This week, our friends at Modern Farmer will be sharing some of their most recent recipes, choosing a wildcard, and answering our questions. For more news on farming near and far, pick up an issue in Provisions.
Today: No matter whether your thumb is green or black, you can grow these at home.
Rosemary: Impossible to kill, rosemary goes great with everything.
More: Once you've grown your own rosemary, try drying it at home.
Jalapeño peppers: You can grow these in small pots without worry -- and it's super fun to pick your own peppers.
Mint: Remember to plant this hospitable herb in its own planter -- otherwise, it will take over anything else.
Lettuce: You can actually grow it in a window box -- and just four heads will supply you fine because the stuff grows so damn fast.
More: Once you've picked your lettuce, be sure to store it right.
Tomatoes: If you stake 'em, they will grow well and give you quite a harvest, even off just a couple of plants. Just remember to give them a lot of water and fertilizer -- they're hungry beasts.
Photos by James Ransom.
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Reading all the comments about mint is totally hilarious. There are mint plants every friggin' where in the countryside around me!
I, too, have killed rosemary (too much watering). Mint is the bane of my existence. You really can never ever kill mint.
-Emily
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Here in California, I cannot kill rosemary, and the bigger challenge is keeping it from being an overgrown shrub. On the other hand, my mint is in a raised bed, and it's almost done itself in with this year's drought.
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