Yes, there really is such a thing. The leaves of my tomatoes were dragging in the mud. They were so scraggly that they were covering the okra plants in the row next to them. I needed to clean them up. Tomato Plants in Need of Pruning Suckers… not the Lollypop Kind While doing so, I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Tomatoes'
Pruning Tomatoes
March 10th, 2013 3 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · Okra · pruning tomatoes · Raised Garden · Tomatoes
Beautiful-to-Look-at Veggies
June 11th, 2012 6 Comments
A Treat for the Eyes An aspect of growing your own vegetables that you may not have thought about is that they are very pleasing to the eye. Fresh veggies can be beautiful. The tomatoes, green beans and okra from my garden earlier this year were picture perfect… so I took pictures. Juliets and […]
Tags: fried green tomatoes · green beans with bacon and onions · horseradish · Juliets · Okra · radishes · Romas · Tomatoes
The Conqueror Worm
May 20th, 2012 3 Comments
… not the horror movie, but still horrible! I picked the first acorn squash from my garden. I dropped it on the floor and when I picked it up, I was greeted by an unwanted guest crawling from a small hole in the squash. The drop must have dislodged it from its burrow. Pickleworm The […]
Tags: Acorn Squash · Mounts Botanical Garden · Okra · Organic Gardening · Pickleworm · Tomato Hornworm · Tomatoes
