Gaga for Ground Cherries
March 22, 2012One of the crops I am most looking forward to growing from seed for the first time this year is ground cherries. I first tasted them a few years ago while visiting a friend’s farm.
Explore Farmers’ Markets While Traveling
February 15, 2012Make farmers’ markets a priority on your travel agenda and you’ll save money (no admission fees), go green (most markets showcase seasonal, sustainable products) and support local (slap that cash directly in the farmer’s hand).
Tomato Plant Fungal Diseases
January 23, 2012Learn what to do about fungal diseases before they destroy your tomato crop.
Four Tomato Plant Pests
January 20, 2012Discover these four tomato plant pests and how you can get rid of them without resorting to pesticides.
Disease-Resistant Tomatoes
January 20, 2012Excerpt from the Popular Farming Series magabook Organic Farm & Garden with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Organic Farm & Garden here. America’s favorite backyard crop, tomatoes, is a favorite food for pests. The tomato plant can fall prey to insects, slugs and fungal diseases, so tomatoes need […]
CO2 Could Increase Tomato Growth
January 10, 2012Scientists at Fresno State who are investigating the use of carbon-dioxide enrichment on open-field crops enter their second year of research.
Bagged Tomatoes
September 20, 2011You’ve bagged tomatoes in the supermarket, but have you ever bagged tomatoes on the bush? I did this past week when the garden was threatened with an early frost. I was able to cover peppers and raspberry canes with plastic used earlier this year on high tunnels. However, when it came to my 8-foot tall Early Girl tomato, I was stymied.
Hot, Dry Summer Hurts Southern Gardens
August 19, 2011Heat stress, pest problems and lack of pollinators cause low yields in home gardens this summer.
Attack of the Figeater
August 8, 2011Photo courtesy of Jengod/Wikipedia The June bug that went after me last weekend looks just like this one. This spring, my sister, Cyndi, came to visit me from the island where she lives in the South Pacific. While I was at work one day, she planted a garden of tomatoes. Now, four months later, I […]
The Garden Bustle
June 2, 2011So much is happening in the garden that I don’t even know where to start! Our landscape crew from Lighthouse Landscape Designs arrived with the excavator and Bobcat and began the grading process in the backyard. They laid the gravel base for the retaining wall and expect to begin setting the wall in the next day or two.
