cucumbers

  • First tomato harvest- harvest Wednesday

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    This week was the first time in this gardening season that I’ve harvested my tomatoes. Although summer has been really hot, the cold spring and slow soil warming had delayed my tomatoes. But, finally, tomatoes are ready, and I’ve harvested…

  • Garden review: July

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    We haven’t even properly started this gardening season, and we’re already in the second half of the season. Plants are already in full harvest, temperatures are at their peak, and before we’ll realize we’ll be cleaning the garden and getting…

  • Second crops extend gardening season

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     Usually, when we plan a gardening season we mostly think about the first part of the season. We carefully plan where we’ll place which vegetables and buy seeds to fill the garden. But what when we start to empty the…

  • Cucumber time

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     Cucumbers are one of the popular summer vegetables that most of us grow in our gardens. Some grow them in greenhouses and others outside, some buy seedlings and others grow them from seeds, but we all encounter the same problems…

  • Weeds and rain

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    When you have a downhill garden it’s all about timing. If you go to the garden too soon after the rain you won’t be able to do anything without falling but if you wait too long you risk having another…