Seedy Saturday - Ginger and Turmeric! Oh, My!
Last Tuesday I was fortunate enough to go on a 'field trip' to a small farm in Denver, NC to check out how to grow ginger and turmeric...in the ground! Now I have grown them both in pots before. In fact, in my plant area in the kitchen, I have a couple of different gingers sprouting as we speak. And I have a small pot outside of ginger (which I should bring in, by the way). But I never knew I could actually grow culinary ginger and turmeric in the ground. Both ginger and turmeric have a long growth period. Being 'tropical', our cool/cold winters aren't really conducive to growing them. However, I found out I can grow 'young' ginger and turmeric quite easily. The difference? Young ginger and turmeric haven't gotten the 'skin' or 'rind' on them yet. My feeling about that? It's not an issue as far as I'm concerned. Now I don't have to peel my ginger or turmeric! A row of ginger almost ready to harvest. While these are grown in a...
