Category Archives: Home Gardening

home gardening in northern New Jersey. a discussion of lawn care, vegetable nad flower garden in the Gardewn State.

2026 Garden

Posted on January 8, 2026 by admin

February 2026 Winter Sowing Each year, we are able to give our flower garden a head start by using a technique called winter sowing, specifically focusing on sunflowers. This innovative gardening method leverages readily available materials, such as empty soda … Continue reading →

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September 2025: Our Garden Winds Down

Posted on September 17, 2025 by admin

September is here and we are starting to say goodbye to our summer vegetable garden. As every year, I wish that I harvested more produce. But I am satisfied with the amount of delicious strawberries, tomatoes, garden beans, cucumbers, lettuce, zucchini and summer squash produced in our gardens. Continue reading →

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August 2025 – Harvest Starts!

Posted on August 11, 2025 by admin

Half-Sour Summer Pickles – Zucchini Recipe – Jersey Tomato Sandwich As our garden continues to change and mature, we are rewarded with a small but steady harvest of strawberries each week. Our garden beans, displaying their vibrant energy, are currently … Continue reading →

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July 2025: Summer in the Garden

Posted on July 8, 2025 by admin

Garden Issues and Concerns – July 21 Lots of Flowers, No Joy – Harvest July 26 – Simple Zucchini Recipe With the turn of July, summer is officially in full swing. The garden is thriving and I am beginning to … Continue reading →

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Bird Shrine

Posted on May 12, 2025 by admin

I call it a bird shrine but it is basically a frame for hanging wind chimes and hummingbird feeders. This year the posts rotted so I will be making a new frame to replace the old. These frames last about … Continue reading →

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Northern NJ Garden 2025

Posted on February 11, 2025 by admin

February 2025 – March 2025 – April 2025 – Pest Control – Spring Lawn Care – Outdoors May 2025 It is February and in northern New Jersey, our gardens slumber underneath snow and ice. But this is the time to … Continue reading →

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2024 Garden: Scorecard

Posted on October 9, 2024 by admin

October 9, 2024 We started our garden in February with high hopes. We planted winter-sown sunflowers outdoors and started indoor germination trays. By the end of the season, we were rewarded with an abundance of tomatoes, garden beans, summer squash, … Continue reading →

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2024 Garden Wrap-up

Posted on September 5, 2024 by admin

Septembr 3: Scorecard – September 5: Never Say Die – September 30: Clean up! September 3, 2024: Scorecard Its been a good season for the garden this year but not without a few disappointments. On the positive side we harvested … Continue reading →

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rt23 NJ Garden Recipes

Posted on July 31, 2024 by admin

sauteed squash – how to freeze summer squash – Cucumbers – Tomatoes! – This year, we grew a large number of summer squash plants and have been harvesting an abundance of summer squash. I had never cooked squash before, but … Continue reading →

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2024 Garden – Phase 4: Harvest!

Posted on June 27, 2024 by admin

June 27,2024: Garden Beans – July 8, 2024: Cucamelons and Summer Squash – July 10: Pickling Cucumbers – July 16: Straight 8 Cucumbers – July 19-20 Pickles! – July 22: Cherry Tomatoes! – June 27, Kosher Dill Pickle Spears – … Continue reading →

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