Planting and growing garlic was so easy even I couldn’t have screwed it up. The best part is at the end of summer was harvesting those beauties. Plus, you should have seen the look on my friends’ faces as when they saw my bounty. They all shook their heads and wonder how I had [...]
Sweet potatoes are chalk full of nutrients and easier to grow then you think. This my second year growing them. The prior year, I grew then in raised vegetable beds and had a so-so turnout. The potatoes were skinny and I reasoned that my growing season wasn’t long or hot enough. How come? These taters [...]
How many of you would love to grow your own potatoes? The only problem that seems to stand in your way is space. Well, guess what? My garden is living proof that space is no longer an issue to growing potatoes, eggplant, or peppers. especially when you have potato bags. Anna, you have a huge [...]
Richard Campbell, founder of To Soil Less, never dreamed fifteen years ago that throwing a watermelon seed into gravel could change the way the world grows our food. What he discovered during his journey is that plants can grow in river rock without the aid of fertilizer or soil. He has successfully grown peppers, zinnias, lettuce, [...]
The only plants that like this year’s odd weather are weeds and my oregano. By the end of the summer, my garden looked like a jungle. The weeds laughed at the mulch and the oregano, well you know the story. As I yanked, cursed, and basically threw my back out of place, the LED went [...]
Do you enjoy pickles? Ever thought of pickling your cucumbers? A couple of years ago, I had an overabundance of lemon cucumbers. (Remember, those yellow tennis ball type cucumbers I talked about a few years ago? ) Simply freezing the cucumbers isn’t an option since they become soggy. So, I pickled the cukes. The recipe [...]
I love edamame and decided to grow it last year. What I discovered is not only do I love it, so did my neighborhood ground hog. He thought the leaves were delish. So delish that he single handedly killed my plants. (Note, deer love the leaves too.) Without the leaves, plants can’t grow. Worse yet, [...]
Two years ago, I purchased hardneck garlic bubblets from Sand Hill Preservation. (See here for a difference between softneck and hardneck varieties.) Hardneck varieties fare better in my northern climate. I learned through this whole process that the bubblets are round garlic seeds that grow from the top of the plant. (See the picture above [...]
Collard Greens You all know that I am gardening obsessed. Okay, lets put the cards on the table. A gardening nut. My plants are just like children to me. I worry when they wilt. Bite my nails when they turn yellow. And become outraged when they are hopelessly attacked by beetles. Do you feel the same [...]
I have been gardening now for five years and I hardly consider myself an expert on the subject. My gardening experience lies in my mistakes. And boy have I made them. So, I decided to do an article of invasive plants that you shouldn’t plant in the garden since they will run wild. They are [...]
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