rush peach. I want to make spicy peach preserves. I hope they work out for both of us.
I hope so too!
Do you just put the seeds in ground first or do you start them in seed pods?
I will be starting the majority of them but will direct sow some.