What's going on in the spring garden... (Harvey's Eternal Garden)

I sneak preview of the spring garden progress, I will be updating as the garden grows.

Seed Starting · Indoor Gardening

From Napkin to Nursery Pot: A Complete Guide to Germinating Seeds in Humidity Domes

How to sow seeds in paper towels, harness the power of a humidity dome, and transplant thriving seedlings into 4-inch pots — for every crop in your garden.

Covers: Lettuce · Peppers · Tomatoes · Tomatillos · Moringa · Kale · Arugula · Onions · Basil · and more

Every seasoned gardener has a starting secret. Some swear by grow lights and heat mats. Others trust a sunny windowsill and patient waiting. But one of the most reliable — and perhaps underrated — techniques for getting seeds to germinate consistently is the humble napkin method, paired with the controlled environment of a humidity dome.

Whether you're coaxing slow peppers to life in February, sprouting fast-and-furious arugula in a week, or nurturing the remarkable tropical moringa tree from seed, this method gives you a clear advantage: you can confirm germination before a single seed touches soil. That means no wasted pots, no guessing games, and dramatically higher success rates across every crop in your lineup.

The Boysenberries are coming in

The Boysenberries are coming in, they are a hybrid berry that are Raspberry, Blackberry and Loganberry combined to create the Boysenberry named after Rudolph Boysen. It was Walter Knott of Knottsberry farm amusement park who launched the berry to popularity.

Time to plant the winter garden

Harvey's Garden 2021!! July (The Eternal Garden)

The garden is looking nice in mid July ;)

Preserving the grape harvest

There is nothing like homemade jelly fresh from the garden!

The Concord grapes are growing nice! I will keep everyone posted.

The Concord grapes are growing nice! I will keep everyone posted on the progress.

A few Boysenberries harvested fresh from The Eternal Garden

A few boysenberries harvested fresh from The Eternal Garden.

A few creations from The Eternal Garden ~ Spaghetti Sauce, Hot Sauces, Pickled Peppers...

A few creations from The Eternal Garden ;) Here we have a variety of hot sauces, pickled peppers, and my special spaghetti sauce made with San Marzano tomatoes ;) Lawrence H.

Goodbye February, Hello March! After all of the crazy storms the garden is ...

After all of the crazy storms the garden is under construction, but we are looking forward to another great year in the Eternal Garden ;) ~ Lawrence H

Happy Winter Solstice From The Eternal Garden

Fresh harvest from the garden

Fresh harvest from the garden ;)
Lawrence H.

Fresh Tomato Harvest from the garden

Fresh Tomatoes from the garden ;)
Lawrence H.

Harvesting White Concord Grapes

The first harvest of our white concord grapes! Great for making wine, grape juice, jam, jelly, or freeze them to add to a nice healthy smoothie, the choice is yours ;) ~ Lawrence H.

Growing the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)

Name - Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)
Species - Hybrid of C. chinense and C. frutescens genes.
Scoville Rating
1,041,427 SHU

The bhut jolokia is cultivated in the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper. The ghost chili was shortly superseded by the Infinity chili in 2011, followed by the Naga Viper, the Trinidad moruga scorpion in 2012, and the Carolina Reaper on August 7, 2013. The Ghost pepper is an interspecies hybrid of C. chinense and C. frutescens genes.

Ripens from green to red

I will be drying these peppers and grinding them into a pepper powder for a nice heat in future dishes and I will make infused pepper oil with garlic in future posts & more. Enjoy your peppers! ;)
~ Lawrence H.

Growing the Manzano Pepper

Project Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis under the microscope.

Water Witches in Demand in California Drought

With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches. (March 3) A water witch or dowser, redrawn from a sixteenth-century woodcut. Adapted from Gilluly, Waters, and Woodford (1959).

Planting seeds by the Moon

“The old-time gardeners say, "With the waxing of the moon, the earth exhales. " When the sap in the plants rise, the force first goes into the growth above ground. Thus, you should do all activities with plants that bear fruit above ground during a waxing moon. With the waning of the moon, the earth inhales. Then, the sap primarily goes down toward the roots. Thus, the waning moon is a good time for pruning, multiplying, fertilizing, watering, harvesting, and controlling parasites and weeds” ~ Ute York