How do you plant a tomato plant? You start off with a lovely tomato plant, maybe one you grew yourself from seed or one you bought at a local greenhouse where they grew it from seed. You pick a variety that reminds you of the tomato plants your dad bought, when 'Big Boy' and 'Beefsteak' and 'Supersteak' grew in many backyard gardens. Or perhaps you buy a variety called 'Old German' because it reminds you of your ancestors who came to the United States from Germany. And you think it … [Read more...] about How to plant a tomato plant
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An Update on The Vegetable Garden Cathedral
Radishes, 'Cherry Belle' and 'French Breakfast' Ah, yes, those radishes were quite good, and thank you for asking. They were crunchy in a crisp sort of way and had just the right amount of kick for a Sunday morning snack. You should really grow some yourself. You know you should. Radishes are oh-so-easy to grow, too. Just scratch up a little garden, then plant a few seeds in a row and about a month later, go out and pull some radishes. Are you putting out a garden this year? I'm … [Read more...] about An Update on The Vegetable Garden Cathedral
Cover those seedlings, or else!
Rainy Sundays. I suppose if we must have rain on a weekend, it is better for the rain to fall on Sunday rather than Saturday. I ran out to take a few pictures and check on the Vegetable Garden Cathedral when it was sprinkling just a little bit. A lull between rain clouds. I passed by the lovely 'Lady Jane' tulips, all closed up, doing their best to protect their pollen until a sunny day. Which will hopefully be tomorrow. Out in the vegetable garden, the lettuce, radish, … [Read more...] about Cover those seedlings, or else!
An Update from the Vegetable Garden Cathedral
Vegetable Garden Cathedral I spent some much needed time in the Vegetable Garden Cathedral this weekend. Both the garden and I needed it. The garden needed it because it was quite a weedy mess, with henbit (probably Lamium amplexicaule) growing in nearly every bed. Henbit is a winter annual which generally shows up in early spring. The trick to controlling it is to pull it out before it sets seed. I pulled a lot of it out. There was another weed which seemed pretty rampant in … [Read more...] about An Update from the Vegetable Garden Cathedral
Dear Friend and Gardener: Late Veg Garden Update
Aster 'Alma Potschke', which has nothing to do with the veg garden Dear Dee and Mary Ann, I have been quite lax in providing updates for the Dear Friend and Gardening virtual garden club. Let me catch you up on the vegetable garden. I spent the better part of yesterday morning cleaning up weeds in the garden. I pulled out nutsedge and foxtail and grubbed out prostrate spurge and purslane. I made quite a mess of myself doing it. My arms were filthy with dirt and I had a smudge … [Read more...] about Dear Friend and Gardener: Late Veg Garden Update
Glass Gem Corn
... And every evening after she had finished her chores, if she had been good all day, meaning no whining or fussing, no being mean or unkind to others, no temper tantrums. If she ate all her vegetables without complaining, did enough steps to keep her FitBit happy, and didn't forget to change out of her regular clothes into her gardening clothes before heading out to the garden... Then she rewarded herself with a walk out to the patch of Glass Gem corn where she got to pick an ear … [Read more...] about Glass Gem Corn
