Vegetables
The Garden in Early July
Have you ever driven past one of those signs by an apartment building or condo that says, “If you lived here, you’d be home now”? I thought of those signs this week when I was out in my garden. As I picked peas, lettuce, baby kale and an assortment of flowers, I thought about the…
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And Other Pleasures of Raised Bed Gardening! One of the wonderful things about gardening in the loose, well amended soil of a raised bed is seeing how fast the veggies grow. The demonstration raised beds at Hyannis Country Garden were planted at the end of May. At that time a variety of plants and seeds…
Read MoreVegetable Garden August Planting
If you have open space in your vegetable garden, August is the time to plant fall crops. Sow carrots, beets, pak choi, and lettuce now.
Read MoreZucchini Not Producing
A customer came into the store last week, concerned that she wasn’t getting any zucchini from her summer squash plants. “I think I have all male flowers,” she said. Although it does occasionally happen that a summer squash will produce all or mostly male blooms, if you have more than one plant it’s unlikely that…
Read MoreQuestions from Customers: Are your seed potatoes in?
Potatoes grow well in sandy soils so this crop does well on Cape Cod. Learn when to plant your seed potatoes on Cape.
Read MoreGrowing Giant Pumpkins
Do you want to grow a giant pumpkin this summer? Here are the steps to take so that your pumpkin gets HUGE!
Read MoreStarting Tomato Seeds
March is the time to start tomato seeds on Cape Cod. Here are some tips for starting your tomato plants indoors from seed.
Read MoreVegetable Garden Problem Solving
Learn about organic solutions to problems in your vegetable garden. How to cope with insects, diseases, animals and plant decline.
Read MoreGrowing Great Tomatoes
What To Do With Leggy Seedlings
If the plants you started from seed are getting too tall and weak, they need more light, but not fertilizer. What to do with leggy plants.
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