People, people. Lend me your ear! This may be just what the “doctor ordered”! What more could we who live in the desert southwest ask for! I know how much work I do just so my dirt (can hardly call it soil) can hold water and praying that I can afford the fertilizer and water […]
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Ok, admitedly, you can’t grow all things well. It seems that everyone has a speciality. Mine is tomatoes, or broccoli maybe, but certainly not beans. I have been harvesting my pole & bush beans for about 3 weeks now and it looks like they are just about done. I’ve gotten perhaps enough for a family […]
It would be ideal, but I don’t have a compost pile. I have field mice and critters that would love a winter home like that, so my options are somewhat narrowed when it comes to adding organic matter back into my garden soil. What I have decided to do is to plant a cover crop. […]
Plant compatibility has many aspects to consider. This post addresses the issues that I experienced associated with the proximity between peppers and tomatoes. Taking from the ideas of “Square Foot Gardening” I attempted to maximize my limited space by alternating and nestling my pepper rows between my tomatoes. The idea was that I new the tomato plants […]
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