Veggies

Everything to do about seed potatoes. Where to buy and how much to buy.

A review of the company Atlantic Pepper Seed company. They sell a wide variety of hot pepper seeds.

Some seeds need to be started indoors and some can be direct seeded in the garden. If you don't have an indoor plant room or don't care to start seeds indoors LP Farm Store sells a wide range of plants . Direct seed, these seeds go straight into the garden: Beans Beets Carrots Sweet Corn Kohlrabi Parsnips Peas Dill Cilantro Radish Rutabaga Peas Potatoes Swiss Chard Start indoors or buy plants: Sweet and hot peppers Broccoli/Cauliflower Cabbage Celery Eggplant Onions Tomatoe

Tomatoes come in a variety of shapes, sizes, weights, tastes, and colors. Some varieties are perfect for salads, others for sandwiches, and others for sauces. Cherry tomatoes are tiny marble sized or slightly bigger tomatoes. They are usually sweet and juicy. Cherries are perfect for snacking, Greek salad, drying, and so much more. Varieties: Sungold, Indigo Cherry, Red Pear. Roma/Paste/Plum these tend to be drier and perfect are for making salsa, sauces, and canning.

At LP Farm Store a variety of winter squash is grown. This is an older post from 2019. New squashes have been added in 2025.

I grow many different varieties of tomatoes. Romas, slicers, heirlooms, and cherries. Romas are meatier and less juicy. They are used for canning, making juice, and sauces. I grow red, pink, black/purple, yellow, orange, green, and speckled/striped. Tomatoes are one of the best veggies. There is so much you can do with them: tomato sandwiches, greek salads, tomato sauce, eat them raw with salt and pepper, and ........................ Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fru

Sweet Corn and tomatoes are two of my favorite veggies. I also love Ornamental corn. My dad loves telling children that he hand paints each kernel. In Manitoba sweet corn is ready in August and Ornamental corn is ready in September. There are a few different types of corn: sweet dent flint popcorn flour pod Dent corn is what is found in fields and is used for animal feed, is a base for high-fructose corn syrup, and other things. Flint corn is often referred to as Indian C

I grow very few radishes and no rutabaga. The reason I grow radishes is to mark my carrot rows. Carrots grow incredibly slow and radishes grow incredibly fast so it shows me where my row is. I found radishes to be spicy, I'm not a fan of overly spicy or heat. All Recipes apparently has over 100 recipes for radishes! The rutabaga, swede, or neep is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip. The roots are eaten in a variety of ways, and

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

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