It’s still August. It’s still hotter than the Devil’s natural habitat and we are way short on rain in Georgia right now, but it’s still called a Fall garden. I didn’t name it, don’t shoot the messenger. Harvest, presumably there will be one, will be in the Fall (presumably there will be one of those, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gardening mistakes’
Fall Garden Updates – Episode 1
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged farming mistakes and foibles, gardening mistakes, vegetable gardening on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged garden pests, gardening mistakes, vegetable gardening on July 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes, not so well. This has been a tough year here in the burb. I’m already working on next year’s plan, because this one is all but shot. Our broccoli, cabbage and brussels sprouts bolted. That was our fault. We waited too long to transplant them. Our winter squash got hit by boreres and our [...]
2010 Tomato Crop – R.I.P.
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged farming mistakes and foibles, gardening mistakes, tomatoes, vegetable gardening on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From January we have fought an uphill battle to have a decent tomato harvest this year. Everything that could go wrong has. If you’re not a regular reader, check the archives. On Wednesday evening, nature reached deep for a knockout punch. After supper we drove out to the farm to move the sheep and chickens. [...]
Rain Damage….The Hits Just Keep on Comin’
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged gardening mistakes, vegetable gardening on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We had a flash storm last night. It brought blessed relief to the ground and to the air temps. But this morning I discovered the storm had a sting in it’s tail. When I went out to the garden, I discovered my already feeble tomato plants had been savaged. I have broken limbs and stems [...]
Accidents, Disasters and Expensive Mistakes, AKA Just Another day in the life of a Micro Farmer
Posted in Family Life, Livestock, vegetable gardening, tagged farming, gardening mistakes, seed planting, sheep, vegetable gardening on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Call them learning opportunities, errors in judgment, user error or just plain bad luck. But we’ve had one heck of a spring. I hardly know where to begin. If you’ve followed this space, you are no doubt aware of some of our trials, but for the sake of the drive bys, let’s review. We decided [...]
Burb Becomes Seedling M.A.S.H. Unit
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged gardening, gardening mistakes, vegetable gardening on March 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last evening did not go as outlined. So much for expectations. On the way home from ‘the day job’, I stopped to pick up some Organic Planting Soil and a couple other items at Lowes. My intent was to make some planting mix for our new Square Foot Beds. Then Saturday would be devoted to [...]
Orange Tree Going Bald Like Me
Posted in fruit, tagged fruit, gardening mistakes on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, that kind of rhymes. Lyrical or not, it has been frustrating to watch our dwarf orange tree lose leaves by the bucket full. So, I did a little research. The good news, ‘leaf drop’ (what an original name) is rather common. The bad news, it’s my fault. I have done everything wrong since we [...]
