The Case of the Knife in the Watermelon

August 6, 2017 Well, no. Actually, the case of the missing spaghetti squash. Laura and Mitch, new gardeners in the orchard, plopped in some squash starts Memorial Day weekend and by the end of July their garden bed was busting with yellow footballs. We were all under the assumption that they planted summer squash. (Winter […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

July 22, 2017 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Dog days of summer are here. Tomatoes are ripening, zucchinis are looking like footballs and aphids are blanketing the vegetables and flowers. With no rain to help wash the pests off, what’s a gardener to do? In order to grow plants organically, the first step […]

Determined about Indeterminate

June 28, 2017 I put down my scythe and walked over to Sue’s tomato area, hoping for a quick lesson. She moves as quickly as she speaks so I had to dart around to keep close enough to hear her. She slowed a minute in order to carefully wind the new tomato growth around the […]