Vegetable Gardening

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Row cover-what is it and how to use it One of two of my favorite aids to use in the garden If you look at my vegetable garden throughout the season, you will see lots of white row cover over everything newly planted in my garden especially in spring when first planting crops out. What is it? How can you use it? Where can […]
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Wall of Waters-what they are and how to use them A Wall of waters (WOWs) Wall of waters are season extenders to use to protect plants. I use mine as plant protectors in the spring to get certain plants like tomatoes and peppers out earlier in the season when they are smaller than what is normally recommended and cold at night. Never use them in […]
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Freezing weather gone Last week we had 2 nights in the 27-28 degrees temperature wise. Hope if you planted outside, you had covered your plants with medium weight row cover. (no-sheets don’t work to cover plants). I leave my row cover on but pull it back to expose plants when it is nice out in the day and […]
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Carl Foerster perennial garden Today I want to share an experience i had while in Germany in March. I went to Paris and Berlin. While in Berlin, my friend, Lava, drove us to a Kandinsky exhibition in the Barberini Museum near Berlin in Potsdam, Germany. It was fantastic. Never seen so many Kandinsky in one museum. I’ve been dying […]
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SPRING EQUINOX-get busy now gardeners Today, March 20, 2025 is Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere (that’s us here in Santa Fe). It represents the beginnings of spring and oh, how I long to see more ‘green’. The wind’s been particularly brutal this year in March. Hoping the wind and the juniper pollen will abate soon. Spring Equinox is where […]
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