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

 
 
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 a small plant, but when pulled, the bulb was rotten. Once I saw the plants rotting, I worried that I planted where onions had been last year and maybe garlic the prior. This is my list for crops the bed…
 

time to think about fall planting?

 
 
I was amazed to see that it’s time to plant Brussels sprouts next week. Time to start fall planting! I’ve tried to plant Brussels sprouts the last two years and ended up with tiny sprouts hardly worth cooking at Thanksgiving time. I suppose the trick is to get the seeds planted at the right time. Skippy’s fall planting app lists planting times for 25 crops. For $0.99, Skippy’s Fall Planting Calendar App is available at the Apple store. Fall planting is also included in the Full Season app. Click on…
 

Skippy’s Full Season Planting Calendar is out

 
 
Our full season app has just been released at the Apple store. It includes spring, fall and winter planting calendars all in one. You can make a calendar with all seasons, or turn one or two seasons off. Like our previous calendars, it gives you tasks by the week – like a real calendar. Other planting calendars list times by crop so you can’t easily see what you need to do now. That’s the main benefit of our app, I think. Also we have transplant times listed. And you can…
 

planting calendars

 
 
I expect our full season planting calendar app will be out in the next day or two. It’s being reviewed by Apple now. All of our apps are listed and explained at www.skippysgarden.com or at the link at the upper right of this blog. Purchasers of the spring app will receive a free upgrade to the full season version. The full season calendar price will be $1.99. The next thing we’re working on is the android versions.
 

more garden calendars

 
 
We are working on several new garden calendar apps. I listed them at our new site: skippysgarden.com
 

Skippy’s Spring Calendar App

 
 
ITS TIME TO PLANT SEEDS! Make it easy with Skippy’s Spring Calendar – a NEW mobile app for seed planting App is based on the calendar I created in 2009 that’s used by over 10,000 gardeners a year, including agriculture schools, community gardens and home gardeners. It allows you to create YOUR PERSONAL CALENDAR, including sowing dates for indoor and direct planting, transplanting dates and succession sowing dates. App is:      – written by gardeners      – tested by gardeners      – actively supported … leave your comments here     …
 

Skippy’s Spring Calendar App – first update

 
 
We have a new update to Skippy’s Calendar App coming out soon. It’s based on feedback from our beta-testers. If you have the App, you’ll see a prompt for the update on your Apple Store icon when the update comes out. If you don’t have the app, you should get it! Here it is. What’s new in the update: “This update improves the vegetable picker, allows the persistence of your settings, and adds a reminder function for iOS8.” We’ll continue to support and update this calendar app so if you…
 

Skippy’s Garden Spring Planting Calendar App

 
 
Our app was approved for sale (martini’s all around!) and is listed now at the Apple Store. The app’s official name is “Skippy’s Garden Spring Planting Calendar”. Here’s a link: Skippy’s Spring Calendar app Thanks very much to all who helped to test it!! Purchase of the app is $1.99 and will include all updates for the season. I welcome comments on the app here. Description: An easy-to-use app that creates a personalized seed-sowing calendar based on the average last frost date in your garden. The app is a mobile…
 

planning my parents’ garden

 
 
My dad has kidney disease and has just started on dialysis. He has a pretty restricted diet as he can’t eat foods that are high in phosphorus or potassium. His doctor has given him a list of all of his dos and don’ts. No tomatoes, no beets, no peas, etc. We looked at this list while planning what to plant in his vegetable garden this year. (I don’t know if these vegetables are OK for all kidney patients, so please check with your own doctor if you have kidney disease.)…
 
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