Details Allium cepa Color: dark pink Maturity: ? Size: mid-sized Yield: approximately 5 heads per pound 3-4 cloves per head Taste: “very tasty shallot”, “excellent mild, rich onion flavor” Disease Resistance/Environmental Tolerance: soil pH: can grow in acidic soil down to 5.0 pH (but prefers 6.0-6.8) “very tolerant” (to what?) per Peaceful Valley Farm Notes: […]
Taxonomy & History Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Pachyrhizus erosus Relative to the Sweet Potato AKA chop suey potato (Hawaii), yam bean, Mexican Turnip (Mexico) Although it originated in North America, it is most popular in China Physical Description Plant: very attractive vine, which can twine up to 14 feet high or more. Leaves: Deep green foliage […]
From my research, it seems that there are as many different methods for composting as there are types of tomatoes to grow. All composting methods are classified based on the temperature at which the pile works. The hotter the pile, the shorter it takes for it to be finished. There are hot methods where the […]
Composting…there are a million ways to do what the earth does naturally in your own backyard. The problems faced by the backyard composter are the limited materials you have available to compost, the space available for composting, and the lack of machinery or equipment that ease the labor of quick compost methods. But even with […]
I’ve been reading a lot about garden ecology these last few months. Garden ecology focuses on the biology of each zone of the garden: deep soil zone, root zone, rhizosphere, leaf zone, outer environment. The healthier each of these zones are, the better your plant grows. What I’ve come to learn is that healthy soil […]
Compost: The natural way to make food for your garden (Hardcover) Gorgeous hard cover book. Small format with beautiful pictures. Yes – beautiful pictures of garbage! Engaging to read because of the page designs and pictures. DK is my favorite publisher and they didn’t let me down with this book. Great gift for friends […]
Brix = % weight dissolved solids (technically, % weight sucrose, but refractometers can’t distinguish between sucrose and other dissolved solids) One degree Brix is 1 gram of sucrose in 100 grams of solution Abbreviation: °bx Building Soils Naturally by Phil Nauta: pp 45-48: One of the two main instrument tests for plants (the other one is plant sap […]
Celtic Cabbage Recommended winter cabbage. Sources: Footnote GV Title Grow Vegetables Author(s) Alan Buckingham Buy Now Copywrite 2008
According to a variety of sources: Persimmon-colored (aka deep orange-gold) this tomato has more vitamin C than oranges! also has an extremely high beta-carotene content prolific yield 8-10 oz, according to some; 4-6 oz according to others
General Traits of Gurney’s Burgermaster Hybrid Tomato: Heavy set (highly productive) Indeterminate Disease Resistance: VFFNT Asc St Fruit traits: Color: red size: 9 – 11 oz shape: oblate Results from my garden: I don’t think I got very many tomatoes from these plants Once of the tomatoes turned out to be grey and rotted looking, […]