Strange Gardener: How to

A STRANGE GARDENER: Adventures in raised-bed vegetable gardening

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Coming eventually...how to do XYZ in the garden.

To kill or not to kill, that is the question

I spent some time in the garden today, harvesting a jackpots worth of cherry tomatoes when I came across THIS: Tomato Hornworm Tomat...
Choosing containers for seed starting

Containers for seed starting are widely available at garden centers or through garden catalogs. There are enough choices that one can...
Another summer comes to an end

Garden in early summer Alas, after 92 days, summer has officially come and gone. As we say goodbye to summer and welcome in fall, I wan...
Problems with growing zucchini - part 2

They're baaack! Squash bugs. How do I know? I found their eggs on the backs of some of my zucchini leaves. Typically, squash bugs begi...
Move over winter, spring is coming

Old man winter has been rough on us this year. After dumping about 2 feet of snow just a couple of weeks ago, it is hard to beli...
Cabbage worms

As soon as I see little white butterflies with greyish-brown dots on its wings visit my garden, I know it is time to protect my vegetable g...
How to read a seed packet

Information presented on seed packets will differ from one vendor to another. Nonetheless, most vendors will provide enough information to ...