I have a new home, and would like a small tomato and pepper garden for salsa. How do you get started finding heirloom varieties?

KK

Sweet peppers are usually discussed in the Vegetable Forum and hot peppers have a forum all to their own. But most of the tomato growers also grow peppers of all kinds.

Looking at websites/catalogs is fine, b/c it gives you an idea of the possibilities, but reading the various Forums also gives you info about how well a lot of varieties do.

if you have specific questions abou t specific varieties, the best place to ask questions is in the various forums I mentioned above, not in this Heirloom Forum, which has few er folks who read here and also in primarily a place to locate specific varieties, usually long lost ones, as you can see by the various threads.

Hope that helps.

Carolyn, who notes that if i t's just a few plants you need perhaps you might start thinking about places to buy plants instead of raising from seed. And there are threads in the tomato forum about that, jsut use the sear ch feature at the vottom of the first page, or ask directly with your own thread if you can't find those threads with links to where one can buy plants and have them shipped.

Click on the Exchange forum at the top of the tomato or veggie forum. Then post a wish for what you want. People usually give very kindly to beginners. Then you can start trading if you want more things.

Jump right in. After all, it's just a hobby. You can't go too far wrong. Your idea of a small salsa garden of tomatoes and peppers sounds perfect for starters. Include a few basil and cilantro plants.

Jim