I have done my share of trellising projects in my garden over the last few years. Today I would like to share with you one good reason NOT to trellis the bigger vines of melon, pumpkin, squash and gourds. In the photo above, I have circled in yellow the area where my vines left their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pumpkin’
3 Feb
Kid’s Garden Planner
I am adding two new 4 ft x 8 ft garden beds this year, so I decided to let my kids each plant one. I’ll also let our wonderful friend and neighbor, M., plant one of my existing 4×8′s. These children are 8, 6 and 6 years old, so I made them up a planning [...]
4 Aug
EARLY pumpkin
The jackolantern pumpkin we grew got ripe late in July. How long can I leave it on the vine before it just rots right there in the garden? The stem is still quite green as is the vine attached… We don’t plan on eating this (maybe the seeds) so if we could get it [...]
12 Apr
Seed table 2008 after 5 weeks
Here I am tonight at my seed table. I’m sitting down about a foot under the ceiling of our crawl space. The tomatoes below were planted March 5th. I’ve been able to keep most of them down to between 8 and 9 inches high by keeping the lights close to them. I have three double-40-watt-bulb [...]
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