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 Water Your Garden Whenever You Want It's nice to have a little wind while you're working in the garden because as soon as your shirt gets wet you start to feel cooler. Got a lot done in-between shade sitting, rocking and musing. Spinach in October It likes heat, but has been forming smaller and smaller leaves trying to get to its seed setting stage. I wonder if I put a heater in there it could over winter. Gardeners Gather The Ingredients To A Healthy Soil We are always on the lookout for soil amendments because you can never have enough. I've been known to slow down when driving past bales of hay or straw, wondering if they have gotten wet and will soon be available for a buck each. The Birds Have Started Eating My Artichoke . ), and the sun is going behind the mountains at 7:00 now, so evenings will be a good time to transplant. Homemade Watering Wand Now I have a 10' weeping water wand that I have already watered the beet row, bean row and Swiss chard row with. It's nice to be able to put water right where you want to soak the soil without having to sprinkle all of the surroundings. The Most Enjoyable Part of Gardening for Me Like today I discovered two marble sized tomatoes on one of my Early Girl plants. I also found a 3" zucchini behind a blossom, and a tiny broccoli head. I'm Slowly Getting The Garden Walkways Hula Hoed I like the look of dirt pathways and may not mulch them. I've always covered them in shavings, straw or leaves so that I won't get muddy shoes while walking on them, but I've got rubber boots now so it doesn't matter. Aspirin Water Coffee and Shade These are a few of my favorite things. Shade is especially welcome this time of year and I feel guilty for enjoying all were getting from the wild fire smoke. The Fall Planted Lettuce Never Got Thinned It makes harvesting it with a scissors easy. It's not as sweet as spring lettuce but only a buffoon would call it bitter. I Rigged Up My Shade Cloth Yesterday I got a lot of weeding done under it. It was actually fun for the first three quarters of it because the slightest movement of air would hit my sweaty body and cool me off. It Looks Like The Weather Forecast It Looks Like The Weather Forecast Leave No Soil Uncovered They formed a 3' tall hedge. I'll still get florets from my second planting until the corn starts ripening, and then who needs broccoli. More Gardening Articles
