From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Why My Tomatoes Are Blight Resistant

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Looking at my cherry tomato plants, they seem to be blight resistant. I have my thoughts as to why.

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Mariann Started a Vegetable Garden How About You?

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I received an email from a reader this week, Mariann from Arizona. She’s planted some herbs and vegetables for the first time.

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Stop Reading About Growing a Vegetable Garden and Start Growing One

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My old roommate told me to read some books on gardening and stop with all the experimentation. If I would’ve done that, I would’ve gotten overwhelmed with the info, got frustrated and gave up. I’m sure that’s happened to some of you.

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Cherry Tomato Does Not Mean Small Plant

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When I was planning my fire escape garden I planted cherry tomatoes thinking the plant would be small and perfect for the small space…not so much.

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No Posts for the Week of August 16

I won’t be posting this week because I’m going to be working on redoing the site to be more user friendly. I’ll resume back to regular posting next week.

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How to Make a Hanging Herb Garden Using Recycled Soda Bottles

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After the upside down herb planters failed, I reused the soda bottles and planted herbs out of the top. It doesn’t get greener than that.

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Finding the Best Way to Remove Bolting Vegetables

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My lettuces have bolted, so I needed to get them out of the containers to get a new round of plants in. Not sure of the best way to get them out, I decided to experiment with two different ways.

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How to Make a Cucumber Trellis for a Self Watering Container

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To help keep my cucumber plant from growing all over the backyard, I built a trellis for it using recycled materials.

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