I planted a 10 pack of Early Girl tomatoes in March and I was wondering why there were no red tomatoes yet.  Then one weekend morning I thought I spotted some color way down at the base of one tomato plant so I got down on my hands and knees and wonder … click here to continue reading June Gardening – Tomatoes Galore!

I prefer starting seeds myself because I can be selective about the vegetables I am growing not to mention seeds are considerably less than live baby plants.  I have a big jar of seeds in my refrigerator; I keep them there because it extends their life.

However, this year by the time it … click here to continue reading Spring 2010 Gardening

I haven’t done a garden update in a while, even though my garden has been quietly growing throughout winter.

Unfortunately, the bed I planted in was underlaid with chicken wire over three years ago, so the gopher was able to make his way into the bed and was starting to eat my vegetables. … click here to continue reading February Gardening 2010

Earlier this year I learned how to extend the life of my seeds.  Here is my gallon jar of seeds that I keep in the bottom shelf of my refrigerator.  If you look closely, you can see the rubber bands around some packets. I have bundled the seed packets together by season. … click here to continue reading October 2009 Garden Update

My garden is still producing.  The watermelon plants have done wonderfully, and I was able to harvest a watermelon a couple of days ago. It is a Malali watermelon. So far this is the largest one, although I believe this variety is supposed to be 10-15 pounds. It came in just under … click here to continue reading September 2009 Gardening

Amazingly I managed to harvest some eggplant from the garden yesterday morning. I was surprised to see how many eggplant had grown over the last week or so. I guess since the temperatures are not so horribly high, although we were scheduled for a heatwave high of 114°F yesterday.  In the photo … click here to continue reading Garden Gleanings in August

Most of my garden is dead due to the heat this month. The average for August was 94°F. The highest temperature was 115.6°F and the low was 65.3°F. This desolate barren bed used to be the squash bed.

I couldn’t use this bed throughout the summer.  I had a brainstorm last spring about … click here to continue reading August 2009 Garden Update

All my squash plants died last week. The watermelon plants are still struggling. Actually that’s not completely true.  One is thriving very nicely, I don’t know what its problem is. It is sending out runners all over the place. No flowers or baby watermelons, just prolific green vines.

However, my tomato plants are … click here to continue reading My Poor Garden – It’s Too Hot!