I can do you one better. I have made videos on the subjects. Here is rhubarb wine. Just ignore te raspberries. ruclips.net/video/1QeK0zGS3-s/видео.html
Have you tried the chocolate mint? It gives a nice strong mint taste with a little chocolate flavor. Is nice to dehydrate and use in the winter. Very nice pepper plant :-)
My wife decided the size. She came out with me and said you can have this area build a fence and keep it in there ;) I snuck out with my perennial fruit trees and bushes though ;)
Wow nice early harvest, I am also in zone 3 but have only gotten 3 jalapenos so far (way more coming). You have a great backlog of videos and I look forward to learning from your experience. Subbed and looking forward too more. Thanks from a second year aspiring gardener.
Great harvests! That's some pepper production for your area in June! Have you ever considered putting your mint someplace a little wild, where it can grow among the grass? It smells great the wild area ultimately gets mowed, but in the meantime, you can really increase your mint-growing area.
***** Haha-- I bet that it is hard to go the other direction! Maybe it's different where you live, but in my area, in Oregon's Willamette Valley, in an area that used to be orchards and grazing in the 'old days', there are so few native plants to disturb. I've ID'd 14 different kinds of grass at my place, but only 1 of them is native to this area. All the others are from Europe. So my spearmint is just one more plant in a mixed lawn, where it's not affecting any garden production. It's easier to control there in the grass, rather than loose in a garden!
Nice job with the peppers, Stubbs. Given that you're in zone 3. I'm in zone 6b to 7a and my peppers are just starting to get flowers and a few little tiny pepper buds. I took a chance on putting my bell pepper plants out early, and they took a beating with the cold nights. Jalapenos, I put out later, and they weren't punished.
Stephen, great job and it is so wonderful to see that you have crops so early. I am in NS and we are still waiting.... One suggestion, I pull my rhubarb stalks off the plant with a twisting motion. That way there is not a small stub left in the root which nearly always rots. I would be interested to see what you have to say on this. Thanks so much for your continued excellent you tube videos :)
I personally like Moroccan mint the best. It's the most commonly grown tea mint around here in Europe. I've tried lots of others but i keep going back to that plant. Bit of lemon balm too. Very tasty. Chocolate mint is by far the most decorative one, the taste is so so. Nice peppers! For me, it is garden friend appreciation week (i made that up because i need one!) I'm going to be thanking all of the youtube gardeners i watch this week, for helping me make my garden so much better this year, so thank you, Stephen! (especially for debunking a lot of garden hypes that could have cost me a lot of money) I'm finally getting on top of this marginal patch and it looks like it will finally produce some decent crops.
I looked quite hard for Moroccan mint and failed to find some ! I'll have to look next year again ! Thank you for taking the time to thank me ! I appreciate that very much ! I am also glad I could help you save a few dollars and produce more ! That is truly why I do this !
I looked quite hard for Moroccan mint and failed to find some ! I'll have to look next year again ! Thank you for taking the time to thank me ! I appreciate that very much ! I am also glad I could help you save a few dollars and produce more ! That is truly why I do this !
To make to its actually best to use fresh leaves! Just pick a tablespoon or so of leaves as needed. That way all the constituents are intact without losing any in the dehydrating process,( plus it's tastier)
I do, but you don't have to :) to make herbal teas that have all the benefits of eating the whole plant, keep it covered as it steeps so the volatile oils don't evaporate, and steep for at least 15 mins. Though if you're drinking i for the flavour then of course you don't have to do that :)
Two mints are my favorites, apple mint and chocolate mint. I grow apple, orange, chocolate, mojito, spearmint and one just called peppermint. I'm thinking I need to add another variety of mint to my collection! Love your videos!
I also make frozen mint cubes. Great way to save mint for winter. Right now I make fresh apple mint tea in a quart jar, then when it cools down a little I put it in the fridge. It's a nice cool drink on hot days!
I have one thai chili on one of my plants. Thats out of a dozen or so plants(plus my super hots I started later). Im super jealous. Id love a pepper omelet about now.
***** I had flowers on mine too early, and prune heavily. now all I have is a couple strong plants with maybe a flower, and a bunch of weak plants with small leaves. My parents, who barely put any effort in have 4ft tall pepper plants. I think next year Im not going to prune.
do you not eat chive flowers? you cut the base of the flower where the small flowers connect and the individual flowers separate they make beautiful garnesh and taste stronger than the chive greens..
+Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable cool. i love chive flowers..i save them in a baggy they will last a week in the fridge and they make beautiful garneshes. they have a nice kick to them
Looks great, Stephen. I can't believe how beautiful your pepper plants look. Great job, well done.
Thank you my friend ! Peppers seem to enjoy my neglect :)
Nice harvest, Stephen! Those peppers are beautiful!
Thank you sir ! They were a touch hotter than I expected as well !
That's a good thing, in my book! ; )
I agree ;)
That is great! I would really like your recipes for mint tea and rhubarb wine :)
I can do you one better. I have made videos on the subjects. Here is rhubarb wine. Just ignore te raspberries.
ruclips.net/video/1QeK0zGS3-s/видео.html
Here is my mint tea video.
ruclips.net/video/bdRjemZIMis/видео.html
Thank you! :)
Have you tried the chocolate mint? It gives a nice strong mint taste with a little chocolate flavor. Is nice to dehydrate and use in the winter.
Very nice pepper plant :-)
I have not seen that one before ! I'll have to keep my eye out ! I have strawberry mint this year and my hopes are high !
Love jimmy Nardello. Good harvest!
I love them too! So flavourful even now!
sounds like climate weirdness is helping you out, love bbq peppers.
It certainly is. the peppers were so good!
how did you decide how big to make your garden? informative videos always!
My wife decided the size. She came out with me and said you can have this area build a fence and keep it in there ;) I snuck out with my perennial fruit trees and bushes though ;)
My mint has sprouted outside the raised bed into sod. This year I have planted a secondary variety for flavor. I love how your pepper turned out.
Mint sure is stubborn!! The mint is doing very very well!
a wine video would be great. congrats from zone 9b
Thank you my friend! Here is the video I did a few years back on my Rhubarb wine ;) ruclips.net/video/1QeK0zGS3-s/видео.html
Wow nice early harvest, I am also in zone 3 but have only gotten 3 jalapenos so far (way more coming). You have a great backlog of videos and I look forward to learning from your experience. Subbed and looking forward too more. Thanks from a second year aspiring gardener.
I have been enjoying the harvests so far! let me know as you move through the older videos what you think!
you got it dude
Great harvests! That's some pepper production for your area in June! Have you ever considered putting your mint someplace a little wild, where it can grow among the grass? It smells great the wild area ultimately gets mowed, but in the meantime, you can really increase your mint-growing area.
I have thought of that but can't bring myself to do it. Part of my day job is removing weeds and invasive species. It's hard to disconnect that :)
***** Haha-- I bet that it is hard to go the other direction! Maybe it's different where you live, but in my area, in Oregon's Willamette Valley, in an area that used to be orchards and grazing in the 'old days', there are so few native plants to disturb. I've ID'd 14 different kinds of grass at my place, but only 1 of them is native to this area. All the others are from Europe. So my spearmint is just one more plant in a mixed lawn, where it's not affecting any garden production. It's easier to control there in the grass, rather than loose in a garden!
it sure is different here :)
: )
Nice job with the peppers, Stubbs. Given that you're in zone 3. I'm in zone 6b to 7a and my peppers are just starting to get flowers and a few little tiny pepper buds. I took a chance on putting my bell pepper plants out early, and they took a beating with the cold nights. Jalapenos, I put out later, and they weren't punished.
Peppers really need the heat. That's why all of mine are in containers so they can heat up quickly.
I am sure yours will bounce back.
what is the best kind of sweet pepper to grow in Alberta?
I had no idea you could freeze rhubarb... I was wondering what I was going to do with mine, but now I know, thanks Stephen!
Yup it works well for baking and wine. It helps break down the cell walls.
Stephen, great job and it is so wonderful to see that you have crops so early. I am in NS and we are still waiting.... One suggestion, I pull my rhubarb stalks off the plant with a twisting motion. That way there is not a small stub left in the root which nearly always rots. I would be interested to see what you have to say on this. Thanks so much for your continued excellent you tube videos :)
That is an interesting method. I should try it out.
They always rot but that's alright I'd say.
Chive flowers are good for butterflies. I keep several for them.
I have other flowers for them :) I keep a well stocked flower garden both in my yard and public areas.
I personally like Moroccan mint the best. It's the most commonly grown tea mint around here in Europe. I've tried lots of others but i keep going back to that plant. Bit of lemon balm too. Very tasty. Chocolate mint is by far the most decorative one, the taste is so so. Nice peppers! For me, it is garden friend appreciation week (i made that up because i need one!) I'm going to be thanking all of the youtube gardeners i watch this week, for helping me make my garden so much better this year, so thank you, Stephen! (especially for debunking a lot of garden hypes that could have cost me a lot of money) I'm finally getting on top of this marginal patch and it looks like it will finally produce some decent crops.
I looked quite hard for Moroccan mint and failed to find some ! I'll have to look next year again !
Thank you for taking the time to thank me ! I appreciate that very much ! I am also glad I could help you save a few dollars and produce more ! That is truly why I do this !
I looked quite hard for Moroccan mint and failed to find some ! I'll have to look next year again !
Thank you for taking the time to thank me ! I appreciate that very much ! I am also glad I could help you save a few dollars and produce more ! That is truly why I do this !
To make to its actually best to use fresh leaves! Just pick a tablespoon or so of leaves as needed. That way all the constituents are intact without losing any in the dehydrating process,( plus it's tastier)
Thank you my friend! I may have to start some indoors so I can enjoy fresh!
Do you chop them up first?
I do, but you don't have to :) to make herbal teas that have all the benefits of eating the whole plant, keep it covered as it steeps so the volatile oils don't evaporate, and steep for at least 15 mins. Though if you're drinking i for the flavour then of course you don't have to do that :)
I certainly love the flavour! Ill have to try it a few different ways! thanks for the tip!
Two mints are my favorites, apple mint and chocolate mint. I grow apple, orange, chocolate, mojito, spearmint and one just called peppermint. I'm thinking I need to add another variety of mint to my collection! Love your videos!
Oh Apple mint sounds wonderful. As I showed in this video I love dehydrating some of my apples and using them in teas.
I also make frozen mint cubes. Great way to save mint for winter. Right now I make fresh apple mint tea in a quart jar, then when it cools down a little I put it in the fridge. It's a nice cool drink on hot days!
That I might have to do!! it sounds like a wonderful way to enjoy the mint and cool off!
I. Love. Rhubarb. I need to figure out how to plant some in a planter at our new house!
I bet it would work in a deep pot.
I have one thai chili on one of my plants. Thats out of a dozen or so plants(plus my super hots I started later). Im super jealous. Id love a pepper omelet about now.
It was very hot :) I had some with my eggs today ! The method seems to be paying off. The plants are already flowering again !
***** I had flowers on mine too early, and prune heavily. now all I have is a couple strong plants with maybe a flower, and a bunch of weak plants with small leaves. My parents, who barely put any effort in have 4ft tall pepper plants. I think next year Im not going to prune.
I have to prune mine to get them going otherwise I don't get a harvest here. Try an experiment my friend!
Wow you are definitely an awesome gardener bud I love your videos they tell me I got lots to learn!
I still have plenty to learn I just like to share it as I go !
Wow, peppers in early June in zone 3! Very cool!
They were much hotter than I anticipated too :)
Good job!Congratulations!
Thank you :)
wait...you eat rhubarb raw? I thought that was not allowed?
Nope it's fine. Just don't eat the leaves. They have oxalic acid that can make your stomach upset.
+Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable. good to know!!
do you not eat chive flowers? you cut the base of the flower where the small flowers connect and the individual flowers separate they make beautiful garnesh and taste stronger than the chive greens..
I do eat them but usually just fresh as I walk by. Right now I am testing out saturating vinegar
+Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable cool. i love chive flowers..i save them in a baggy they will last a week in the fridge and they make beautiful garneshes. they have a nice kick to them
They are certainly quite good ;)
I never allow my chives to flower. It toughens the stems if you do, and I prefer to keep my chives tender..