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Wow that's pretty cool. Nice pictures! :clap

This is pretty accurate assuming a few things are true. Particularly bio-degradable, non-antibacterial soap can work relatively well for controlling *most* minor insect infestations. The soap typically works to suffocate the insects. We too use most of our dish pan soap in parts of the...

Well you'll have to share the recipe because although I love tomatoes (we're doing 26 varieties this year) I can't do fried!

I do something similar to what Vfem mentioned. On the front side of the house (since I'm not allowed to excavate the cottage garden up front :barnie ) I plant tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, a border of carrots and radishes, parsley and mix that in with some annuals here and there. I've never...

Depending on the seedling, you may also be able to separate them and repot them in another tray? An old knife works pretty well, just place it in the soil as close to the seedling as possible and gently lift out. Put somewhere else and you're good to go. You'll get a fair amount of them to...

I think they will stand a pan fry. Not sure, not a big fan of fried tomatoes. :hide

The poppies are starting to bloom! I know, I know, my part of California doesn't really have those changing seasons and harsh winters that you all have but it's still nice to go from raining a lot, to raining less, to raining sometimes. Highs in the 50's and 60's and low's in the 40's. Not...

Oh how I miss the weather 6 hours south of me... A couple of comments. When you have tomatoes on the vine and the temp are dropping, you can try to extend the growing season and cover them up with plastic or if the tomatoes are starting to turn yellow, just pick them and put them in a bag...

I remember trying them in 2007 and 2008 and they did pretty well. Without going back on notes from those years I remember they were smaller bushy plants, dense packed leaves which we didn't thin the first year and had some issues with wilt. Overall thought the plants were pretty resilient...

Nice! So glad that you got them in the ground this year. Good luck with them! We have close to 600 starts inside and not one plant in the ground for this season yet! :barnie

One of my favorites has been New Queen. It's compact, early maturing and keeps well. It also does well in less favorable conditions such as heat and disease exposure. Black Diamond (yellow flesh) is also another variety that we tried years ago and I remember they did quite well for a few...

I do a similar process to what Steve has described above. We used wooden crates, then separate out individual seedlings into cells that are about 4inches deep by 2x2" or so. And they're fine until we set them out 4-6 weeks later. I have used the newspaper pots in the past and haven't been too...

Thanks for the input folks! Thanks for the welcome Pat, although I wish I was *back*, seeing with the classes I'm now teaching, kids, chickens, gardens and a new house time for the simple pleasures of the Easy Garden Forum is growing less and less. Dissertation is going well. Finishing up...

I remember growing up near Morro Bay that we had some water spouts off the coast one year. That was crazy. If you're ok with letting the plant go then you might be able to force the plant to ripen the tomato. I only suggest this because the cold won't let the tomato ripen. The safest way to...

Not enough :P We have a 20 by 60 plot that we use for the main garden. Which is used mostly for processing, canning and the big crops 3- 6 by 10 foot raised beds near the house for convenience and most of what we use daily/weekly in the kitchen Finally we have a 30 by 50 foot plot that is our...

Yeah I've been hearing from family in SLO, SB and Orange Counties about the crazy weather there. Here in the Bay Area we've been hit with tons of rain for the past week and a half. So much that the small creek behind the house is now a river and the ducks have washed away. Hopefully they'll...

I know the feeling, just last week we seeded all of our starts and I'm growing more and more anxious to get outside. I have 42 tomato varieties this year and can't wait to get them in the ground! Not to mention the other veggies and flowers and herbs ...only 1 more month...just 1 more month...

Don't know if I'm a little too late on the reply but here goes. Bountiful Gardens - based in California they have a great selection of heirloom, untreated, non gmo seed stock. And great customer service. Heirloom Seeds They're a small online supplier that has a great selection of heirlooms...

So we're looking to redo the front garden and need some suggestions for small trees. Criteria: 1. Will be close to the house, within 10 feet, so roots need to be considered. 2. Shouldn't grow too tall since it's more of an accent piece than anything else. 3. Preferably would flower or...

It's definitely worth a try! There could be some issues though. There's always different cultivars out there that are specifically grown in very different conditions than those in your backyard or homestead. Most of the big producers use hybrids that are not always true to the seed and may have...