What a cold Spring day it is today here in northern NJ, but that isn’t stopping the high tree pollen count as the trees begin to bud, and the growth of my tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocuses and other assorted spring bulbs. Many of my perennial herbs are coming up as well.Today I want to [...]
Tomatoes are not hard to grow, even in difficult soil you will get something, but the richer the soil, the more plentiful the harvest. We have a relatively short growing season here, and I like quick results, so for the past few years have been growing grape or cherry tomatoes. I only plant 3-4 plants [...]
It’s actually spring-like today, a little cloudy, but in the 50′s, which is nice…and it’s most definitely time to be planning the garden. Even though I do a garden blog and like to garden, I must admit that I like to grow things that aren’t to hard to maintain. The years of being challenged by [...]
Here I sit waiting for the first flakes to drop as we wait for March to come in like a lion here in Northern NJ. With a winter like this, one can only continue to dream about what it will be like to begin digging in the soil. I remember when I was a young [...]
Being on a tropical theme today, I thought I’d look and see what videos are available for the tropical gardener, and I found quite a few! I didn’t realize that, in the right climate, Banana Plants are fairly easy to grow, and also didn’t realize that they produce fruit at only 6 feet tall! I [...]
