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 The ghost chili was shortly superseded by the Infinity chili in 2011, followed by the Naga Viper, the Trinidad moruga scorpion in 2012, and the Carolina Reaper on August 7, 2013.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 Plumeria's (Frangipani)

We first came across Plumeria's on our Trip to the sacred Island of Hawaii. The plumeria leis had a smell that was so hypnotizing that we had to grow our own!
Plumeria, a flowering shrub and tree often known as frangipani. Plumeriais a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae They are native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Brazil but can be grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
I rooted this plumeria cutting using the bag method. I filled a small sandwich bag with potting soil and moistened it with water using a spray bottle, then I dipped the plumeria cutting in rooting hormone and placed the Plumeria cutting into the sandwich bag using a rubber band to seal in the moisture. Keep in a warm place since plumeria's love heat and humidity.

Within six weeks you should see roots.

Once the plumeria has rooted I potted it up into a small pot using a mix of potting soil and perlite since plumeria's love good drainage. Water it about once a week and give it a fertilizer that is high in Phosphate.

When the plumeria gets too big for its little pot it is time to pot in up again into an even larger container so it can continue to grow even larger.

If you live in a place that has cold winters you will need to bring it indoors, all the leaves will die back but it will awaken in the spring.

This is an inflo where the flowers will bloom.

First bloom. ;)

Enjoy the beautiful colors and smell the fragrance of paradise!! I will be doing updates on this plant and on my other plumeria plants soon!! Enjoy :)

Lawrence H.

Growing the Manzano Pepper