A quick list of how to have a successful garden. Location – all gardens need as much sun as possible. Gardens need a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight per day. 12 hours of sunshine is better. Tools – you will need tools to prepare the soil and plant your vegetables. Standard items are hoe, …
We all like to fertilize our gardens. It sort of makes us feel good, like in some small way we helped our budding plants become the bountiful harvest we always knew they could be if they just set their minds to it. And we also like to do things we think are good for the …
While lettuce is not an item in our Charley’s Vegetables line, it has an honorary position as an easy-to-grow early season vegetable. Lettuce is a hardy annual that can tolerate light frosts and can be easily grown from seed or transplants. Lettuce need sunny locations early but can tolerate some shade and as the days …
Here are some pictures of our plants.
We mentioned testing your soil in the previous post. Here is a great article on soil testing by Janet Carson with the UA Cooperative Extension Service. Soil is an important part of growing a garden, yet it is often taken for granted. People spend thousands of dollars planning a landscape, buying the plants, but without …
Here are a few items you need to do to prepare your garden in January if you want to get an early start on your plantings: Plan your garden – What do you want to grow? Are there any new varieties you want to try? Where are you going to get your plants? Order your …
Starting in spring 2011, we will be incorporating 2-D codes on our 4” Charley’s Vegetables and Herbs. This new technology will allow consumers to read the 2-D code with their smart phones (using either BeeTagg, ScanLife or comparable apps) and be directed to product specific pages on our existing Charley’s Veggies website www.CharleysVeggies.com. Here are …
Summer is over and fall is finally here. It’s never too soon to start thinking about next years garden. Be sure to ask us any questions you have about planning next years garden. Funny thing is that even though it’s fall now every time Charley goes to see his granddaughters, Clara always asks Pa-pa if …
Like Lacey said in the previous post, it has been a very challenging year for gardeners. I had big plans of having a small garden that had some of everything we grow in it then recording short videos of every thing we did in the garden. Unfortunately, I broke my leg and that didn’t really …
Basically all I can say is my garden was a total flop this year. Between busy-ness and traveling and the dog, the only things to survive were the sunflowers and zinnias. The tomatoes did okay but certainly not a bumper crop. I will share some pictures from my very pitiful garden, and as a gardener …