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Sex Life of Strawberries

by Donna Balzer | May 14, 2019 | Bugs & Buggers, Food, GARDENING, Greenhouse | 0 Comments

Are you wishing for pretty and tasty strawberries in your garden? If so, you need bugs and wind and maybe a little luck. Improperly pollinated strawberries have crooked or only half-formed berries. In other words the kind of berries you don’t see at the store are the ones you will grow if you don’t get a little help….

Building a Hugelkultur for Vegetables Outdoors

by Donna Balzer | Apr 12, 2019 | Food, GARDENING, Soil, VIDEOS | 0 Comments

Want to start a vegetable garden but short on money or soil? Gather up your organic materials and start a Hugelkultur today. Donna Balzer and her students Ben and Lisa show us how it is done!

Start Growing Strawberries Now!

by Donna Balzer | Apr 4, 2019 | Food, GARDENING, Greenhouse, Soil, VIDEOS | 0 Comments

Day neutral or ever-bearing types of strawberries start blooming soon and will bear fruit right away this year – in June. And they will keep right on blooming all summer into fall. I was even surprised by the few berries I picked last November. Day Neutrals bear fruit for a long time but the heaviest crop is still in late June with fewer berries after that.

Transplant Tomato Seedlings

by Donna Balzer | Mar 11, 2019 | Food, Greenhouse, Soil, VIDEOS | 0 Comments

When you start tomatoes from seed they get their second set of leaves in about three weeks. This is the perfect time to transplant seedlings.

Watch: A Greenhouse is a Dreamhouse

by Donna | Oct 17, 2018 | Featured, VIDEOS | 6 Comments

I help gardeners grow & beginners blossom. No seed left behind, no soil unturned. Together we can have lots of fun growing great gardens using simple practical tips. - Featured in - These tips will help you grow the "CLEANEST", strongest and most productive...

Start Chitting Potatoes Now!

by Donna Balzer | Feb 20, 2019 | Food, GARDENING, Greenhouse, Soil | 4 Comments

It’s time to start chitting! And I mean that in the best possible way. If you have been growing your own potatoes you know what I am talking about. Take the potatoes out of storage and let them sprout in daylight.

Potatoes kept in the dark form long unwieldy sprouts. If yours have done that then the only thing you can do is pull them out of the cupboard or storage area right now and break off all those long sprouts. Then get to work chitting them.