Archive for July, 2009

Garden Log 7-29-09; It’s All about Garlic

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

The garden log entries here usually cover just about everything that’s currently growing out in the Veggie Gardening Tips garden, but this one will be a little different because I just finished harvesting this year’s crop of gourmet garlic and that’s always an exciting and suspenseful event!
If you still haven’t heeded my advice and planted [...]

The Farmer’s Garden; Sourcing Local, Homegrown Produce

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Are you in the market for local sources of lovingly grown fresh fruits and vegetables? And what do you do when your garden is yielding more delicious produce than you know what to do with?
In either of these cases The Farmer’s Garden may be the perfect solution for sharing or locating surplus homegrown fruits and [...]

Using and Preserving the Garden’s Bounty

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

This entry is a guest post by Nathalie Lussier who blogs over at the RawFoodsWitch.com. She stops by today to share a few tips for using all of that extra produce that is harvested from your backyard garden this summer:
So you’ve slaved all summer in your garden, and now you’re reaping its bounty. If you’re [...]

New Tomato Trellising and Training System (Video)

Friday, July 10th, 2009

What can be worse than rambling tomato vines and rotting fruits sprawling all over the garden? How about spending money on tomato cages and fancy supports that really are not up to the task of keeping your tomato vines upright, productive, and happy!
I’m trying a brand new tomato staking system in my garden this summer [...]

Garden Greetings from the Deep South

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Back in May I published a series of emails from a few backyard vegetable gardeners who shared their passions and talents for producing home-grown fresh fruits and veggies.
Those gardens were located in Patzcuaro, Mexico, Northern Virginia, Teakettle, Belize, and Tennessee. Today’s report comes to us from another southern grower…
I just ran across your site, and [...]

Giant Ragweed; the Mystery Plant Identified

Monday, July 6th, 2009

A post here last week sought the identity of a mysterious plant that was growing wild in a Wisconsin gardener’s backyard. Well the plant has been identified by several readers here and verified by a plant expert to be Giant Ragweed!
Not exactly the happy ending that I was hoping for, but at least Tamara now [...]

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