Garden Experiments
For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat
One of my grandmother's recipes for soup is my favorite way to use fresh green beans. It's simple to make and goes really well with homemade cornbread (my Southern twist on it). She lives in Pennsylvania, so I suspect it's an old Pennsylvania-Dutch recipe. Here's what you'll need a ham hock (use only half of it if you're making a smaller …
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I can not tell you how much I appreciate having this sprinkler system installed in my vegetable beds. All I have to do is hook up a hose and set a timer. It has been quite the time-saver for me and due to its customizable shape, I am not wasting water on things I don’t mean to water. As much as I love having a large vegetable garden, I do not …
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I may have mentioned this before, but my yard has a LOT of squirrels. With several oak and pecan trees, there is plenty of food for them. The problem is, whenever I plant new seeds, the squirrels (and cats) dig up the soil. I end up with empty spots that never grow. I planted beets and carrots in my two raised self-watering beds. The soil in …
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ORIGINAL POST: 4/22/13 In the hot dry conditions of a Mississippi summer, vegetables and flowers in a planter or raised bed will wilt and require you to water them every couple of days. With a garden the size of ours, that's a lot of time dragging a hose around. The solution I found was a self-watering raised bed. This content includes …
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Tomatoes are some of the simplest vegetables to grow. Ok, technically it's a fruit, but let's just call it a vegetable for now. I recommend starting tomatoes from plants purchased from your local garden store. While you can start tomatoes from seeds, unless you have a good grow light system set up or a greenhouse, you'll get pretty wimpy looking …
It’s only the middle of March, but we have had a week with no freezing nights, and the temperatures have been in the 70’s the last couple of days. To me, that always signals that it is time to start planting. This content includes affiliate links. I get a small percentage of the sale for purchases made through links in this post. However, I use …
