"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

8/10/11 Garden update


3 plants in the back row are tomato and 3 in the front are pepper.  I planted yellow, cherry and standard red tomatoes.  The pepper plants I planted are red, yellow and green.  I bought plants this year from Kmart and they are doing really well.  I have already harvested some cherry tomatoes.  I haven't had to use as much fungicide on my plants this year.  I think a major reason for this is that I am using my unfinished compost as mulch around the base of all my plants.  I will be doing a seperate post on composting later.




Yellow




Cherry




Cherry





Regular red





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I only had one cucumber seed grow after trying to plant more multiple times so when the top of this plant reached the top of the trellis I "tucked" it back down and kept wrapping the vines so it woul grow down.  When it reaches the bottom I will let it naturally grow up the trellis.   




Cukes




 Plant on the left is summer squash and the one on the left is zuchini.  I had to plant the summer squash a couple times before I got any plants so I don't even have any "babies" yet.  I've already harvest one beautiful zuke.  The female flowers have been opening on their own this year.  So I haven't had to "artificially inseminate" any this year : )




 zuke






I've had one harvest of green beans this year.


Harvests





Would love to hear how all of your gardens are doing.  Sorry I have been MIA for a while.  Busy as a bee!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Don't drink bottled water

I just saw this documentary, Tapped, on bottled water and it just reinforced the decision we made 2 years ago to buy a filter pitcher and use refillable water bottles.

Well well well by Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Free Gardening Catalog with coupon for $25 off $25 purchase!

Here is a link for a free gardening catalog that usually contains a $25 off a $25 purchase posted by JANE4girls

Newman's Own printable coupons!

Here are some Newman's Own printable coupons from The Krazy Coupon Lady

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

USDA regulations for organic labeling of food

What is the difference between a food labeled "USDA organic" and "made with organic ingrediants", etc. ?


Click here to see the regulations used to define what is "organic"