This time of year I have tons of those oblong shaped purple fruits. It is one of the things that performs well in the hot Southern garden. I smile when I think of my first season at the community garden. I had just gotten my first really good harvest of eggplant and I...
I think the most single disappointing thing I experienced as a new gardener was to walk out to survey my squash and zucchini plants to find them laying on the ground wilted and dead! What happened? They were fine just the day before? To a gardener this is like...
Now that construction has ended on the front yard garden I can finally get my sweet potatoes in. I am a little late, as this wonderful tropical root needs at least 4 months of good hot weather to produce well. Better late than never though. This time of year the heat...
view from my porch I am excited to announce that my front yard veggie garden fence has passed inspection! It was a tense situation to be under the Evil Eye of Mordor. Just kidding. The city building inspectors were very nice and just doing their jobs. Learn from my...
Tomatoes from Super Fantastic Variety! Here in Dallas, Texas we have moved into the time when rain is a faint memory. Temps are pushing 100 and the cracks are widening in the earth. Last year around this time there was a sudden rainstorm and we were so excited that we...
