It’s Vegetable Season! Alicia in our Bedding department wanted to give you some fun varieties to ponder. You probably already know the old favorites, but have you ever tried….
- The Italian Rampicante Squash. It’s tender, mild, nutty, and sweet. And just a lot of fun with its pale color the curved neck so long you can wear it as a necklace.
- Do you have trouble with your cucumbers turning bitter? Try the Armenian Cucumber. It has a long pale green fruit that is reliably not bitter.
- Or perhaps you want to go Californian with your pepper selection this year. The Chiltepin is the only pepper truly native to California. It grows wild in the border areas between Mexico and Southern California. The fruit is the size of a large blueberry, but it is almost as hot as a Thai pepper, so watch out! Or you can go with the Marchant pepper, the iconic pepper of the California Gold Rush. They are a hot pepper, but not too hot, and often pickled although we have used them in salsas and sauces of all descriptions. Also known as the California Italian Wax pepper or Chileno. Neither pepper is in commercial production, so you have to grow them to have them.
- Do you love the Golden Ground Cherries (Goldie) that we are just starting to see in the grocery stores? They are actually a variety of tomatillo, and we have them in stock for a limited time. Remember for all tomatillos you need 2 plants (does not need to be the same variety) because they are not self-pollenating.
- And let’s not forget our tomatoes! Continue the California Connections with San Francisco Fog (a mid-sized red slicer,) Berkeley Tie Die (a multicolor beefsteak,) the Napa Chardonnay (a sweet yellow cherry tomato,) and the Napa Rosé (a pink cherry tomato).
