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 The Second Week In April Is the Traditional Time I'll be planting my second patch of corn because the first planting is doing so well. I've had to cover it four nights so far so I wouldn't recommend that early a planting for anyone but the goombahs who would rather be in their gardens than anywhere else. I Seem To Have Lost My Hand Weeder Again It makes no never mind because most of the weeds are big enough to require my four pronged garden fork. I've been calling it a spade, but I was wrong. We Can Go Ahead And Plant Beets, Carrots, Green Onions, And Lettuce I'll probably plant it April 15th like I used to do before our zone change. I'm going to slide everything back because climate change is causing unpredictable weather. Pollen on the Corn You don't want to wash any off after you've gone to all the effort to get them to cross pollinate. Corn takes a lot of room for just two ears per plant but I keep remembering how much every part of the plant used to be used. There Is No Place For Antibacterial Hand Soap In the Garden Why kill the bacteria before washing them off your hands. They have a job to do wherever they're going. I Got To Plant Onion Sets Yesterday It was so warm that I worked in my t shirt. The ground had already dried from my watering it three days ago, and the dirt kept falling back in the dibble hole. Plant Your Corn in Blocks I have found that spacing my plantings out every couple of weeks allows me to eat fresh corn on the cob all summer long. Planting in blocks or squares allows all the plants access to each others pollen, whereas planting in rows lets pollen blow away in the wind. We Had Another Frost Last Night It was a hard frost from 6:30 to 8:15 this morning. We were warned about it so I covered everything last night and didn't lose anything. Malabar Spinach and Brussels Sprouts I was surprised until I googled " possum tracks " and saw how similar they are to raccoon tracks. I've been misreading sign for many years. Taking Care of Apple Trees They were scarce last year. I think they cycle their production. The Stems On My Second Planting That's a sign of damping off disease that you can get if you don't sanitize your trays and planting mix. I always sanitize my trays and buy sanitized planting mix so I don't know what's going on. Flowers in the Vegetable Garden It reseeds itself so you never know where they will be next year. Your garden gets rearranged for you. More Gardening Articles
