One Week Later Rooting Tomatoes (Part 2)

Today I am continuing on my tomato rooting journey. You can get the previous part 1 here. After a week in the potting soil and me watering the plants twice a day the photos below is of their progress. Tomato Cuttings One Week After Planting Remember what they looked like after potting? Root Growth After … Continue reading One Week Later Rooting Tomatoes (Part 2)

Finally!

It is my favorite time of year, harvest time in the garden. I'll write more on that in a minute but first let me show you our first blooming sunflower of the year: This is the first year I remember planting this sunflower, Chocolate Cherry from Hoss Tools. My daughter loves flowers and was excited … Continue reading Finally!

Rooting Tomato Cuttings (Part 1)

For the past few weeks I have been doing an experiment with tomatoes. Particularly I've been trying to root the cuttings. On a tomato plant if you do not know there are usually suckers growing between the branches. A lot of people recommend pruning these off. I decided to let them grow a bit on … Continue reading Rooting Tomato Cuttings (Part 1)

Pollinators

My daughter loves a flower garden. I am trying something new for the summer. I've planted a warm season pollinator mix I bought from Green Cover Seed in the same plot where I grew a spring cover plot. To this mix I added a few sunflowers because she really like those even though there is … Continue reading Pollinators

First Harvest Of Year

Yesterday it finally happened. The first harvest of the year, the work paid off with a half a bucket of Momentum Bush Beans. I had enough for a large bowl for us to eat plus was able to share some with my neighbor. Next, I'm waiting on some tomatoes! Momentum Bush Beans Ready For Picking! … Continue reading First Harvest Of Year

Cutting Spring Cover Crop

Last month I planted these Daikon Radishes. They've started to bolt in the heat so I'm cutting them down. I'll just let the debris feed my garden plot a bit then plant something later.

Cover Croppin’

I just realized that I posted about my silage tarp last week but failed to put a picture of what I was talking about. Below is a picture of it on the plot I'm planning to use for a fall garden later I also posted last week about trying to plant a summer no till … Continue reading Cover Croppin’

Silage Tarp

I use a Silage Tarp from Hoss Tools. I've enjoyed having this tarp for the past couple of years. It helps me when preparing a plot for planting and killing the weeds before planting and helping to make the soil in my plot more ready for seeds at planting. Yes, the soil will be affected … Continue reading Silage Tarp

Plant Boosts

I've decided to give my Momentum bush green beans a few different boosts. I'm giving them a drink of Hoss Tools 20-20-20 for a quick shot then some pelletized 13-13-13 for a more long term shot of fertilizer. I don't typically give my beans much fertilizer and these plants don't necessarily look like they need … Continue reading Plant Boosts

Blooming Blackberries

I planted my thornless Arapaho Blackberries about three years ago and have gotten really good harvest from the vines the past two years with last year's being really good. I love the berries from these plants and seeing the blooms in the spring. If you want something like this in your yard I couldn't recommend … Continue reading Blooming Blackberries