Peppers, Mandrake, and Wild Lettuce

Today I’m harvesting some of the Bull Nose peppers I grew this season to make balsamic red pepper jelly from The Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving.  I very much recommend this pepper variety to those who like sweet red peppers and heirlooms. They make a thick fruit very much like a pimento but in [...]

Nightshades in the garden today: black nightshade, wild tobacco, jasmine tobacco, peppers, and wild petunias

Datura outpacing black nightshade

After taking some time to think it over, I went out today and began uprooting black nightshade plants that had grown in places other than where I planted them. For one thing, I  don’t want it taking over my entire yard. I have a lot of other herbs out there, and [...]