Touching Tomatoes
They say that lightly brushing your hands against tomato leaves stimulates a growth hormone in the plant encouraging radial (aka stockier) growth. I'm still searching for a study that supports this but I chose to believe 
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They say that lightly brushing your hands against tomato leaves stimulates a growth hormone in the plant encouraging radial (aka stockier) growth. I'm still searching for a study that supports this but I chose to believe Tomatoes Like Milk
Readers of the You Grow Girl book might recall that I love a little milk mixed with water as a tomato disease preventative. Okay, I probably didn't go so far as to indicate a "love" for the concoction but I will say Versus the Possum, Round Two
The ongoing battle of roof garden versus the possom continues. I think I'm making some headway.
Oh what, you can't get past my genius chair barrier* to those delicious plants? Boo hoo.
Gives me the stink eye.
Oh what, you can't get past my genius chair barrier* to those delicious plants? Boo hoo.
Gives me the stink eye. Versus the Possum, Round One
Sure I lost an eggplant last year but I don't even like eggplants and you left the rest of the plants untouched unlike the raccoons that just plow through like tanks and tear everything to shreds so it was like, Okay, no problem, we can live together.
Your Questions Answered: Ladybug Confusion
Question: I just saw my first yellow and black ladybug! I live in Germany, but previously lived in North Carolina. Are the yellow and black ladybugs more common in Europe?
- Kayla
Answer: Yes, yellow and black ladybugs are native to Europe but can be found (although less
Window Shopping
I'm a sucker for email newsletters. They offer information and window shopping all in
one great big ol' job-distracting, e-mail notifying beep. So, imagine my surprise when today's Best Bets from New York Magazine was gardencentric!
Granted, the suggestions are
one great big ol' job-distracting, e-mail notifying beep. So, imagine my surprise when today's Best Bets from New York Magazine was gardencentric!
Granted, the suggestions are Fall garden update
Sorry for being MIA the last little while! I got caught up with finishing my Masters over the summer months (what a way to spend the summer!), and am finally kind of getting things back in order now that it's finished... One of the things on
You get the bug then the bug gets you
They got me. I knew they would but I didn't want to pay attention to the warnings. I wanted to believe green meant go. I wanted the large, luscious leaves to be a sign of solidarity: me and them. I wanted the Feed Them to Assorted Mammalian Creatures
My first response is a loud string of expletives followed by a very long and drawn, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
'Black Cherry' tomato with chunk extraction. Oh the humanity.
A mysterious mammalian creature has been visiting the rooftop deck and taking nibbles out Aphid Invasion
This year I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed by aphids in my yard. On my dahlias, my poppies, the shasta daisies and of course the roses. Earlier they tried to take up residence on my pole beans and recently they also tried to move in on my chard. And
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