Author: Don My garden conversations with Raymond are continuing with “Tomatoes.” Raymond will plant up to a hundred tomato plants every year. His favorite variety is Celebrity. He shared a tip with me when planting tomatoes. After digging the hole for the plant, he adds 1-tablespoon of Epson Salt, 1-tablespoon Powdered Milk and 1-tablespoon…
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Spring Harvest 2013
It’s really nice to be able to pick lettuce right outside our back door, along with the arugula coming up in the rocks around the base of the lettuce pot! But I’m most excited to start harvesting asparagus. We don’t have a lot of asparagus plants, so when the spears come up, I try to…
Garden Guidance – Potatoes
Author: Don I’m continuing my garden conversations with Raymond. On Sunday March 3, he planted potatoes. He usually stores some of his previous year’s potatoes, in an outdoor refrigerator, to use as seed potatoes for the next year. He cuts the potatoes into pieces, with 2 eyes per piece, 2 -3 days before…
Watercress on the Windowsill
Watercress is great sauteed and served as a side dish, or fresh in salads. It doesn’t like hot weather, and loves water, so it’s difficult to grow here. I never thought about growing it indoors. So it’s my new experiment! I decided I just wanted to start with plants. I bought some watercress in the…
Getting Plants Ready for Spring and Summer 2013
I decided to plant some small pots of tomato seeds and eggplant seeds, and put them in my nursery area. For eggplant, there’s two varieties of Italian long purple and one Asian long purple. For tomatoes, I’m starting Mexican midget, green grape, and Plainsman. I found Plainsman on line, and it’s a Texas heritage tomato. …