Frost Victims

 

"A gardener learns more in the mistakes than in the successes." --Barbara Dodge Borland

It is said that if you're not loosing part of your crop to the weather, you are not planting early or late enough in the season.

This was the case for my garden this year unfortunately. Read on to see what a frost can do.

Tomatoes First Sleepover

 

 

Enough is enough, of these crazy tomato seedlings inside the house! It's time that they spend their first night outside- their first sleepover with reality.

 

Garden Stakes on a Limb

 

Arbor Day was just two days ago. Many people like to plant trees and shrubs in honor of the holiday... other options could be hugging trees or generally admiring them. Whatever your preference. Here is a garden tip that can help you honor trees in a different way.

 

Hardening Off the Titan Tomatoes

 

Last post I discussed the transplanting or repotting of tomato seedlings. So here is an update on all those young tomato plants and their seed shelf neighbors.

 

Repotting Tomato Seedlings

 

Tomato seedlings... can I even call them seedlings anymore? They seem like they deserve to be called plants now, but until they are physically in the soil of my garden I will have a hard time not forcing a diminutive on these cute little ones. Regardless, these babies need to be transplanted. Read on to learn how.

Sown so far

 

Basil

What's growing this time of the year? Not a whole lot outside, the weather finally broke out of the 30's (Celsius) for the past couple days, but it's not exactly spring JUST yet. Even still there is no reason to not get a grow-on inside in preparation for inevitable warmer days to come. Here I'd like to share what seeds I've started indoors so far. 

 

Cat Grass = Success!

 

Aching for some greenery? Sown only five days ago, I have my first garden harvest of the year... just not for me.