flowers The plastic covering has dramatically improved germination!
Some seeds need high temperatures to germinate. We live in a relatively cool climate, so it's difficult to maintain high...
vegetables
flowers arugula Bad news! Gladiolus and vegetables should not be planted together, but we did!
Have you ever heard of 'companion plants'? If you've been gardening for a while, you've probably heard of the term. When...
companion planting The risk of repeated cultivation and what we can do to avoid the damage
It’s fun to grow various vegetables in the garden. However, we need to plan carefully, remembering what we planted last ...
capucine (nasturtium) Sowing lettuce, komatsuna and coriander in the main vegetable garden
We transplanted morning glory seedlings yesterday on a concrete flower bed. Today, I put the marigold seedlings in the c...
bean Planting Plan for 2021
We are making a plan for the main vegetable garden for 2021. Our biggest vegetable garden is almost square. The eastern ...
compost I broke the shovel…
These are the rocks which I dug out Two days ago we finished moving all the compost that we had bought into the vegetabl...
bok choy Sowing Vegetables in the Garden
Our raised beds were not looking good because of the rotten wood on the edges so we changed them using cedar boards. Yes...
compost Renovation of Raised Vegetable Beds
We have two raised beds for vegetables, but the border wood was rotten a bit. So we are going to renovate them. The othe...
cucumber Cucumbers planted in tea bags germinate! The root is stretching outside the bags
I planted cucumber seeds in tea bags and all of them germinated. It's amazing. on 6 May 2021 They are very healthy and t...
tomato Why are the leaves of tomato seedlings curled up? What causes tomato leaves to curl and die?
The edge of a tomato seedling's leaf is starting to curl inwards. These tomato plants were grown from seed and placed on...