Another month, another list a garden chores to prepare for. Inventories of plants, making sure you the plants you need for your favorite recipes,. Shopping for summer items i.e. sunblock, garden sleeves…
Actions you can take to fight the squash vine borer. 1. Have BT and an industrial syringe ready. 2. Set traps for your USDA zone. 3. Plan for staggered planting. 4…
Why build an herb spiral? It takes less time than it looks, you can create microclimates and host a variety of plants and it’s an eye catching conversation starter. Guide…
Garden season is ramping up. See the list of chores to check off your list in USDA Zone 5. Inventory and shopping are included.
In case you are anything like me, you may appreciate a first hand account of seed companies instead of the generic lists meant to get the clicks, written by people who haven’t tried half of the listed companies. There is nothing in this review of seed companies sponsored nor compensated. Urban Farmer seeds, Bakers Creek, Johnny’s, Pinetree, RH Shumway, Renaissance Farms tomatoes…
All plants grown in the high wind prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Gardening personality relaxed and experimental, purist about very little. Growing Days approximately 135 Authors are HUMAN, …
I garden because I want to taste delicious things. I garden because I want every excuse to walk barefoot in the grass with the sun blessing down on me, and end the day sweaty with a dirt smudged face. I garden because I like sitting in the tomato cave I made, same as I played …
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The second week of June is pretty exciting for this gardener. Most plants, in particular the tomatoes and squash, will double in size between June 5 and June 15th. I assume most gardeners have a week or two where the same happens, just on a different timeframe dependent on climate and garden environment. Early-mid June …
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~ Summer Squash Zucchini – Costata Romanesco Zucchini – Cocozelle Zucchini – Golden Zebra Scallop – Mix Yellow Crookneck Winter Squash Cucurbita Moschata – of the three primary squash cultivars, the thicker stems of the C.Moschata assist greatest in it’s resistance to the squash vine borer successfully burrowing into the plant, compared to the other …
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Varieties with notes N = New to me My smaller varieties: Agi Red (red and orange striped) – FavoriteBlack Vernissage (black and red) Cherry Punch – N?Green Doctors (green) – (yr 2)Italian Ice (pale yellow) – (yr 2)Juliet – NLucky Agi (tricolor)Lucky Tiger (tricolor)Napa Chardonnay Blush (yellow) – NPink Bumblebee (pink and red striped) – …
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All plants grown in the high wind prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Gardening personality relaxed and experimental, purist about very little. Growing Days approximately 135TC=Time Cost in minutes …
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I have found a pattern with my productivity during garden months. A high running around day is always followed by a lazier day. Back and forth. Contemplating whether I should aim for a happy consistent medium. Probably not. The winter brings consistency of schedule, but garden, weather and other tasks require a great deal more …
Checking in with my goals. I swear, garden season appears, other concerns disappear. Completely. I reviewed my previous installation detailing what I want to accomplish this year. The year is over half over already, time has rushed by so fast I ceased to see most of it! I follow Dr. Nicole Le Pera on Insta …
July is busy. The first month where the harvest is reliably colorful and supplies a decent meal beyond greens, here up north.
It’s also the end of that precious timeframe where the garden doesn’t require a great deal of clean-up. Up here, not much has died yet.
But it’s coming.
I don’t know, let’s see. Today is July 18th. I have commenced fall planting, which hurts me to say honestly. This last winter was a long slog heartbreaker and summer flies by too fast. I am not ready for anything fall. Two years ago, the first frost was not until the day before Halloween. An …
