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The Goods on Gardening by Clara

Submitted by Frank Moffatt on Tuesday, 6 April 20104 Comments

BELL PEPPER

Hi Folks! I Hope everyone was in good spirits and enjoyed the Holy-Week celebration.

                      

OK as mentioned last time we will talk about Peppers. Bell pepper or sweet pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum (chilli pepper). Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, red, yellow and orange. The fruit is also frequently consumed in its unripe form when it is still green. For more information about this fruit visit www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper.

                

Every year I grow Bell peppers in my garden. The plant has more than one use or as we say “Two birds with one stone.” We all know how tasty peppers are, however very few people are aware of just how delicious the leaves are. In Filipino culture we love both fish and chicken soup and I like to use the leaves in my broth, which taste very similar to spinach leaves.

                                            

When the fruit is ready for harvest it is excellent in stir fry’s and salads as well salsas.

 

Many cultures beyond Filipino, like Spanish, Mexican or South American would never consider a shopping list that excluded peppers. As for me, it’s always right here in my back yard.

   

To grow your pepper plants you will need them to have at least 6 hours of full sunlight. Another amazing aspect to pepper plants is that they are insects free, meaning insects won’t disturb them at all.

 

Next time when we will talk about Zucchini – so until then keep it growing and keep it green!

 

Clara Simpson was born in a small farming community in the Philippines 63 years ago. She is an eternal optimist and believer that if it can be done she can do it. She has now offered her services to http://www.yoursecondfifty.com to help you enhance your gardening green thumb.

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  • Trish said:

    Very nice article Clara - I just love peppers in my stir-frys and my Mexican food and I love Mexican food. Also I think I will try and grow a plant this summer so I can taste the leaves in my soup.

    - 6 April 2010 at 7:47 pm
  • Nancy said:

    Very nice article Clara - I love how you reflect you passion for plants into your words. You must be a very kind person.

    - 6 April 2010 at 7:56 pm
  • clara said:

    Hi!Trish and Nancy thanks for the lovely comment,to Trish,if you gonna plant the peppers,heres a tip for healthy result if you are cooking rice,keep the water in which you wash your rice put it in a water container together with your leftover tea bags just remove the gauge and use those to water your plants the plant or the peepper loves it,don’t use fertilyzer,keep it organic.Thanks and untill then.

    - 9 April 2010 at 5:02 am
  • Nelly said:

    My son has just got into gardening and he told me he enjoy’s your articles. Keep them coming Clara!

    - 30 April 2010 at 8:22 pm

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