It’s time to start thinking about your fall vegetable garden. I know, I know, it’s the middle of July and the summer season has just hit its stride. Tomatoes are coming on, peppers are ripening (mine have come earlier than usual) and everything in the squash family is growing and producing exponentially every day. But ...
Read More | Just VeggiesSugar Basket is the type of tomato that dovetails perfectly with last month’s topic of tomatoes appropriate for growing in containers. You might recall that in my post about Container Tomatoes, I mentioned that not all tomatoes are cut out to be grown for a whole season within the confines of a container, whether that ...
Read More | Just VeggiesWith container gardening becoming more and more commonplace for folks growing vegetables, I thought I would tell you about a new line of award-winning containers that you might consider for the upcoming gardening season. The new collection of planters called the Crescent Too Circular Positive Planter Collection from Crescent Garden is the winner of a ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThis isn’t a post about pumpkins and peppers. It’s a post about “pumpkin peppers,” a new shape of sweet pepper, or at least a new shape to me. From the “pumpkin” in the name, you can guess that the shape of this pepper is pumpkin-esque. Specifically it is shaped like those mini pumpkins you see ...
Read More | Just VeggiesGot a bad back or find it difficult to perform lifting and pulling tasks in the garden? The EarthLifter tool can help with that. I was able to test drive the EarthLifter while attending a trade show recently. It’s a tool whose form and physics allows you to use less effort when going about your ...
Read More | Just VeggiesBiochar is a miraculous soil amendment that is currently having a moment. We might think it’s a new-fangled product but we’d be wrong. It’s an addition to soil that has been used in cultivation for millennia. A new product from my friends at Organic Mechanics puts the powers of biochar into a potting soil that ...
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