Herbs First Today we prepared the garden boxes for the 2014 fall planting season. First on the list was the herb box. It’s been almost two years since the herb box was planted. Most of the herbs were way overgrown. They had spread out everywhere and many had become very woody. The herbs needed to be […]
Entries Tagged as 'Okra'
Planting in October
October 4th, 2014 2 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · Okra · parsley · Raised Garden · soil solarization · Tomatoes · Vegetables
Okra Update
September 27th, 2014 No Comments
Still Blooming Back in August when the other garden box was covered to solarize it for the remainder of the summer, the okra was still coming up strong. Since we don’t plant again until October, we decided to leave the okra until it quit producing. Not only is the okra still producing, but it keeps on blooming! I know […]
Tags: above ground garden · Okra · Okra Festival · Raised Garden · soil solarization
Ladybug Desire
July 17th, 2014 2 Comments
Aphids Made Me Do It Last year, the okra in my garden was covered with aphids. I wanted to use natural pest control, and ladybugs were the answer. I ordered live ladybugs from an online vendor. I released my mail order ladybugs into the garden and the aphids were controlled in three days and for the […]
Tags: above ground garden · aphids · eggplant · garden pests · Okra · Organic Gardening · Raised Garden · soil solarization · Vegetables
