That time of the year again

The gardening fever is striking us again (thankfully since we have a nice big space to utilize back there) and we’ve just starting a ton of seeds….of course we are only writing about it on our self-sufficient / garden blog, Self-Reliant Yuppies, so if you...

What we got from Burpee

So I’ve mentioned that we got seeds from Burpee a few times now…and you may be wondering what we ordered…so here goes – it’s a LONG list, I know. But the seeds there cost a fraction of the price here, especially for chili seeds so even...

Cayenne harvesting

We got quite a few nice peppers from our cayenne plants despite not really giving much love or attention to them. We decided to harvest a few of the peppers before we went away last week and hung them up in our kitchen to dry. We tried a little piece of one of them in...

Eggplants, chilies and tomatoes – oh my!

Once again it’s been a while since our last garden update so here goes…I mentioned once or twice that we are giving our lettuce a try in window boxes along our courtyard and at the front of the house. These are the plants by the courtyard which are really...

Tomatoes galore

So far, everything is still thriving in the greenhouse and our tomatoes are now showing some massive signs of life. Here’s a general view when you glance in the direction of the tomatoes….As you can probably notice (click on the image to make it larger),...