I got a book from the library I've just begun to read: "The $64 Tomato" by William Alexander. Just the premise of the book sounds funny! After all that this guy went through to plant his garden, he estimates that each tomato he brings in cost him $6 ...
One of the books I've been reading suggested planting celery & leeks in a row together, alternating every other one, in a trench to be filled in as they grow, to blanch the bottoms. I planted them this way, along the front side of one of the tom ...
This morning Tim took some time off work to get out in the yard, and got the beds done for the strawberries. I got them planted in the afternoon, all in nice little mounds, one for each plant. I bought roots, two varieties. There's about 40 plants. ...
Yahoo...we finally got the tomatoes planted. It's exciting to see everything coming together. Tim got out early to construct the trellis for the tall indeterminite plants (Brandywine and Sugar Sweetie), and we got those all planted (18 of them) in ...
We've been letting the cats out lately during the day, especially when we are working outside. They like coming outside, and Bayou is getting more and more brave, exploring new territory. She likes to visit me while I'm working in the garden and meo ...
Officially, the last average frost date is something like May 10th, but apparently many people around here consider it to be more like the 15th. At any rate, we've been plodding along doing what we can between bad weather days earlier in the month, ...
Today we got most of Tier Four started and planted. There's still a section unfinished, but that will come later. In part of it I was able to plant my lettuce, spinach, endive and some seeds for more of the same. In the other section there is the ...
We've been taking some of the plants outside daily to "harden" them before putting them in the garden, but it is often VERY windy and they've been blown over and damaged in the wind. Also, some nights are borderline warm enough for the tomatoes. We ...
Yesterday we finished preparing the asparagas bed, and got the crowns planted. I also put out the parsley that's been growing indoors, and just a few of the calendula. It's nice to see a little bit of green out there!Tim has been working on the ste ...
Our first seeds have been sown outdoors! Today we finally got Tier #1 ready to plant and put in some of the pea seeds, along with a few rutabegas. According to my research, they grow well together. In a couple of weeks I will add cucmbers to this ...