planting peas

April 24, 2019

I planted my peas today. I started them indoors in big flat boxes and cut off paper bags. I’m a fan of planting indoors, mostly because I can watch them grow. But also I can baby the seedlings, making sure they get the right amount of water and light (under…

sprouting fall seedlings and evading the chipmunk

July 29, 2017

Pests & Pathogens, Starting Seeds

My little fall greens seedlings are sprouting. No thanks to the chipmunk that dug up several of the pots. Maybe he didn’t find much, maybe I had planted twice what I needed, as it seems I am getting a lot of sprouts anyway. Lettuce, escarole, arugula, bok choy. They will…

crop rotation

January 30, 2017

Pests & Pathogens, Planning the Garden

I recently finished making plans for my vegetable gardens and posted the diagrams. A reader noticed I always plant my butternut squash in one place: on the arbor in the middle of my community garden plot. I like it there. It looks nice and does well. But the reader asked:…

Master Gardener class with Roger Swain

November 17, 2016

Pests & Pathogens, Planning the Garden

I keep writing about this. What a treat the class was!! It was so great to hear Mr Swain talk from 9 am to 3 pm all about vegetables. I have 12 pages of notes. I wish I had a tenth of his knowledge. And a tenth of his ability…

planting cabbages, brocccoli and bok choi

May 22, 2016

Garden Work, Pests & Pathogens, Starting Seeds

Finally! I’ve gotten the compost down to the garden (actually my husband did that for me – thank you, Steve!), spread and turn it. Then we hooked up the hose to get some water down to the garden. The brassica bed was ready for planting, so yesterday the plants went…

green bean varieties resistant to Mexican bean beetles

March 8, 2016

Pests & Pathogens

I’m putting together a collection of green beans that have some reported resistance to Mexican bean beetles. Getting ahead of this pest in our organic community garden is going to be one of my things to focus on this summer. They are voracious! Some resistant varieties are listed here at…

what caused my garlic to rot? rotation, rotation, rotation

October 11, 2015

Garlic, Pests & Pathogens, Planning the Garden, Root Vegetables

I’ve been thinking about why half of my garlic crop rotted this year. In early spring, my garlic plants yellowed and curled and then died. This started mostly in one area of the bed and then gradually other plants curled and died more slowly. Some just stopped growing looking like…

seems like not a good year for cucumbers

July 26, 2015

Pests & Pathogens

Today I harvested a very nice cucumber. a pretty Corinto cuke. But Sadly, i don’t think it’ll be a great year (or even a good year) for cukes. Not sure what’s going on but the leaves on most of my vines are shriveling and vines are dying. I have about…

spraying fruit trees

April 13, 2015

Pests & Pathogens

All of a sudden it’s warm! How does that happen. The snow and ice are suddenly gone. Time to spray my fruit trees. I use horticultural oil. The info sheet from UNH Cooperative Extention is great. Pears, Two applications to control psylla, mites and scale. First, spray at swollen bud…

chipmunk

April 8, 2015

Pests & Pathogens

Our little chipmunk has finally come out of hibernation! I think he had the right idea on how to spend this winter.

planting peas

sprouting fall seedlings and evading the chipmunk

crop rotation

Master Gardener class with Roger Swain

planting cabbages, brocccoli and bok choi

green bean varieties resistant to Mexican bean beetles

what caused my garlic to rot? rotation, rotation, rotation

seems like not a good year for cucumbers

spraying fruit trees

chipmunk

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