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By now all of you Florida gardeners should have your seeds started. If you don’t, there are plenty of seed starting systems available, and it’s not too late to plant your seeds. If you get them started this week, You’ll be able to move them into your outside beds in mid-October, at 6 weeks old. Gardener’s [...] It’s Monday. A new week begins. For those of you in the Midwest, Eastern US and other Zones 6 – 8 areas, now’s the time to get over to the local nurseries to see what plants they have. Don’t just look for flowers for the yard. Delve into the vegetable section and see what healthy [...]
Root vegetables like beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips, onions, rutabagas, and radishes are easy to grow in raised beds or containers, and if you love them like I do, they’re very rewarding crops. What most novice gardeners don’t think through before planting their root veggie seeds is that they need a good depth of loose, [...] Beefsteak tomatoes ripening on the vine. Today Rick and I planted several more tomato plants. I am not satisfied with the large tomatoes I’m getting so far this season. They’re delicious, but far too few for me. Some kind of disease killed two of the three beefsteak tomato plants I had, and the resulting harvest [...] I grew this sunflower in my corn bed one year. I love the logarithmic spirals in the seed head. God is so cool. I’ve received several emails from readers here in sunny zone 10 who want to plant a garden now, in March. I’ve told them all to go ahead with the warm weather loving [...] Zone 9 gardeners (see the beige, tan and green sections on the above map) should be well into planning your spring garden. Your area can expect the last hard freeze by February 28th. March 1st is a good goal to shoot for. The earlier you plant, the more you’ll be able to harvest [...] My thoughts are turning to all of you wonderful gardeners to the north of us who should begin planning your spring gardens now. Those of you in Zone 9 and even parts of Zone 8, including northern Florida, the Gulf Coast, south Texas and southern and coastal California can all plan on setting your seedlings [...]
I just got back from Lowe’s where I found 2 tomato plants to replant where the cucumbers were, in back of the carrots. I made sure to get an indeterminate large fruited variety, as their roots will grow deeply and they will quickly grow taller than the carrots immediately in front [...] The reason that all the seed companies send their catalogues out in January is that they know that now is the time for those growing vegetables in zones 2 through 8 to purchase the seeds they want to start. The rule of thumb is to take into consideration the last projected frost date for your [...]
We finally got a good amount of rain the day before yesterday. Thank you, God. We sure needed it. My garden needed it. The air needed the negative ions. It was [...] |
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