All seeds 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. Growing Days approximately 135. Gardening Personality: Relaxed, experimental, purist about very little. I practice High Intensity …
A red bell, delicious enough to be on my grow-every-year list. Only two bell peppers make that list. The other pepper is Yellow Green Monster, a bell I plant for The Sps. All seeds grown in the high wind, lower rain prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil …
Peppers I am growing this year, 2023. Ultra sweets all the way to hots.
…with one major mistake by the gardener. Pro-Tip for any gardener. Planting anything within a patch of sunflowers is not always the Three Sisters Garden dream it is supposed to be. My squash do fine, snaking through my sunflower patch healthy and with ease. The beans though? In 2021, I grew garbanzo beans within a …
Pink Tiger Tomato Tasting and Grow Notes
The Prettiest Heirloom Tomato In The Whole Wide World
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Another round of garden chores in mid Summer.
Drought Maps for Midwestern United States. Heat + Lack of Rain + Wind = Historic Weather Events
Ugh, chigger bites! What can I do?