Soil Sampling Supplies To properly take a soil sample, you'll want a sampling tube. Here are a few good options. Tomato Varieties To Try Determinate Tomatoes Determinate tomatoes are smaller, bushier plants that stop growing when flowers form at the tips of the main stems. Because of the sm...
This voyage proved to be quite an adventure due to the inability of finding facilities, supplies, and the lack of equipment. He finally reached St. Louis in 1840. His record of this journey of almost six months duration was first printed in German in 1840. His son later translated it ...
How and when to get supplies takes a small bit of effort for better gardens. Making good compost for healthy vegetables. Near a quarry? See if you can get somerockdust. Might be cheap, might be free. Need to buy fertilizer or conditioners? The end of season (fall time) stores usually ...
In October of 2023, The Packer, an industry trade publication for producers and grocery stores, shared that Okanagan Specialty Fruits had received approval for taking non-browning, “Arctic” apples to the public. In turning off the enzyme that makes the apple turn brown, theArctic apple is sa...
Stay at home orders, social distancing, and sometimes limiting supplies definitely limit our access to fresh vegetables which are essential to our overall health and well-being. The meaning of gardening takes on new wonderful benefits. The corona virus (COVID 19) forces us to adapt, ...
There is time to plan and repair machinery, clean out barns and sheds, and inventory equipment and supplies. Of course some of us have other winter employment or year-round jobs that continue like clockwork. But while summer is the most physically demanding season for a farm family, winter ...
This summer I grew everything from seed. I have to say it was fun but much more labor intensive. This was my pandemic challenge to myself: to see how much I could save by using just what I had. I think the only garden supplies I actually bought this summer was one bag of fertilize...
Lars: All right thanks for inviting me. Steve: All right, take care, bye. Here is why I admire Lars; first of all he is a really down to earth, and a humble guy even though he runs many successful E-commerce stores. Clean Air Gardening is just one of many businesses that he start...
A long-time philanthropist with hands in many initiatives ranging from global issues concerning agriculture, food supplies, and nature, Amy is well known amongst most scientists involved in agricultural crop research (particularly Cucurbitaceae and tomatoes) and not surprising – to gardening geeks. Amy...
The gardener’s second strategy for combatting global warming is to support the ways that the garden stores (sequesters) carbon. Again, this is a natural process, so it is not difficult to incorporate in the garden. Here are the principal methods: ...