Vegetables

  • Tomatopedia: Rose quartz multiflora

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    Rose quartz multiflora is a tomato variety I got 3 years ago and have been sowing it every year since then. When I got it there was very little to almost no information about it so I didn’t know much…

  • Tomtopedia: Green Zebra – the little king of green tomatoes

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    Green Zebra is a fairly new tomato variety that was introduced in 1983 by Tom Wagner. He bred the variety as a product of the idea to have green tomatoes that can be eaten and he did a perfect job….

  • Tomatopedia: Gold rush currant tomato- a pretty little hassle

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    Each year I plant a few new tomato varieties so I could test them. This year one of the newly tested varieties was “Goldrush currant”. As it was labeled as “cherry tomato” I knew I had to expect an indeterminate, bushy…

  • Peter pepper- the dirtiest pepper in the garden

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    A few years back I got a couple of seeds of the unusually shaped chili pepper which after first sowing became one of my favorite peppers and a display pepper which brings giggles from each person that sees it. Peter pepper…

  • Tomatopedia: Indigo rose- the purple garden beauty

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     A few years back I came across some Indigo rose seeds. I’ve sown them and was amazed by the wonderful color of this tomato. Beautiful little purple balls on a bright green plant soon turned into a real center display among all…