Farming Chart

You stood there looking at a seed packet in the garden center. Not sure what to buy? That’s a plant that will turn out bitter, … Read more

Thinking small: If you’ve ever stood in the garden center clutching your little plastic pots of something and couldn’t picture how big it would be … Read more

Why should your tomatoes be sitting idle in the ground while next-door’s are growing happily? You had the same fertilizer; you both planted on the … Read more

Most gardeners count pounds of tomatoes, or count heads of lettuce (to make inventory of their crops). That’s as far as most think: They maintain … Read more

Sunlight is a binary switch most gardeners think. Six hours of direct sun are just right; four will do for lettuce; six is best for … Read more

You have no plan and only seeds in your hand when you stand in your backyard. Then you have chaos, plants that baked in the … Read more

Your plant’s ability to get nutrients depends on soil pH. When tomatoes goes limp and stunt, most of us think “bad seed” or “pests.” More … Read more

Why don’t your tomatoes taste as good as they look? Why’s the lettuce so bland? It would of been better if it were just poor … Read more

Before any planting takes place, make a map. And no, I don’t mean just making a list of seeds, I’m talking about mapping out your … Read more

Last year you think maybe you had rotated, since you transplanted your tomatoes into what was previously the bean row. Phew, progress! That is the … Read more

What’s wrong with this picture? Maybe you sowed a vegetable seed with high hopes, and then watched it emerge…and then marveled at why this seemingly … Read more