Have you ever wished you lived in a place where the growing season was a little longer? When I lived in Texas, I would study the charts about last frost in the spring and first frost in the fall. I knew when to plant my tomatoes. And I had no worries about having enough […]
7 Ways to Grow More Food by Planting Earlier in the Spring and Extending Your Harvest into Fall and Winter
April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How to Grow More Food in Your Organic Garden with Succession Plantings
April 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
One of the most frustrating things when I had my own full garden for the first time 20 years ago was learning how much of everything to plant and when to plant it. Boy did I make some mistakes! I didn’t understand the big picture of how my planting schedule needed to intertwine with the […]
When to Plant Your Organic Vegetable Garden: 7 Questions You Must Answer First
April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Let’s pretend it’s late winter/early spring. (And maybe it is, depending on when you read this blog post.) You heard a fellow gardener say it’s time to start planting some things in the garden, but you’re not quite sure. The seed packets say to plant your peas as soon as the ground is unfrozen and […]
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