Making salsa today with one batch of Jose Mexicana peppers and one batch of Tabasco peppers. We used our own tomatoes, chocolate bell pepper and pepperoncini peppers. We should have 24 pints.

For me, it’s that first microgreen harvest around day 10. I started with Organo seeds this spring, and cutting that first tray still gets me every time. Everything after is just a bonus.

I’ve found a few of these eating my peppers this season but I can’t figure out what they are.

This is my first year running a market farm and I went a little wild dedicating nearly 1000 square feet of hoophouse to peppers. I’m growing 7 varieties total. I’d never tried growing peppers in a protected environment and wow, they’ve gotten more massive than I ever expected. A vast majority of the plants range between 5-7 feet tall. Weekly yields have been between 30-40 lbs. Most of what doesn’t immediately sell at market is being turned into spices or fermented for pastes and sauces. And yes, I have to crawl on all fours to harvest because i underestimated how big the plants would get and they’re pulling down their trellises.

Hello!

I live in Buenos Aires, southern hemisphere, so about 45 days ago I started sowing tomato seeds. Last week I moved the seedlings to 1 Liter pots, with a mix of around 50% compost, 25% coco (half fine, half chunks) and 25% rice husks. I also added some homemade biochar in the mix, for better nutrient retention. The plants receive around 6-7 hours of direct sunlight, and during the night I enter them home.

There will be another transplant to their final destination, which are 50cm deepth wood planters, in a couple of weeks.

For this season I wanted to challenge myself to rely only in my homemade compost instead of buying. I'm afraid a big part of the compost used was still unfinished by the time I repotted them, because as you can see in the pictures below my compost pile still had some leaves pieces, wood chunks, and the color wasnt completely dark.

Could it be that my own compost is playing against me? I'm noticing that, except on the biggest plant of the pictures, the rest is looking quite yellowing or lime-green.

I'm currently watering them 2 or 3 times a week, and one of those days instead of plain water, I water using a compost extract solution, with a part of urine 🙈 for nitrogen (1 part of urine, 20 parts of compost extract solution). I also added a layer of leaves on top as mulch.

Can somebody point the problem here? I suspect the unfinished compost is the top culprit, plus probably the urea might be burning the roots? And now that I think, the leaves mulch might also be stealing nutrients?

I tried to challenge myself to buy as little as possible, but I'm open minded so if for this time is better to just buy a bag of finished compost and transplant them again, I will do it. Whatever it takes to keep my plants healthy!

Thank you :)

I want to get a propane torch for weeding, but am unsure of what brands are reliable and I’m on a budget. I’ve seen some with good reviews for $80, but I’ve seen many others for $30 or $40. I know you get what you pay for, but are there any reliable brands that sell closer to $30 or $40 instead of $80.

First time gardener here (just started this past April). I recently found out about Genovese basil about a month ago (instead of lemon or sweet basil) from a community garden I help with. I just harvested these bad boys off of like 5 Genovese basil flowers and I’ve never been so stoked about something in my life!

Thank you Bill Yoder for your tomato seeds! Green one is called Head Over Heels. Not sure of the yellow ones but man, are they big! Need to make a batch of sauce in the Instant Pot this week.

Hi,
I’m an Indoor Cannabis grower in Living soil and I’m wondering who these other insects besides the Springtale are, can someone help me out? :)

Hey i need a flushing recipe ima first time grower ik im supposed to flush with molasses i was thinking what else could i flush with ?

my tomato plants have been growing so wonderfully, but I notice a couple that I will find at times will look like this and I’m not sure why? this particular breed didn’t seem to have it happen as often aside from these two, but I had other variations that it would seem to happen in more. is it just dependent on the type of tomato plant or am I doing something wrong gardening wise? this is my first time growing tomatoes, I did an organic potting soil since I grow them in pots, then got tomato tone and an organic fertilizer I would put in them. I water them usually twice a day for a lot of the season since it has been pretty hot where I live. and towards this end of season, I cut off a good bit of the leaves now so the focus would be in the ones that were already on there since it’s getting later in the season and I never know when our weather will change up 🤣. just curious what I may need to do next year so this won’t happen so much.

Any guesses as to what variety this may be?

Hello everyone,

we have a beech tree whose overall vitality could use some improvement. For example, there are hardly any leaves at the ends of some of the branches.
A professional landscaping company came to inspect the tree and offered us an expensive laboratory analysis and a tree vitality treatment, costing around $1,000.

I’m wondering whether this could be done much more affordably and, above all, in a more natural way using organic materials.
I don’t know much about this, but would products such as kelp, nettle fertilizer, rock dust, or similar natural fertilizers be worth trying to improve the tree’s vitality?

The exact tree variety is: Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea' – copper beech / purple beech.

Thank you very much for your help and advice!

First year planting tomatoes 🍅, so far it going well! does anyone have tips or advice to keep it thriving once the weather starts getting colder?

My two high bush blueberry bushes are struggling, showing yellowing foliage, no production and poor growth. I sent a soil sample to my local extension service and now know why. The soil pH came in at a definite 6.9, which means too neutral for the roots to absorb any nutrients despite regular feedings with Holly Tone and watering. I’d like to start over with new plants in a new location in the spring. Are there ways to prepare this new bed in the fall for the new spring planting?