A Little Chilly

Today it is -14 in Richmond, VT and a bit cold to be thinking about gardening, but I've been looking at seeds anyway. 

This coming year I'd like to try to grow a few more pepper varieties and tomato varieties. 
I found some on Burpee.com that I thought looked nice!
They are hybrid tomatoes:
1. Kings of color-which is just a mixed seed packet
2. Golden Mama
3. Tumbler
4. Black Pearl Hybrid
5. Sweet Tangerine
6. Italian Ice
7. Red Lightning
I think I'll choose 3 types to grow and save the others for another year. 
I also want to grow Banana peppers and Cubanelle peppers this coming year too.  Both are a sweet variety and good for salads and sandwiches.  This year, I think I may plant my sweet peppers and hot peppers on opposite sides of the garden this year to prevent cross pollination.

I've been getting ready for March by getting some better grow lights.  And that's about it.  I'll be checking on  my ginger that I started to grow in the fall.  It should have a little extra bulb on it by now! So that will be exciting to see; since it's buried, I can't tell if it has been doing well or if I've been watering a dead ginger plant. I'll post pictures if it works out!
Cheers!

Sick Days

I'm home sick (everyone in my department is sick now that the stress of school is over). So what do I do? Sleep, drink water, and buy a book ALL about CHILIES!
I'm super excited (how dorky)!  It gives the history, cultivation, processing, preservation and cooking with chilies-so literally everything. 
Here's a link:  
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=9781604691399

The book is by Dave DeWitt who is an expert on capsicums.  So far, I am really enjoying this book and suggest it if you really like cooking with chilies; I did a fair bit of research into finding a comprehensive guide on peppers.  I bought it because my boyfriend and I like to cook, and make most things from scratch.  We recently started making our own grilling rubs and wanted to know more about it.  You can download a preview of the book from Barnes and Noble to check it out and see if it's right for you too.  I bought the nook version and read it on my computer because I don't have the color nook.  Plus I use my computer to store all my recipes, so it's convenient for me.  But they also sell it in hardcover.  

Going to get better now!

Katie