With 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 ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIn the last “Just Veggies” I discussed one way in which climate change is impacting your garden—and that is by extending the growing season with earlier spring emergence and later dieback in fall. In this edition, I want to talk about how warmer temperatures throughout the growing season can impact your vegetable gardens. What Warming ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI wrote in this space not long ago about how easy it is to grow parsley indoors during the winter. You can read that post HERE, but to summarize: Just repot your outdoor parsley into a more-deep-than-wide pot, give it some well-draining potting soil and place it into a sunny window. You’ll have fresh parsley ...
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