GrandpaâÂÂs Garden is a collection of hints and tips to help you get more enjoyment out of your garden. Grandpa in his native habitat - the garden. Suggested Grandpa's Garden Articles It Only Took a Few Hot Sunny I didn't even know it wasn't supposed to be light green this time of year. Now it looks like I fertilized it with nitrogen. The Perpetual Spinach That I Cut Way Down They are on the small side but having spinach in the summer months will be fun. We can't really plant fall spinach until August 1st and it's best to freeze the seeds first to make them think they've gone through the winter. Bumble Bees in the Garden As soon as one bee left another would take its place. Flowers must cut off the nectar to get the bee to leave and then turn it back on again to attract another one. I've Started Removing The Garden Artwork It's begun to feel like clutter. There is a round softness to the natural curves of plants and their shadows that is interrupted by the straight lines and foreign material of man made products. I Only Have Four Snapdragons Coming Up They are usually everywhere. I think I was over zealous with the weed eater. I Got To Plant Lettuce Starts Yesterday They were 8" tall and root bound. Most of the veggies I've gotten in 6 packs and 4 packs have their roots circling around the the bottom of the cell. The Summer Heat Is Upon Us The crops that sustained our forefathers need the warmth to grow. Corn, beans, and squash can be cured in the field, and don't require processing in order to last all winter. When I Went Down To The Garden It was not a small transplant, but an 8" tall, 8" diameter one remaining in the original row, so I doubt a bird did it. We saw a ground squirrel in the garden the day before, but that leaves more questions than answers. Whelp I Did It Again - Rigged Up My Shade Cloth Rigged up my shade cloth and got a huge chunk of ground cleared. I was glad I had watered it the day before because it took only about 15 min. I Was Disappointed In The Bush Early Girl Tomato Although it did produce the earliest tomatoes, there were only five that ripened early. It then stopped ripening them. When the Ground is Frozen Stay Out of the Garden I can get a pretty good soil amendment using only leaves and grass clippings but additional garbage makes for a sticky, chunky mess. You can get a bag of steer manure for $. More Than Half The Tomatoes Ripening In The Cardboard Box Can confirm, not as tasty as vine ripened, but still a treat. It's like forbidden fruit that nature intended to be decomposing on the ground. More Gardening Articles
