How to Grow Carrots: A Guide to Planting, Growing, and Harvesting My dad told me years ago that I’d never get carrots to grow in my hard clay dirt. I figured it was worth a try. I get some great formations…and I also get enough to feed my family, thank-you-very-much. (big smile) If I can…
Guest Post from Kirstine LeMaster Growing watermelon, from planting to harvesting, plus recipes too! I thought it would be great to do an article about how to grow watermelon. I mean, what better patriotic fruit than a watermelon, right? If you did not plant any watermelon this year, then I hope this article will be…
I use drip system irrigation in part of my garden. Not the entire garden…. yet. I keep adding more and more each year though. For a climate like ours with very little rain, a drip irrigation system is perfect. I use a black drip line pipe. But I leave out the the fiddly little adaptors…
Sharon asks, “What can I do now to lessen the impact of squash bugs later? They are the one pest that I can almost always count on each year.” The first thing to know is that squash bugs spend their winter as adults in protected, sheltered areas near, in, and around previously infested garden locations….
Growing garlic should be on your to do list if you have any kind of a garden. Is there a more versatile plant specimen on the planet than garlic? First, it makes every recipe it’s in better. It has an incredible amount of health benefits ranging from boosting your immune system to its anti-inflammatory properties….
Learning how to grow garlic should be one of the first things you do when you are starting a vegetable garden. Super easy to grow, garlic is a staple in my kitchen. Planting garlic was a given. A great thing about garlic is that it is planted in the fall and is one of the…
I spent a lovely relaxing morning building a do it yourself cold frame. Spur of the moment idea and I had a blast! I know that is a little weird isn’t it? It all started because it has been cold lately, but today….. it is beautiful! So I figured I’d go putter around the garden….
I had a surprise in my garden today. Voles in my garden is a new experience for me in our new location in Tennessee. Voles were never a problem in Colorado. Transcript: edited for clarity. So a little backstory: about four days ago, I planted potatoes in this little row that’s right behind me here….
Learn how to plant seed potatoes There are lots of ways to plant potatoes and I’m going to try a few of the different methods this year. But I’ll still have my main rows be the usual trenches in the ground. I use the good old-fashioned traditional method of planting directly in the dirt. There…
Learn how to cut up seed potatoes. That’s the first step when you’re going to be planting potatoes. Transcript below- Edited for Clarity How to Prepare Potatoes for Planting. When you buy seed potatoes, it’s going to have these sprouts on them. What you’re going to want to do is cut your potato into two…