Select garden location. Prepare location [clean, weed, amend] Get seeds or seedlings that you want to plant. [tomatoes, corn, broccoli, etc.] Grandpas garden was a mess!!!!!! So if it wasn’t for me, it wouldn’t have gotten done. Lucky for him he had his handy-dandy grandchild… me! we had to rake, shovel, weed, and fix a […]
Is there anybody out there?! Well if you haven’t guessed yet, the weather is changing daily. For us in Tucson, if we don’t hurry and take advantage… we will find ourselves behind in our planting. As I write this, I am feeling sad because I’ve made the decision to not plant this season. I want […]
All the tomatoes are full grown and one has actually turned to ash from being in the full sun. Of the 6 remaining, two I have just given over to the birds, tired of the fight. The other four are producing, one really well, although splitting and cracking is an issue. Must say, though, that […]
My winter tomatoes were more of a success than I ever thought. I planted my spring tomatoes and now I have babies on the Early Girl and the Romas. I sure hope the sun doesn’t burn them to a crisp before I get the best of them, too. Saw my first artichoke baby as well. […]
The broccoli is all over and I have abandoned the remaining stalks to Itty, who appears to be quite happy with her little corner and is staying out of mine…..for the time being anyway. Spinach is done and the 2 remaining plants bolted already, as if to say, let’s move on already….. I’m afraid I’m […]
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Spinach is perhaps the easiest thing besides lettuce to grow. It is a cold weather crop….as it bolts in heat. Loves growing in pots, doesn’t mind cold nights and doesn’t mind being crowded. I thin it when it looks really crowded, say, once a week and clean & refrigerate the baby leaves to use in […]
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 […]
And I thought the mouse was bad. This is the damage one rabbit did overnight. It appears that only one of these plants has a chance to actually live through this distruction. The others have been eaten almost completely. I put the planter up on bricks, but it was too late. Wylie Wabbit outsmarted me. […]
Sleeping Frog Farms Goes CSA
How exciting. A local organic farm sells shares to the public. That’s good news for a backyard gardener like me. I can’t grow enough in my limited space to eat the variety I’d like. Don’t like paying exorbitant prices that many stores ask for their organics, so this is an excellent option. Once a week […]
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