by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Here’s what I’d like to see… a Sacramento tomato trial that evaluates the best-tasting, highest-yielding heat-resistant tomatoes! Since fruit set is poor at temps above 90-95 degrees F, it seems like we should be looking more closely at varieties...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Looks fun! Learn more about this documentary in Amy Stewart’s blog entry, “Dirt: The Real Dirt on Farmer John”. You’ll want to queue it up on Netflix. I...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
Check out this article from Fine Gardening:Pruning Tomatoes Do you pinch?!!!
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
From SacBee, February 2003: They were judged for size and yield. Hmmm… wonder how they taste? Dan Vierria: Ugly can be beautiful when it comes to...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
Oh…. what to plant this year? I need to decide ASAP because I need to order seeds from Tomato Growers Supply if I decide on a somewhat unusual variety. Ok, here are the top 20 tomato varieties for Sacramento in 2005 according to a survey of experts by Sacramento...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
I finally feel like I’ve got the hang of this whole kitchen vermicomposting thing. The first few months require patience because you put your worms in their bedding (I used coir), which they slooooowly eat, and then you start feeding them their preferred diet of...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
Saucer magnolias in my neighborhood… just reaching their pink and purple glory… look very brown today after this morning’s frost. In my yard, I noticed sulking princess flower shrubs and nasturtiums. My ‘Tropicanna’ cannas look extra...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
I have no business ordering more seeds considering I already have a shoebox full of seeds with waning viability, but I can rationalize this Select Seeds order because I “needed” one of their plant varieties, you see, and it seems a shame to place an order...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
Last year was a very weird tomato year for me. I planted heirlooms and hybrids and everything was late to fruit, if they fruited at all. Some of my biggest tomatoes came from a Russian heirloom called ‘Azoychka’, but they mostly failed to ripen until fall...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
I’m finally delving into the world of growing my own “fruit shrubs”. The empty bed where I’m planting these trees is a bit undersized according to Dave Wilson Nursery’s spacing suggestions, but I selected dwarf trees and will just do my...
