Why remove tomato suckers: Many don’t know about tomato suckers. However, understanding what tomato suckers are may be the key to healthier and more productive tomato plants. That’s because “suckers” can “suck” the energy out of tomato fruit production by putting on more green growth. Moreover, tomato suckers all over a plant can encourage disease… Read more »
Category: Grow Your Own Food
All things about growing food in the garden including herbs, vegetables, fruits, farming, foraging and medicinal plants.
Cabbage Butterfly Eggs: Squish’m Young!
Cabbage butterfly eggs lead to destroyed crops! Cabbage butterfly eggs are laid by adult white butterflies. These butterflies also have two black dots on each wing. And they are not moths! The adult butterflies won’t directly destroy your cabbages. It’s their pre-butterfly phases that cause the problems. Interrupting their life cycle is a good way… Read more »
How to Harvest Basil Season by Season
How to harvest basil so your plants will give much longer. When you know how to harvest basil, your plants will produce for a long time. Unfortunately, many new gardeners pick basil leaves the wrong way. And that can lead to rapid plant decline. This problem happens when gardeners pluck out random basil leaves. Plus,… Read more »
Growing Tomatoes Successfully Despite Cold Temperatures and Rain
You can have success growing tomatoes in cold wet weather. Even if you’re growing tomatoes in cold wet weather, it is possible harvest great fruit. But, it may require some extra careful gardening practices. And, you may need to choose tomatoes cultivated for shorter climates like Seattle tomato growers have learned to love. First, choose… Read more »
Don’t Let Your Blueberries Go to the Birds!
Better ways for keeping birds out of blueberries! We’ve come up with a simple and inexpensive technique for keeping birds out of blueberries (and other berries too). Instead of netting, we’re now using sheer, semi-opaque curtain panels and clothes pins. That’s because, these hold up to wind and rain. And they’re easy to open and… Read more »