Stryder50
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Most who have gardened will know these, but for a refresher, and the newbies;
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HI, Jack. Good gardening tips, but I can see by your avatar, you don't believe in protecting your onion. Get a hat, dude, before you put somebody's eye out in the bright sun. Happy gardening is safe gardening.If you're looking for gardening tips, one great way to get your soil ready is to use natural fertilizer options. As you mentioned, manure from farm animals can be a great source of nutrients for your plants. Additionally, compost made from food scraps and yard waste can also be an effective fertilizer option.
If you're in a pinch, human urine can also be used as a fertilizer, although it's important to do your research and use caution when handling it. Another option to consider is ammonia, which is a good source of nitrogen and is sometimes referred to as "thunderstorm in a bottle."
In addition to using natural fertilizers, you can also improve your soil health by using organic matter like rotten tree limbs and vines. The fungus on the tree limbs and green leaves from the vines can help add nutrients to your soil and promote healthy plant growth.
Overall, these gardening tips can help you create a healthy environment for your plants to thrive, even if you don't have access to traditional fertilizers. Remember to experiment and find what works best for your garden, and don't be afraid to get creative with your fertilizer options.
This friggin cold snap is delaying planting.
I have a couple pepper plants, beans and tomato plants still in the planter patiently waiting.
I seeded them too early, new at this. I seeded on March 3rd. I should have waited till maybe April 3rd.
Southern Indiana here... tomato planting time is the 3rd week of April. Right now.We have a greenhouse that is constantly working, but yeah, we still have feet of snow over the rest of the garden.
I went with a straw bale garden this year. We had to remove a huge hickory tree from our backyard last summer. So this is the first year I have enough sun in the yard to grow tomatoes.
I have 6 plants and 4 varieties doing well. Late start, but they plants are growing very well.
You should be fine. Your tomatoes will just come in a little later. Hopefully you planted some indeterminant ones. If you you should have fresh maters through October.
I only have one plant that is not an indeterminate. So once they start bearing, I will have them until the first cold snap.
We start our tomatoes from seed, in cups, indoors and under grow lights. About late March. Put the @ 6" plants into the bales/ground about a month ago, once frost no longer to happen. They are doing fine so far. This is our usual drill for years.I went with a straw bale garden this year. We had to remove a huge hickory tree from our backyard last summer. So this is the first year I have enough sun in the yard to grow tomatoes.
I have 6 plants and 4 varieties doing well. Late start, but they plants are growing very well.
charles is one of the leading pioneers in small scale production farming,, garden tools sold today are based on his designsThis article is another testimony on what is known as layer or lasagna gardening. Cover your plot with cardboard and compost plus soil. Holds weeds in check and gets you off to a low maintenance garden.
I (Basically) Stopped Weeding Thanks to This Game-Changing Gardening Method
Tilling is out. ‘No Dig’ is in.
I (Basically) Stopped Weeding Thanks to This Game-Changing Gardening Method
'No Dig’ gardening, the ingenious, increasingly popular method pioneered by Englishman Charles Dowding, lets you make the most of your vegetable garden—without spending all your time weeding.www.saveur.com