by Greg Alder | Jun 19, 2020 | Vegetables |
After joining Roy Wilburn to harvest tomatoes in his garden last June, which I wrote about in the post, “Learning from the California Gardener of the Year,” I was spurred to try his method of supporting tomato vines. Roy uses a specific style of stake-and-string...
by Greg Alder | May 15, 2020 | Vegetables |
I didn’t much like cucumbers until I grew ‘Green Finger.’ I didn’t love to eat them, and I was frustrated while growing them. From my garden, too often they were bitter, and I never could figure out how to consistently prevent that. Insufficient or uneven watering...
by Greg Alder | Apr 10, 2020 | Weather |
The drama of weather: Back in February, I was resigned to the rainy season having ended prematurely. There had been no significant rain since Christmas. I started watering some vegetables and fruit trees. And then we got a nice storm on February 22, George...
by Greg Alder | Mar 20, 2020 | Misc |
“Oh, good to see you have weeds too,” said my neighbor as we walked through my vegetable garden. I’ve felt just like that when visiting other gardens, haven’t you? Here’s a fact that should give all of us a feeling of relief: In the best gardens and on the...
by Greg Alder | Aug 30, 2019 | Vegetables |
It so happens that every tomato variety of the seven I’m growing this summer has done well and tastes good enough to justify planting again next year. They’re all a little different, and I’d be selfish not to tell you about them. Small-fruited types Blush...
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