It is February and well into the time to begin starting seedlings and finalizing plans for the coming Spring and … More
Category: vegetable gardening
2019 Home Garden Variety Trials – Part 7
Some notes and a brief update The Turkey Craw Beans are out-growing the Hill Family Greasy variety. Both suffered some … More
2019 Home Garden Variety Trials – Part 6
The weather has turned rainy and cool again, but the garden is growing reasonably well. I have had some failures … More
2019 Tomatoes
We got our tomatoes planted the week of April 15. Due to some bad weather the week before, I did … More
2019 Home Garden Variety Trials – Part 5
So far, we have had mixed results. The basil and nasturtiums germinated fairly well. So far, though, it looks like … More
Summer Season Preparation 2019
The last few weekends have been nice enough that we were able to get outside and get the garden into … 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
Tennessee Home Garden Variety Trials 2019
This year, we decided to participate in the 2019 Home Garden Variety Trials coordinated by the University of Tennessee. This … More
Fall and Winter Garden
After a lot of reading (Eliot Coleman’s books among others) and a little experimentation over the last couple of years, … More
Catching Up
After a week off, we had a busy weekend in the garden. A late frost damaged a few plants so … More