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How to Reap the Most From What You Sow -Part 9
23 . Onions Here’s how to enjoy fresh onions pretty much all year long: First, plant some Egyptian Onions aka Perennial Onions. As the names imply, they will return with an increased yield every year...
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How to Reap the Most From What You Sow -Part 10
27. Potatoes How do potatoes reproduce? The beginning stage is obvious if you have ever seen a spud sprouting. Did you know that if you stuck that old potato in the ground you would get more potatoes?...
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How to Reap the Most From What You Sow -Part 11
29. Radishes These too often overlooked veggies can be grown in all but the hottest growing conditions. Many types are ready to harvest in as little as 3 weeks. The longest growing radish, the Daikon...
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How to Reap the Most From What You Sow -Part 13
Ah, my lucky number. As I write this seedlings are coming up in trays, and as much of the garden that can be planted is planted. We even are experimenting with an early planting of squash in the wee...
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How to Reap the Most From What You Sow -Part 14
You’ve put your time into your garden, your money into it, and even your back into it. You should get the most produce possible, right? Here are some simple ways to get your plants to give you more....
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How Covid 19 is Changing our 2020 Garden
We were lucky I guess that when the Covid 19 pandemic hit we had plenty of seeds on hand. Well to be honest, we always do. I tend to hoard them, not in the toilet paper sense, but always buy more than...
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When Less Becomes More
If you were reading here last year you may remember when his newly retired, and with a new hip, self thought it would be a good idea to plant 70 tomato plants rather than sell some. You can read about...
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Preserving the Harvest Pt. 1
So what can you do when the veggies are coming in faster than you can eat them, but there's not enough to preserve? Well the short answer is to give them away. happy fruit in alcohol But if you are...
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Take 2 Weeks and Call Me in the Morning
Some garden ills can be dealt with best by using a little patience. Take squash vine borers for instance. You can avoid them by planting resistant varieties. But if you really want your favorite...
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29 Edibles and When to Harvest Them
We often get asked how gardeners can tell when it is time to harvest. Some veggies make it easy to know when to pick them, tomatoes for example. Others, not so much. So here are many of the most...
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The Mutant Pumpkin
“Grammie, let’s go up to the garden. We better check on my pumpkin plant from two years ago.” I was somewhat surprised that my grandson remembered that on his last day of kindergarten he came home...
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Preparing for the Worst
Lately it seems that every day brings worse and worse news. Some people, whose opinions I admire, are suggesting ‘The writing’s on the wall.’ These are not your everyday 'preppers', I have never...
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Planning Ahead for the 2022 Garden
2022? What happened to 1998? celtuce in the garden The words ‘sale’ and ‘seeds’ should never be put in the same sentence, at least not in one I’m going to see. I am a sucker for seeds on sale, and for...
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Why Do Bugs Like Me So Much?
Looking for me? “What’s with all the bug bites on your neck and chest?” he asked. “Bug bites? I saw that this morning; I thought it was a rash.” He looks closer. “No, they’re bug bites all right.” I...
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6 Vegetables You Can Still Grow Mid-September
Rhubarb It ain't over yet folks, at least not in Zones 5 and warmer. Here's a few things you can still get growing: Peas: They prefer the cooler temperatures anyway so plant them now for some good...
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Waiting on the Frost
For years I thought I was alone. As the summer wound down, I found myself waiting, pretty much hoping, for frost. The first and the last storms are the best storms. Oh, not to sweeten up the carrots...
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Parthenocarpic – What a Wonderful Word
Parthenocarpic - I first learned this word a few years ago, when I purchased some cucumber seeds that were recommended for growing in a greenhouse. Baby Parthenocarpic Cucumbers What it refers to are...
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7 Easy Veggies for the Busy Gardener’s Garden
So you want to garden, but it has to be easy. Maybe you think that last year’s tomato plant was about all you had time to tend; and perhaps, even that was pushing it. Harvesting a whole garden may...
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How to Make Tomato Powder for Soup and Sauces
Dehydrated or roasted tomatoes can be easily ground in a coffee grinder to have on hand for instant tomato soup, sauce or to add to other recipes. Dried and ground, they take up less space that...
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Preparing for Omicron – or Any Seasonal Flu
NOTE: This is not medical advice, but our experience with this variant, and based on that as well as what MD's have suggested, what we think it would be good to have on hand. We're also including a...
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