Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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One of the issues with container gardening

They eventually get so root bound you have just replace the soil. While some of mine are still workable, fully 10 are at...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cshenk
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by cshenk

Seedlings at last!

This is new for me. Other than lettuce or herbs, I've always gotten starter plants from various places. Tomatoes, bell...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cshenk
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by cshenk

snow...

not a big surprise to me as it is quite possible to have snows here into April, but we were spoiled by the warmer weath...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by songbird
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by songbird

0°C.

should i plant beets in the ground in the greenhouse like a n*****ts, knowing they will likely die and I might cop a cru...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by zerda
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by zerda

YUGE Blueberry

Hi All, This is a massive blueberry. https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/worlds-heaviest-blueberry-grown-in-aus...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by T

gardening season opener

yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred square feet after b...
30 comments posted 2yrs
posted by songbird
30 comments posted 2yrs posted by songbird

Beatin' the Bolt

In the past I've always had problems with lettuce/spinach/bok choi bolting way too soon . So this year I decided to pla...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Snag_one
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by Snag_one

Gou Qi Zi raisins

Hi All, I have four prolific goji berry (Gou Qi Zi) plants in my garden. https://www.americandragon.com/Individualherbs...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by T

Polyhalite for organic gardening

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhalitehttps://www.icl-uk.uk/product/polysulphate/ 48% SO3 as sulfate 14% K2O as from...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by T

maybe maybe

the weather may cooperate enough with me this week to be able to get back outside to finish off a few more gardens to h...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by songbird
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by songbird

First seed catalog for next season has arrived

Yeppers, the Pinetree seed catalog has already found its way into my mailbox. A lot earlier than usual this year too. I...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Nyssa
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by Nyssa

Tip: mosquitoes

Hi All, This year, I could not step outside without being tagged three of four times. Half my time watering the garden...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by T

over winter onions?

Hi All, My onions are just starting to bulb up. Some are the size of golf ball. Most are smaller. The first freeze will...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by T

Time to plant garlic?

Hi All, The first freeze will be this Wednesday night. Is it time to plant garlic yet? -T
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by T

Freeze

Looks like Wednesday will be the end of gardening. The weather service is predicting a 28F freeze Wednesday night. So pi...
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by T
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by T