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Take Cover! It’s Cabbage Moth Season.

Just a few moments in the garden reveal that it must be mating season for the cabbage moth. These deceptively cute white butterflies can be found twirling around one another and fluttering about the
garden, looking for a good place to lay their eggs. Be prepared.

We planted out our kale and cabbage crops early this year, but took the precaution of covering them with floating row cover to keep the critters from
settling in.

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A Fall Thinnings Salad

If you grow from seed this fall, you’ll have a chance to enjoy the benefits of thinning your seedlings right into the salad bowl. Baby greens may be expensive in the market, but they’re free when you
pick from the excess of sprouts in your garden.

Even when using Square Foot Gardening, I like to have a little bit of insurance. I plant two or three seeds in each planting hole, then wait for survival of the fittest to make itself known. The
smaller seedlings are then snipped off (with scissors, rather …

Aquaponics: A Field Trip to EVO Farm (Now Ourfoods)

Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics and aqua-culture. It is a closed-loop system that uses aquariums (or aquaria if we’re going to use proper Latin) of fish to produce the nutrient fertilizer
for plants to feed upon. The plants then grow in the water that is infused with fish droppings (and filtered for solids). It uses no soil. The water recycles back through the system to the fish and
the whole process starts all over again.

I paid a visit to EVO Farm, a local experimental site that combines yardsharing with aquaponics. …

Ask Gardenerd: Starter Advice for Container Gardening

I love when questions like this come from fresh gardenerds:

“I just stumbled on your website and am interested in gardening classes. I started gardening this spring by using pots and hanging pots. My veggies and herbs did extremely well. I put seedlings
in potting soil, watered occasionally, and voila! I’m an Ocean Park farmer! But now I’m excited and want to learn the basics. Can you provide me with upcoming class information and recommend an
introductory book? Thanks, Bob Meepos”

Hi Bob,

I’m glad to …

Got Peppers?

Peppers are ready to harvest. Now if only there were a few good recipes…

Peppers Spice Up Summer Menus

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The End of a Garden

Summer comes to an end each year, as does the warm season vegetable garden, but gardening magazines rarely, if ever, show what that looks like. Why don’t we celebrate the end as much as we do the
bountiful beginning and mid-season garden? There is beauty in it as much as any garden when it is flourishing.

We took a walk through the end-of-summer garden to snap a few pictures to showcase the beauty of death and decay. It sounds corny, but there really is much to rejoice about the end of a …

Fall Garden Planning with Gardenerd

Planning out your garden each season is more than just fun – it gives you the chance to plant new varieties and experiment each year. What are you going to grow this fall?

In warm winter climates, fall gardens thrive. In cooler climates, you can still plant a fall garden with protection. Using cold frames, insulated floating row cover, and greenhouses, you can grow
cool weather crops all winter long. Here’s what to grow:

Root crops, broccoli (Italian broccoli shown left), kohlrabi, peas, chard and …

Growing Watermelons and Melons

I’ve never had much luck growing watermelons in our coastal climate. The plants usually succumb to powdery mildew before they really get going and the result is little melons or no fruit at all.
This year I tried something different and have seen great results. Apparently, it’s all about timing.

Watermelons like hot weather to mature, in fact according to the University of Ohio, they need daytime temperatures between 70 and 80 degrees, and nighttime temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees.
(While we’re at it, soil pH is preferred between 6.0 …