Last winter while digging through seed catalogues for new plants to buy I came across a hot pepper variety that I could not resist trying. Actually, I came upon several irresistible hot pepper varieties. As someone who 
Above image is the July entry from the 2008 You Grow Girl Calendar
I LOVE tomatoes. If I had to give up growing all other crops and choose just one I would probably choose tomatoes although basil 
I think this method is called, "Using Whatever's Available." It seems to work. I think it's kind of interesting and matches the hodge-podge style of the space although I don't think it would score points for curbside 
....'Beaver Lodge Slicer'. Although I can't be absolutely certain since I discovered some ripe 'Green Grape' tomatoes hidden beneath their foliage later that evening. We ate those straight-away before I could be bothered to get 
A lot of exciting things have been happening in the gardens these days. With summer fully underway I have been harvesting all sorts of goodies. There are new discoveries everyday. Yet none have garnered quite the reaction 
This post (I kind of hate that word to describe writing here) is going to be piecemeal, a quality that is indicative of my life right now as I float or rather scramble from one task to 
I am still working on getting warm season transplants into the community garden plot. I'm still working on same on the roof for that matter. I was a little gun shy this spring, following on 
Yesterday I spent eleven hours helping my brother Jay become a container gardener. The original plan was to show up with a few supplies, have lunch, and spend two hours tops setting up. In and out. Back to work by 2pm. 
We popped over for a quick mini-visit to the community garden yesterday afternoon. I wanted to bring some kitchen scraps to add to the compost bin on our way to have lunch and run errands. 
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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