Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Tomatoes and Peppers

  The first update today is on the pole tomatoes.  The three plants on the left (see above) are Pineapple Tomatoes and the plant on the right is a Super Snow White Cherry Tomato plant.  I am using the longest poles that I could find to provide support for these tomatoes and they look healthy. If […]

General Gardening Vegetables

Grow Bags for Sweet Potatoes

We already talked about how to make a grow bag for potatoes. Today’s topic is making a grow bag for and planting sweet potatoes. This is the first year that I am growing sweet potatoes in a grow bag so I don’t damage them when harvesting.  Instead of digging them out,  I will gently dump the […]

Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Lettuce, Spinach and Radishes

  Wow this crazy weather in Pittsburgh has been great for my lettuce, spinach and radishes!  Do a search in this blog for the articles on these three vegetables so you can see what varieties I am growing.   As for the Spinach, I’ve only planted the Monstrueux de Viroflay and the Baby’s Leaf Hybrid.  I will […]