General Gardening

Harvest and Store Cherry Tomatoes

Sometimes pictures just say it all.  Look at these beautiful cherry tomatoes that I harvested from my garden.  As you know, I am growing the Rainbow Blend from Botanical Interests which is quite a treat.  There are seven different varieties that are color coded in one seed packet.  Also, I am growing Principe Borghese.  If […]

General Gardening Outdoor Grow Room

Killing Weeds

This past weekend I was working in my garden and my neighbor’s mother, Kate stopped by to check out my vegetable garden.  She is from New Zealand and wanted to see what grew well around here.  I was a bit embarrassed because my walkway around my raised beds had quite  a few weeds growing.  My […]

General Gardening Outdoor Grow Room

Cold Tunnel

Before my husband started building cold frames for my raised beds, I purchased quite a few “super hoops” from gardeners.com.  In case you have no idea what super hoops are, I am here to explain.  They are powder coated flexible steel wire  that can bent to cover your plants.  Each super hoop has two wires […]