Favorite Books

Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy Designing and maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally by Robert Kourik (out of print) Western Fruit Berries & Nuts published by HPBooks Western Garden Book published by Sunset Saving Seeds by Marc Rogers, published by Storey Publishing Garden Seed Inventory compiled by Kent Whealy Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory edited by …

Organic Gardening

I have used natural fertilizer for 30 years or more. My favorite organic fertilizer has mycorrhizae already in the bag to help here in Utah. I add sulfur a lot as well as we have high alkaline soils. I haven’t used a rototiller on my grow boxes in over 20 years. I use comfrey for …

Garlic

I love garlic. I love putting cooked or raw garlic on homemade wheat toast. Hard-neck garlic (the base near the ground is hard versus soft) is what you need to grow in Utah and other areas that freeze. I grew soft-neck garlic like elephant garlic when I lived in California. When I learned I needed …

Extend your harvest

It is 22 degrees outside right now at 8:45 a.m. There is nothing that grows in that temperature. I added a hotbox on top of my grow boxes. I planted Swiss Chard, Kale, and Lettuce back at the beginning of October. You can see they are barely coming up. I should have planted them earlier. …