Q The instructions on seed packets refer to starting seeds or transplanting seedlings a certain number of weeks before the last frost date. What is this? A Gardeners mark the growing season according to the last spring and first…
Tag Archives: food
Rethinking radishes
04.13.2009 – 5:39
By Barbara Damrosch, published Thursday, April 7, 2009 in The Washington Post Crisp, crunchy, tangy, zippy, zesty, snappy, peppy, pungent, piquant and sparkly. These are some of the adjectives that the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, in a 1977…
The Dirt on Growing your Own
04.07.2009 – 22:19
Edible landscapes are everywhere it seems rights now: from the front lawn of the White House to the display gardens of slick design magazines. Each spring seed catalogs highlight new colorful varieties of tomato and pepper to add splashes of vibrant color to the vegetable beds.
But all this glossy marketing has a real basis in [...]
Garden Q & A: Testing your soil
03.27.2009 – 10:17
Q. Do I have to get my soil tested? A There are good gardeners who have their soil tested regularly and equally good gardeners who have never had it done. If your plants don’t seem to be growing as…
early tomatoes
03.26.2009 – 20:35
Spring seems to sucker punch me every time. Late in February it gets sunny and the nights suddenly get warm. There are tomatoes and peppers at the nursery. So I fall for it and grab some tender seedlings all full of the promise of tasty summer harvests.
But then there is the sucker punch. No sooner [...]
