August 30, 2015
Every gardener instinctively knows that you need good soil if you want your garden to flourish. There is always advice handed out that if you […]
August 8, 2015
What do I mean when I say greens? For me it is any leafy green vegetable that you grow mainly to eat the leaves. Collards, Kale, […]
July 23, 2015
Plant Broccoli seed now, can that be right? It is the middle of July as I write this and the temps have been in the […]
July 5, 2015
Watering plants in containers is very different than watering plants planted in the ground. First you have less soil volume in a container and second the […]
June 27, 2015
What New plants and seed need almost daily watering when it is warm. Plants need more water when they are forming fruits and vegetables. Larger shrubs […]
June 21, 2015
What is Ph and why should I care about it? Our body has an ideal Ph and in fact we can not vary from the ideal […]
June 14, 2015
Pollination in the Garden I don’t know if you know this or not but there is a lot of sex going on in your garden. Without […]
May 31, 2015
Growing tomatoes is a passion of many gardeners. Nothing beats the taste of a homegrown tomato but the heat of the summer and disease will take a […]
May 16, 2015
I am often asked if it too late to plant a vegetable garden after the heat arrives in June. while it is true some plants don’t […]
May 9, 2015
Why Prune the Suckers? Why should you prune your tomatoes you may ask? The answer is you don’t have to but I have seen some benefits […]
May 3, 2015
Growing home grown tomatoes is not without it’s troubles. In the hot humid south diseases can be very difficult to overcome The best action is to […]