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Planting a Year’s Worth of Garlic
Garlic is one of the easiest garden plants you can grow. If you’re only going to grow a small assortment of produce, I highly recommend growing at least a few heads. In fact, I’ve grown a year’s worth in a 4ft x 6ft garden bed back when we had a tiny lot in town! If you haven’t planted your garlic yet don’t worry! Just the other day I planted our 2022 crop. As long as you get it in before the ground freezes you’ll be good. (Though one year I didn’t and was out there for hours with a screwdriver chiseling away at the ground to plant. We still got…
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Early August Garden Tour
At 7300 feet, August is when the garden starts to come alive. The spring crops of radish and peas have since been pulled out. Spring carrots are ready for harvest. Squash is finally starting to flower, and there are tiny tomatoes, peppers, and green beans hanging on the plants. August is when it finally starts feeling like a garden. By the end of the month, the garden summer vegetables will be ready to begin harvesting, and there will be days with a fall chill on the air. So here at the beginning, I thought I’d give you a tour of the garden in photos. It won’t look the same as…
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DIY Seed Tape – Make Your Own Carrot Seed Tape at Home
Do you have a hard time planting carrot seeds evenly? Feel frustrated by how many carrots you end up having to thin? If so, the answer to your problems is seed tape! Seed tape is a biodegradable strip with seeds you plant in the ground. This is an easy way to minimize seed waste, thinning, and get nice straight rows (if that’s important to you.) Small seeds like carrots or radishes can be easier to plant when in seed tape form. It can also help you get better spacing of small seeds in square foot gardening. The problem with seed tape, however, is it can be quite expensive. Especially if…
