[ad#Adsense top left post] Tomato Invasion Newsletter #6 What’s with the pale yellow leaves with the green veins? And why does that tomato have a big brown patch on it? If your garden soil is short on magnesium, the leaves on your plants could turn yellow while the veins stay green. While that may be…
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Composting Backyard Gardener-style: How to compost when you live in town
[ad#Adsense top left post] Tomato Invasion Newsletter #5 The type of composting that works best when you live in town on a small or normal sized lot must be adapted for your circumstances. If you live on a farm or have a very large area devoted to your garden and your compost pile, then you…
How To Save Your Tomatoes Before a Hard Frost
“A hard frost is coming tonight.”
The weather reporter didn’t say maybe. It’s getting cold. Tonight.
The reporter didn’t tell you to get out and save your tomatoes. He should have.
Don’t Let Tomato Hornworms Ruin Your Tomato Harvest
Tomato and tobacco hornworms wreak havoc on your tomato plants in short order if you let them. They’ll eat the leaves, green tomatoes, and start on the branches if left alone. And they grow fast. I don’t think they ever stop eating. They seem to grow an inch a day or more and they get a big around as your thumb.
How To Avoid Blossom End Rot While Growing Tomatoes.
From a distance an iceberg floating out in a bay doesn’t look all that big. Floating serenely, the sun glinting off its surface, moving slowly with the tide, an iceberg makes its way out to sea. There’s no sign warning about the danger lurking below the surface, only the beauty shining above.