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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.

A picture review of May from 2019.

Most plants love growing in full sun, but some plants can be grown in part shade or full shade. 

This is an older post describing the various basil LP Farm Store grows. Lorissa has added a few more varieties in 2025.

This is an older post listing the different varieties of herbs that LP Farm Store sold.

How do you plant a pumpkin patch? What are all the steps invovled?

There are over 600 varieties of mint and I try to add a new kind to my collection every year. 

This is a list of websites that I find incredibly useful.

Most herbs are quite easy to grow and the easiest to grow is mint. 

I've been growing pumpkins for 29 years, but this will be 2 years that I've been off of my dad's farm. I now start the season in my condo and move into my greenhouse in April, depending on the weather. I thought I knew how to grow things and last year and so far this year have been proving to be challenging. Last year my peppers and herbs grew well in my condo, but my tomatoes did terrible. This year everything did well except my herbs and onions. Hopefully year 3 I will

How do you take care of mint? Is it an easy herb to look after?