Category Archives: Home Gardening

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

Cucamelon Tycoon

Posted on March 10, 2024 by admin

Yes indeed, I am now a cucamelon tycoon. Third year growing this south american delicacy in north Jersey. Cucamelons are also known as Mouse Melon and Mexican Sour Gherkins. The fruit is small (grape size) having a crunchy texture with … Continue reading →

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Composting in Northern New Jersey

Posted on March 10, 2024 by admin

Every year, households in the United States throw away thousands of pounds of organic material. Most of this waste is food scraps and yard clippings, which decompose slowly in landfills and release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Composting is an … Continue reading →

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rt23.com 2024 Dining Guide: Our Favorites

Posted on March 7, 2024 by admin

Our list of favorite restaurants is not intended to be an complete list of the many delicious restaurants and food fare available in northern New Jersey. However, we hope that you will find this list helpful in planning your dining … Continue reading →

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Pickling!

Posted on September 28, 2023 by admin

Two types of pickling are hot water canning and quick refrigerator pickles. This year the garden produced an abundance of cucumbers. Fresh cucumbers are great in salads and make tasty cucumber sandwiches, but inevitably the novelty wears off. Pickling cucumbers … Continue reading →

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Green Tomatoes

Posted on September 24, 2023 by admin

What to do when your tomato plants are full of green tomatoes at the end of the growing season? Fried green tomatoes? Try to ripen them?My choice is to try to ripen the tomatoes. Everyone has a different method; place … Continue reading →

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Canning

Posted on August 28, 2023 by admin

What to do with all the tomatoes! Canning is an easy solution. Toe-may-toe, Toe-MAH-toe, what to do when you have too many tomatoes? Give them away to neighbors and relatives? Let them rot on the vine? One solution may be … Continue reading →

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Spring Lawn Cleanup

Posted on March 24, 2021 by admin

In northern New Jersey when the snow is gone and the overnight temperatures are above freezing, I like to get a headstart early with raking the dead grass and tree litter from my lawn. Its a big job, so I … Continue reading →

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So it begins….

Posted on March 22, 2021 by admin

set things in motion foe 2021, I bought a seedling tray and filled it with tomato seeds. I planted a variety including soem 3 year old super beefsteak seeds from 2019. I have some new Rutgers variety seeds ( which … Continue reading →

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Spring is in sight!

Posted on March 14, 2021 by admin

Starting to think about the garden this year. Last year i started tomatoes about a week before March 17 (my normal day for starting veggies indoors). This year I am starting some flowers and plants for decorative purposes. Usually besides … Continue reading →

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Garden 2015

Posted on May 25, 2015 by admin

  This year I started off with the usual lawn care, first I raked the lawn cleaning the remaining leaves from the previous fall and clearing the dead grass away. Then I spread lime pellets with the garden spreader to … Continue reading →

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