Category Archives: Home Gardening

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

So it begins….

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!

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

  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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Natural Herbicide?

I have been seeing posts on social media about a safe, natural alternative to commercial herbicides. Basically from what i understand it is to spray unwanted vegetation with Acetic Acid (vinegar) and works by acting as a dessicant and killing … Continue reading

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Garden 2014

Its been a long winter and its a bit difficult to get started, but we made a start to our 2014 garden. We have been raking the lawn for weeks to clean the leaves and dead grass and are almost … Continue reading

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Potatoes

Purpose To plant and harvest potatoes Equipment and Materials personal equipment Coveralls – great for gardening with lots of pockets and tool holders. Gloves – Good gardening gloves along with coveralls gives one a feeling of empowerment and invincibility no … Continue reading

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Garden Prep 2013

Purpose To clean debris, remove weeds and prepare soil for planting and transplanting of vegetables Equipment and Materials personal equipment Coveralls – great for gardening with lots of pockets and tool holders. Gloves – Good gardening gloves along with coveralls … Continue reading

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Lawn Care 2013

Step 1: Raking the Lawn April 7, 2013 – Rake, rake rake! I like to rake the lawn in the Spring, as much for cleaning the remaining dead leaves as thatching the dead grass. The instant gratification is that the … Continue reading

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Plant Light Stand

Well , many of the seeds I planted germinated, but were now becoming spindly, so I found a lighted plant cart I made a few years back and reassembled it. I keep it unassembled to save space. Its easy to … Continue reading

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Seed Starting 2013

Seed Starting Purpose To start seeds growing to have viable vegetable plants ready for the warm weather and planting in the outdoor garden. Also to have an earlier harvest season. Equipment and Materials – Various seeds (Burpee 66852 Tomato Super … Continue reading

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