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Just a quick video of what you can do to speed up your onion growing from early bought onion sets. Instead of just storing them until mid march or early April to plant them, you can simply plant each set into a module tray in February and this should bring them into growth earlier, and then when the soil warms up you can plant them out on the allotment and they’ll be about a month ahead.

See video garden calendar at organotill.org. Talks about using micorizzal fungi in garden beds to slow global warming as part of an intro to our no till gardening calendar. This is one of many videos that follows the gardening season chronologically in Kansas City and similar areas. We hope that people can follow along and work in their own gardens at organotill.org. Organotill.org features organic no-till methods used at Niles Home for Children’s Garden, Tracy Garden & elsewhere.

It’s very easy to grow a tomato plant indoors even in winter. It may seem a bit weird, but I guess it could be weirder. I could be growing watermelons in my tub.

An addendum to my last update showing the results from an application of compost tea made from vermicompost. Accidentally applied it with a little assistance from nature, but it seemed to help the process.

Planting tips for growing large, sweet onions from sets, in a raised bed garden. Also… Easy on the nitrogen fertilizer. It will make them hot.

I’m trying out a variety of different styles of planters. After a year or two I can decide which ones I like best.

Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo Dating back over 6000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used throughout its history for both culinary and medicinal purposes…Garlic is easy to grow and can be grown year-round in mild climates. While sexual propagation of garlic is indeed possible, nearly all of the garlic in cultivation is propagated asexually, by planting individual cloves in the ground. In cold climates, cloves are planted in the fall, about six weeks before the soil freezes, and harvested in late spring. Garlic plants are usually very hardy, and are not attacked by many pests or diseases. Garlic plants are said to repel rabbits and moles. Two of the major pathogens that attack garlic are nematodes and white rot disease, which remain in the soil indefinitely once the ground has become infected. Garlic also can suffer from pink root, a typically nonfatal disease that stunts the roots and turns them pink or red. Garlic plants can be grown close together, leaving enough room for the bulbs to mature, and are easily grown in containers of sufficient depth. When selecting garlic for planting, it is important to pick large heads from which to separate cloves. Large cloves, along with …

SINCE MY BROWN THUMB CAN’T GROW ANYTHING, THE EXPERTS ADVISED ME TO USE RAISED BEDS. SO HERE THEY ARE. BOTH LOGS MOTHER NATURE PROVIDED, (A GOOD DISTANCE AWAY) WHEN HURRICANE IRENE PAID A VISIT IN AUGUST, 3 TONS OF COW MANURE, EXISTING LOAM AND SOIL ,AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF (LOBSTA SHELLS AND GUTS), WAS MIXED TOGETHER WITH THE DOZER AND THEN SQUEEZED TOGETHER. A TOP SEEDING OF WINTER RYE AND WE WILL SEE IF THAT WILL HELP NEXT SEASON. IF NOT, THEN I GIVE UP!

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The package says these will grow 12 feet tall. Holy crap!! Also, I always have time to say thanks to my subscribers and the rest of you gardeners. It’s gonna be a great growing season, isn’t it?