Rather than let this blog languish over the winter, I have decided to be determined, like this Rhodie still blooming in NOVEMBER, and keep it going. I will be thinking about what I want to do in the spring, what I should be doing in the now, and also looking for good garden books to get some ideas. I am particularly interested in figuring out the best way to grow vegetables. My tomatoes this year were a complete bust - I know the soil really needed to be amended, but that was probably just part of the problem. Our entire yard faces north, and I really only have one very sunny corner. (when the sun is shining, that is). I am going to try to figure out some container or raised bed or something solution. I LOVE fresh tomatoes, and was very sorry that the squirrels got the one and only one that managed to get red.
I have also decided to try the pictures in this larger size. You can still click to them to get to the Flickr page they're from.
edit: well, it pops a little over the edge of the allotted area in this template. I guess I could change templates, but I think I'll sleep on it and see what I can figure out.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
determined
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3 comments:
Jen, I'm glad you've decided to be determined about keeping up with your blog. I check out and read your blog everytime you post something new (I have subscribed to it -- just learned how to do that about a month ago) and I like what I read. Haven't left more than one or two comments, but I'm a regular reader. I am a gardener as well. plus that's how I make my living - landscape design. So keep it up - I love reading your thoughts, your book reviews and ruminations.
Maureen
Up here in Ontario, our most popular garden expert seems to be a fellow named Mark Cullen. Now, one of his books gave me the best advice for tomatos yet - dig a hole, fill it with manure and plant the tomato plant directly in the stuff.
It worked for me this year.
Apparently tomatos need quite a bit of food (fertilizer) from the soil to thrive.
Maureen- thank you so much for your comments! I am pleased and suprised that anyone would subscribe to this blog (I still haven't quite figured out how that all works).
Karen - that sounds like perfect tomato advice. I wish it were summer here so I could try it again right now! I know that the soil was a huge part of the reason I didn't get tomato results - I used the same spot I put them last year. My thinking was "but they did so well last year...one more year should work." ha ha! My thinking, as it often is, was soooo wrong.
thanks to you both for stopping by!
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