Another update to our garden. We are starting to do our summer harvest of tomatoes (pretty late as compared to other years due to a cool and wet June), artichokes, onions, beets, squash, beans, peppers, and eggplant. We have been picking strawberries throughout the year and they have been good. I highly recommend Albion strawberries [...]

Sorry to all those you follow this blog. I have been very busy with high priorities in my life. I have not neglected the garden however, just the blog. Here are some updates on my garden along with pictures. Feel free to ask questions or comment on if you feel that you are not getting [...]

I got two calls today about planting corn so I decided I should post about the types of corn and things to consider when planting. First thing you should know is that there are three different types of corn, su, se and sh2. Standard corn or (su) is your field corn, it takes a while [...]

I just planted my tomatoes today. It was pretty satisfying since I started them indoors from seeds. I planted 4 different varieties, Big Beef, Beefmaster, Park’s Whopper, and Early Girl. All are indeterminate tomatoes except for one determinate start I bought from the store for cherry tomatoes. For those of you who don’t know about different [...]

When to plant your summer crops can be tricky because the weather doesn’t always abide by averages. The general rule is to wait until all danger of frost is gone. Well…that could be today, maybe. According to the National Weather service there is a 50% chance of it getting to 32 degrees as of May [...]

There is good reason here in Utah to watch the weather forecasts and such to protect your plants during certain conditions. We got 8 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. I chose not to protect because I only have hardy plants out, but I didn’t anticipate this much snow. Had I been wiser [...]

I have been looking forward to this day for over 5 weeks. Mainly because that is when I planted the seeds for the starts that I put out yesterday. They grew wonderfully using a simple light system (see post). Not only was I able to get an early start, but each plant cost me about [...]

We recently purchased and planted our strawberries. We were really excited about this because of the newer varieties that we have learned about. Over the years many new varieties have come out and many more will continue to come out. California is the major producer, so if you are trying to find a good variety, [...]

We just planted our bare root raspberries yesterday. This was highly satisfying because we have heard about this type of variety and are anxious to grow it. Dr. Gordon Wells and the local nursery, Garden Plot both recommended Autumn Bliss. It is a red raspberry with excellent size and flavor. It is also an everbearer [...]

My family doesn’t eat as many peas as I would hope. I happen to love eating them right with the pod, especially sugar snap peas. However, since we don’t eat that many, my wife doesn’t want to plant very many. Contrary to her desires, I will be planting more than we can eat and here [...]