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Garden Log: Valentine Is My Top Pick for Small Tomatoes
Looking for a small tomato for the home vegetable garden? Look no farther than Valentine. It's the perfect combo of flavor, productivity, and disease resistance
Sage’s Patented Beer Can Coyote Alarm
I had a problem with a coyote sneaking in at night to eat my poultry, so I came up with a simple alarm system using empty beer cans and a noise detector
Starting Batch 24 Slow Fermented Hot Sauce
Batch 24 of my slow fermented hot sauce began this week with 6 different hot peppers - Cayenne/Thai, Aleppo, Cayenne, Fish, and Hinkelhatz. Fingers crossed!
Garden Log: Buran Heirloom Sweet Pepper
Looking for a highly productive sweet pepper that's not California Wonder? Try Buran, a Polish heirloom pepper. I found them to be productive and easy to grow
A Golden Sunset in Mid-August
The sunset over the Pacific in the distance turning the light golden for a moment on a hot mid-August evening
First Time Growing Aleppo Peppers
My first time growing Aleppo (Halaby) peppers. Good looking peppers on a 3ft plant with a dozen or so medium-sized peppers that are supposed to be medium heat.
A Practical Guide to Designing Amazing Garden Rooms
Garden rooms can make your yard feel more like a secret, secluded retreat. Here are 7 practical (and simple) techniques I learned to make amazing secret gardens
Keeping the Garden Cool in a Heatwave
An overhead gourd garden will keep raised beds cool in late summer. The beds stay 15 degrees cooler than full sun so you can start fall crops 60 days earlier
The 2024 Tomato Harvest Begins
I was worried that going 5 days without water in our July heat would wipe out my beefsteak tomatoes. Turns out my fears were unwarranted. They did just fine.
Growing Artichokes as Flowers
Artichokes aren't much to look at in the garden, but if you let them flower, they turn out to be quite attractive. Pollinators like bees love them too!
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