It is that time of year when you start to see garden centers large and small open their doors to allow consumers like you and me to purchase their vegetable starts, among other things. Hopefully, this post will give you a few things to think about before making your purchase. First and foremost, you must [...]

One of the most valuable tools in my shed is a root feeder. I would spend the money on a Ross Root Feeder since it has proven to the best I have found. Not only do I need this to feed my fruit trees, but I consistently use it to feed plants that have plastic [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]