Cardiff Garden Blog

Had a lot of success this year with pepper plants. Seen at the very top was a Dancing spirit pepper mild in spicyness but tasty to add to meals. Below that is a Jamaican Scotch Bonnet pepper. Spicy and sweet. A friend wanted to grow these and was intrigued by their color.  And finally in the last shot it's a menagerie of peppers I picked from the deck garden. The little tiny bell looking peppers are Hungarian Cheese peppers. Another tasty and mild easy to grow pepper. In fact it's almost December and they are still producing.  I took a different approach this to pepper and tomato growing. All my plants were in pots. This was for a couple of reasons. One to keep them from pests. I had a heck of a bout with gophers in my garden earlier this year and wanted my stuff to survive. The pots offered the roots protection needed. Also the portability of them helped when the light was questionable.  I also was able to expand to my elevated deck in my backyard that gets much better s...

I've tried growing corn in some of my boxes in the past and had limited success. Nothing taller than a few feet and incomplete husks. So when my friend asked if we were going to plant corn this season I was a bit skeptical to give up garden space for something I knew I couldn't do well with.  My friend wanted to try anyway and planted a few rows in the alley dirt after raking it a bit. He didn't really add any extra soil or nutrients. I have to say I was pretty surprised to see it grow and grow well. We had stalks over 6ft. Most of what we planted was this type of rainbow ornamental. Beautiful color and variety and decent amount for the little we planted.