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Tag: Eggplant

  • Vegetable Garden Plant Families

    Why talk about plant families? Understanding plant relationships and their shared characteristics enhances our appreciation of plants growing in the garden. Plants in the same family share common characteristics and ancestry. Knowing a plant’s family can give us insights on growing them and helps us see plants in a new perspective. For the gardener, understanding…

  • Paper Seed Starting Pots: From Grocery Bags

    Make Your Own Pots There are many options for seed starting, from plastic trays, individual plastic pots, peat pots, paper pots, soil blocking, and more. There are pros and cons of each approach. This post is about recycling paper grocery bags into degradable paper pots for seedlings. There are paper pots available in various forms…

  • What’s Growing Now – October 2022

    Our weather has cooled off with night temperatures into the 40’s (under 10 Celsius) and pleasantly warm days in the 70’s (low 20’s Celsius). Summer vegetables are slowing down and it is time for a transition to cool season winter crops. Harvesting Now Winter Squash has been harvested with about 20 pounds of mostly Kabocha…

  • What’s Growing Now – August 2022

    August has decided to end on a high note. I am writing this on August 31 and the high temperature was 111 degrees with humidity below 10%. A bit hard on garden plants, but they are resilient. Our Garden Harvest The summer veggies are in full production mode. Eggplants have been prolific this year, most…