by Greg Alder | Oct 21, 2022 | Vegetables |
When I have a good tomato year and end up with more fruit than family and friends can eat, I freeze the extras. There are other ways to preserve tomatoes — drying, canning, etc. — but I choose freezing because of how fast and easy it is. Freezing tomatoes...
by Greg Alder | Oct 7, 2022 | Vegetables |
The question is, At what size should you put a vegetable seeding into the ground or a bigger pot? The answer is, At any size before the seedling is rootbound. Rootbound means the roots in the container are crowded and circling, especially at the bottom. Let me...
by Greg Alder | Sep 2, 2022 | Vegetables |
This is a short video of what I do to protect my tomatoes when the heat hits: Find shade cloth at a good nursery near you or online at Peaceful Valley (Grow Organic) or Johnny’s. All of my Yard Posts are listed HERE Learn HERE about how my Yard Posts are purely...
by Greg Alder | Aug 26, 2022 | Vegetables |
My kids were eating lunch but they weren’t eating the cucumbers on their plate. “It’s bitter,” one said. We were on the road and had bought two cucumbers at a farm stand. The first tasted great, but sure enough, the second was bitter —...
by Greg Alder | Aug 19, 2022 | Vegetables |
How’s your tomato year? Mine is 50/50. In part of my garden, I have grown varieties that don’t claim any disease resistance; they are open-pollinated varieties that are different shapes and colors. They are delicious, and the plants produced well for a...
by Greg Alder | Jul 22, 2022 | Vegetables |
We had spent the afternoon swimming in the Tsoaing river, which would swell with water after each summer rain, and we were hungry. Masopha led us to his family’s field nearby where they were growing corn with watermelon underneath. He picked a couple of...
by Greg Alder | Jun 17, 2022 | Pests, Vegetables |
Over the past few summers, some of my vegetables have performed worse and worse because of damage from root knot nematodes. What are root knot nematodes? They’re microscopic worm-like creatures that live in the dirt and bore into the roots of plants and...
by Greg Alder | May 27, 2022 | Vegetables, Watering |
My friend Erik recently planted a new vegetable garden at his new house, but now he’s off traveling. So right before he left I helped him install drip irrigation that will take care of his plants while he’s gone — and beyond. Here’s what his...
by Greg Alder | May 13, 2022 | Vegetables |
Even on a hot summer day, I can go into the yard and pick a cucumber and bite into it and feel cooled and refreshed. How does that work? There’s no other vegetable quite like a cuke. I need to have them in my garden. Here’s how I go about accomplishing that. Varieties...
by Greg Alder | Apr 1, 2022 | Vegetables |
Before doing this experiment, if you had asked me which mix to buy for starting vegetable seeds I would have recommended the most expensive you could find. You generally get what you pay for with potting and seed-starting mixes, was my view. My view has changed. The...
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