A No-Fuss Organic Guide for a Lush, Productive Garden If you’re anything like me, by mid-summer your tomatoes and peppers are loaded with flowers, bursting with green fruit—and attracting every bug in a five-mile radius. These heavy-feeders need just the right kind of support to keep producing through the heat, and a solid organic routine…
And how to keep your harvest from frying on the vine. There’s nothing quite like watching your summer garden burst with fruit—until you spot a big, pale patch on what should’ve been your perfect tomato. That’s sunscald, and it’s not just a cosmetic issue. In hot climates like Zone 9, it can turn beautiful produce…
More space. More sunshine. More success. Thinning might feel a little counterintuitive—why pull up healthy little seedlings after all that effort to get them to sprout? But here’s the truth: overcrowded plants compete for nutrients, water, and sunlight, and that slows down everyone. Thinning gives your strongest seedlings the breathing room they need to thrive….
Keep your squash patch happy, healthy, and bug-free—with natural, proven strategies that really work. If you’ve ever walked out to check on your squash and found wilted leaves and creepy gray bugs lurking under the foliage, you’ve met the infamous squash bug. These pests are relentless in warm climates like Zone 9, and if you…
If your tomatoes are looking leafy but not giving up the goods—or your peppers bloom and ghost you—it might be time to give potassium the spotlight it deserves. In my garden, figuring out potassium was like unlocking the final level in a fruiting game. Suddenly, everything was setting better fruit, ripening faster, and tasting so…
Why Your Plants Need Shade Cloth (Even in Spring!) If you’ve ever tried growing a garden in Southeast Houston, you know the struggle is real. The sun here is relentless, and while we might enjoy a good dose of sunshine, our plants don’t always feel the same way. Just when your lettuce is thriving, a…
