If you have an existing garden that has not been managed with an eye towards ongoing soil management, you likely have depleted some (or most) of the essential nutrients. You many also have an overly acidic or basic pH. Plants absorb significant quantities of nutrients from the soil each year, and unless you are actively replacing these nutrients, plant vigor and yield will decrease over time. Fortunately, it’s never too late to begin rebuilding garden soil and significant improvements can be made relatively quickly.
Read MoreFall Tomato Care
There are very few vegetable gardens without tomato plants. Unless you’re allergic, it’s hard to imagine why you wouldn’t want them. A healthy tomato plant is beautiful, bountiful and provides a quality of fruit that is virtually impossible to get from a store (although possible to get from a farm stand). Regardless of the length of your tomato harvest season, it’s always a priority to extend it as much as possible.
Read MoreGreen Tomatoes
Even with an extended fall harvest season like we had this year, you're inevitably going to end up with some unripe fruit on the vine. Fortunately, there are a few simple techniques to help ripen up fruits at the end of the season.
Read MoreSaving your flower seeds
Seed saving is the art of collecting the seed from your crop and using it in subsequent seasons to grow new plants. If you want to ease your way into seed saving, some of the simplest crops to save are annual flowers!
Read MoreFreezing the harvest
There are many ways to process and store tomatoes, but freezing has become our preferred technique.
Read MoreMulching Your Garden For Fall
Garden soil loves to get dressed up. Instead of a tuxedo or gown, spruce up your beds with a stylish layer of compost, cover crops and straw.
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