Gardening tips, ideas, and thoughts for the home gardener.
Posted in Vegetable Gardening on Jul 7th, 2010
From Jack-O-Lanterns to pumpkin pies, pumpkins have a great tradition following the fall harvest season. Fortunately, for home gardeners, growing pumpkins is really not that difficult. As with most vegetable crops a soil with good drainage characteristics is ideal. A sandy loam, if possible at your location, is best. However, adding compost to just about [...]
Posted in Gardening, Vegetable Gardening on Apr 13th, 2010
When considering how to establish your garden, you basically have two options. The first is direct seeding and the second is using transplants. In this post I will focus on the direct seeding method and what to consider before deciding. Direct seeding, as the name implies, is simply planting your seeds directly into the soil. [...]
Posted in Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening on Nov 28th, 2009
For most gardeners, establishing tomatoes in the home garden involves purchasing or growing transplants from seed. I personally like using transplants that I purchase. They are easy and ready to go into the ground as soon as they are brought home to my garden. If you have used transplants from your local garden center in [...]
Posted in Gardening Podcasts, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening on Nov 16th, 2009
In this episode of The Gardening Everyday Podcast I cover the basics of fertilizing tomatoes organically. I’ve written an ebook entitled “How To Produce 15-25 Pounds Of Ripe, Juicy Tomatoes PER PLANT – 15 Tips and Secrets Revealed” and in this edition of the podcast I dicuss Tip #9 – All natural, all the time. [...]
Posted in Garden Prep, Vegetable Gardening on Nov 11th, 2009
Note: This is part three in a multi part series aimed at helping gardeners start a new vegetable garden. Look for links at the bottom of the article to the other segments of this report. Site Preparation If you have gone through all the steps to choose a great location and size for your vegetable [...]
