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 […]

Fruits

Red Alert – Leaf Curl

Now one problem with some peach and nectarine trees is that they can be affected (or infected) with leaf curl. However, some of these tree varieties can be resistant to leaf curl. Unfortunately, the Reliance peach tree that I have is not resistant! The first two years my peach tree got leaf curl in the […]

Fruits

Reliance Peach Tree

We planted our Reliance peach tree in May 2012.  According to the plant tag that came with our tree, this peach tree  is hardy in zone 4 or -30 ⁰ F which means it grows well in the north.  Others say it is hardy only down to zone 5.  Either way, I am covered with […]