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Category Archives: organic gardening
Tomato Blight — Again!
Let’s talk about tomato blight. I have gardened in Georgia for a good long time. Grew up in rural Georgia and my parents and grandparents farmed and my husband and I had gardens off and on for many years. About … Continue reading
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Tomato Facts
Why do most grocery store tomatoes taste like cardboard? Some folks think it’s because they were not ripened on the vine or were grown in greenhouses. Not true. Most commercially grown tomatoes are hybrids that were bred for uniform size … Continue reading
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Organic Gardening: A Little About Using Wood Mulch in the Garden
This is a short video showing how we use wood mulch in our garden for weed control, water retention and even to enrich the soil. For videos showing how to plant in mulched beds, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdEkUcGKHes and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsT0iyaMFFk … Continue reading
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Organic Gardening: Growing and Harvesting Peanuts
Growing a late crop of peanuts, if your weather permits, has multiple benefits for your garden: crowds out weeds, adds nitrogen to the soil, holds the soil in place preventing erosion …… AND YOU GET PEANUTS! Peanuts are easy to … Continue reading
Organic Gardening: To Prune or Not to Prune — The Number One Tomato Question
Do you prune your tomatoes? How much? What about suckers? Do I prune off all the suckers? These are frequently asked questions on Debbie’s Back Porch? I will try to answer some of them in this video.
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Organic Gardening: Harvesting and Curing Potatoes
This is my first time growing Red La Soda Potatoes. My return was not as good as Red Pontiacs, but not too shabby. This was from a late winter planting. I will try them again in the fall. Jon us … Continue reading
Organic Gardening: Using a Hula Hoe for Weed Control
Nobody likes weeding, but the Hula Hoe is a tool that can make it easier and decrease your weed problem a little every year.
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Organic Gardening: Harvesting and Curing Inchelium Red Garlic
Garlic is a great thing to grow in your backyard garden. It takes up little space, needs almost no attention, stores well, and saves you lots of money. Garlic is very expensive in the grocery store, and you have very … Continue reading
Easy, Practical Tomato Support System
Those of us who obsess about growing tomatoes know that a support system that really works is hard to find. I have tried many different ways to support my tomato plants. This is the system that works best in my … Continue reading
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Organic Gardening: How to Prevent and/or Treat Tomato Blight
Living in the South, we are very familiar with fungal diseases of tomatoes. There are several different types, but they are all treated the same. Here are some tips.
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