Municipal Compost For The Win! On the nice days I’m making trips back and forth to my recycling center to get 3 garbage cans at a time filled with compost in the back of my minivan. Hey, I may look like a train wreck while I’m doing it, but I’ve got to work with what … Read more
*sigh* I just saw a clip in a gardening TV show about planting peas that would have been helpful if I saw it 3 months ago!! The peas I planted on March 12th directly in the garden *should* have been planted in peat strips, or probably a cardboard egg carton, indoors a couple of weeks … Read more
Potted up the Tomatoes… again. Last night I was struck with what I thought was a brilliant idea. I would take the bendy parts of one of the kid tents (that my kids NEVER use) and make a wigwam style hoop house over my tomato bed so I could get my tomatoes in the ground … Read more
It’s 11:30pm and I just found the Tomato Tuesday blog! (this blog doesn’t exist anymore in 2024, but it was written by Marc from https://www.gardendesk.com/) I’m happy to participate by talking a little tomato and listing the varieties I’m growing this year. Thanks to the Wintersown.org (also taken down) self-addressed-stamped-envelope heirloom tomato seeds I received … Read more
Today I set up the new bed for Melons or Squash in front of the keyhole garden. I may build an A frame trellis for the vines to climb, or I may let them ramble all around the yard. If I let them ramble, they may set roots at the leaf nodes along the vine, … Read more
These are some lettuce transplants that are starting to grab hold in the keyhole garden. I’ve started some greens in there from seed and they are coming up slow. You can see a couple of tiny seedlings down near the bottom. I can’t wait till it’s filled with ruffled green leaves! The online nurseries are … Read more
The area around our back yard gate has always gotten terribly flooded every time we get a hard rain. The close proximity to a downspout and the hard clay soil in that area had me scratching my head, unsure of how to fix the problem. I waited too long to get started and the heavy … Read more