Tennessee Home Garden Variety Trials-Part 3

I chose to try two varieties of Genovese Basil: Dolce Fresca and Aroma II , in addition to the others I chose, and started … More

Tennessee Home Garden Variety Trials 2019 – Part 2

We received our selections for the 2019 variety trials today. Many of these varieties were developed here in The South … More

Here’s a summary of the germination rates I’ve gotten, so far, for most of the seeds I started on Feb … More

This year, we decided to participate in the 2019 Home Garden Variety Trials coordinated by the University of Tennessee. This … More

Here is our plan right now. I might make some adjustments, but at least I think I have everything accounted … More

After a lot of reading (Eliot Coleman’s books among others) and a little experimentation over the last couple of years, … More

After a week off, we had a busy weekend in the garden. A late frost damaged a few plants so … More

I had a few extra hours of vacation time to use, so I took the afternoon off. It was nice … More

It looks like winter has finally left us, after one last frigid weekend. We covered everything but the very top … More

We had another “hard freeze” last night. Mike and I covered all of the perennials and the garden beds with … More