Every year, the tomatoes that I plant in the ground get ridiculously diseased and end up looking like drooping aliens that have landed in my yard. I still grow tomatoes, only in large pots , and I tuck them into the garden between other plants. Apparently diseases can live in the soil for years, but they don't seem to mind being NEAR the soil! Looks sort of kooky, but at least I still get to grow tomatoes.
--Jessica Conant-Park
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I learned through the web that when it is going to frost put a sheet over your garden. It actually works as I did it and saved my tomato plants two years ago.
God Bless
--Jane Squires
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Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. I consider home grown tomatoes to be one of the finer blessings in life.
--Dana

Hello! Two things I recently figured out. One, if you would like to kill a weed without chemicals, here's a great way. (Be sure you don't want to plant anything else in that spot first!) Pour salt over the weed. Then pour boiling water over it. THEN, white vinegar. This is the only safe way I have found to kill clover. Second tip: I also use the plastic cup defense. I turn mine right-side up and slice off the bottom half. Then I pierce the sides with one hole on each side. Then I cut a bamboo skewer in half. The cup goes right-side-up over the plant, then the skewers go through the holes, inside out, and push them into the ground. This anchors the cup to the ground while protecting the plants. Cool Blog Dana!
--Shelley

Your garden looks great :)
--Cheryl Free
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