mediaOrganic » vegtable gardening http://www.media-organic.com a journal of sustainable suburban living Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:17:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Peter’s Perfect Tomatoes http://www.media-organic.com/peters-perfect-tomatoes http://www.media-organic.com/peters-perfect-tomatoes#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:53:37 +0000 http://greenuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=9 The husband of a friend of mine is a serious gardener with years and years of experience, and I always use his transplant method for tomatoes.  This formala is like a Cook’s Illustrated recipe – just do exactly what it says, don’t deviate from the plan, and you’ll get a great result.

Peter’s Perfect Tomatoes

When [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/peters-perfect-tomatoes/feed 0 Raised Beds http://www.media-organic.com/raised-beds http://www.media-organic.com/raised-beds#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:40:01 +0000 http://greenuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=10 Last summer my husband built raised beds out of Trex, the deck material.  They turned out really well, and a few days ago I posted this pic on The Easy Garden Forum.  If you click over to there in the  course of a few pages my husband and I answer questions about how they were [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/raised-beds/feed 1 Seeds Are Underway! http://www.media-organic.com/seeds-are-underway http://www.media-organic.com/seeds-are-underway#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:38:04 +0000 http://greenuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=3

Seed Starting has just about finished up; we have a metal shelf unit set up in the garage with two sets of grow lights on chains.  The seed trays with covers are on heat mats 24/7 until germination, then the covers are removed and the mat turned off because the ideal temp for seedling [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/seeds-are-underway/feed 4