Let us turn our minds back four months (almost to the day by coincidence) to April of this year. Way back then, in a season that felt not so much unlike this one in many ways, what with the rain and the fact that I was wearing rain boots and long sleeved shirts, and it …
The Vine-Ripened Lie – What do you think? Vine-ripened versus off the vine. Fight! Wet-year Tomato Troubles – We’re all starting to get anxious about this year’s tomato crop. Handmade Berry Colander – Love these pottery colanders for straining berries by Jeanette Zeis. Show & Tell Harvest – Lots of gorgeous photos popping up in …
Behold, the first of the non-cherry, indeterminate tomatoes that has reached maturity for 2009. And it’s a beauty. Incidentally, I’ve managed to grow several ruffled tomato varieties this year purely by happenstance. Well, that and the fact that I have a very obvious preference for that shape. I’m yet to try it out, but I …
I recently wrote about the nutritional benefits of mulching and fertilizing with sea kelp. A commenter mentioned using comfrey, to which I replied that I am a big fan of comfrey as a fertilizer and would recommend it as a mulch, although I would suggest chopping it up or drying first since the leaves are …
