Ice Tornadoes & Snow on the Table?

Today's weather.com report shows that Ice, Tornadoes & Snow

are all possible in the next few days coming from the Midwest! 

Radish, lettuce, Asian greens and nasturtiums in the ground Saturday- frost cover on stand-by.

Nevertheless, my stomach is nervous and my head is racing. 

Spring is around the corner. 

Blessings from the Garden. 

ML

Thorny...

I "shovel-pruned" twelve hybrid teas after 3 years of owning this home. I cannot be committed to spraying and tending every Saturday morning. Knockout roses have changed my once thorny take on growing roses. Don't get me wrong, I use garden roses A LOT for arrangements and bouquets, but not a fan of testy teas!

This article from Blissfully Domestic is a great start for rose recruits.

Blessings from the Garden. ML

New Tricks

I stumbled upon a blog that promised it would be easy to make my own creative banner for this website...

Well, it was! 

Check out Blissfully Domestic for more info and step by step instruction! 

I'd LOVE some feedback on the picture collage...add a comment below. 

Blessings from the Garden. 

ML

TheDirt Video Chat: Tomatoes in Pots

 Pots are perfect for growing vegetables. 
This month's TheDirt Garden Video Chat was about growing toms in pots!
Here is the wrap.


Tomatoes are perfect if you have location issues such as small space or deer.  Pots give you the option to move the plant to different areas as needed. You also have control of sun, water, and nutrition by planting in pots.



Just a few tips for those of us growing tomatoes in pots this year:
  

• decide between determinate & indeterminate- determinate has an "all at once" harvest, while indeterminate has a continual harvest. Look on the plant tag when buying seeds and/or transplants.

• cooler climate- choose early or cool weather varieties- 'Early Girl', 'First Early', Seattle Best of All' and 'Frisco Fogger' are good choices.

• Refer to your state's extension website, University of Georgia has an abundance of information on growing just about anything in our state!

• Tomatoes flower and fruit between 55 degrees and 95 degrees. Pots in the full sun can be moved to part shade when the heat is on!

• "Pots" can be buckets, beautiful glazed containers, or old plastic pots that larger trees were in!

•  Choose soil for vegetables when at the garden store, use 2/3 soil and 1/3 compost if you'd like.

• Group your pots together in the garden or patio for an interesting focal point. Get creative with your stakes---stake your tomatoes when you plant them, this could get hairy later.. 

Check out the following websites for more info on seeds and tomato growing!

Love Apple Farm

Totally Tomatoes! 

Tomato Growers

Tomato Bob

Marianna's Tomatoes 

Interesting GardenWeb forum chat re:tomatoes and beautiful pics!

Next month, Growing Tomatoes from Seed: The Basics


Blessings from the Garden. 
ML