A last reminder about the heirloom seed give-away. I’ll be drawing names on December 22 to win free heirloom seeds just for visiting my site. To enter, simply leave a comment or send along an e-mail to getinthegarden@gmail.com and mention heirloom seeds in the subject line. It’s my way of saying “Thanks” for stopping by [...]
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In the smallest of yards and the biggest of cities people make room to grow summer’s essential vegetables: tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. (O.K. technically they’re fruits.) In pots or plots everyone loves fresh, juicy tomatoes ripened in the summer sun, crisp sweet peppers and tender eggplant picked fresh for cooking. Seed varieties are available from [...] With the exception of the first vegetable gardening post (sorry poor planing on my part!) the vegetables listed so far like an early spring start with cooler temperatures. Today begins a look at warm-weather crops. They require full sun and shouldn’t be planted until after the last frost date for your area. (See dates here.) [...] “There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, These are the last of the early crops for spring planting. (There are others, like favas, but those will have to be another post.) All require full sun and cool spring [...] “Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” -Virgil A. Kraft Spring’s green vegetables are the best tonic after winter’s long freeze. Spinach, broccoli, onions and peas are among the earliest and easiest crops to grow when the snows recede. It’s possible enjoy fresh greens in early May and [...] I walked in the season’s first snowflakes today. Their visit was fleeting, just a hint of what’s to come by week’s end. I wish they’d stayed, the day was otherwise quite gloomy. That aside, it was a chance for one last visit to the garden for kale and the rest of the parsley. The blonde [...] |
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