It seems as though everyone has a different opinion about whether or not you should prune your tomato plants by removing suckers and certain branches. There’s productivity, space and the overall health of your tomatoes to consider when thinking about the pruning process and really, I’m not sure there is a perfect answer, it’s just an individual decision. I like to thin…
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As many of you know, we have struggled greatly with growing potatoes. We’ve tried a couple of different containers, a couple of different soil and straw combinations, and a couple of different spots in the garden (full sun, patrial shade, etc.) and have yet to perfect the perfect growing conditions in which to produce a significant potato harvest. So, given…
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Happy Monday, everyone! The garden is officially starting to explode! With so many (very) hot days, followed by a few days of light drizzles and a few heavy downpours (finally!), the garden is happy, beginning to produce and filling in very nicely! While harvests are still pretty sporadic and small, the diversity in the garden is starting to show itself…
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Well, if the old saying about growing corn is true, I think we’re headed for a good (yet small) corn crop this year! Yes, this photo is of our Three Sisters bed in the front yard and yes, this photo was actually taken on the Fourth of July 🙂 Additionally, I had one bed in the back yard that refused…
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Compost is one of those magical things that I read about (and pin about) and participate in all the time, but there’s a part of me that doesn’t fully believe that it will do it’s job. Do you ever feel like that? I mean, really…You set up a spot, toss some worms in there and fill it with kitchen waste,…
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It seems as though our pallet beds might just be our biggest challenge on our little plot. While we love them and their ability to create a screen between our (currently empty) bee hive and the rest of the yard while giving us a bit of vertical growing space, they’re really not the easiest thing to deal with or plant…
