by RobtheHortGod | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s been a minute since I last posted an article. Well, in fact, it’s been approximately 25.5 months or 597,600 minutes since the last post. “Why?” “What have you been doing, Rob?” Those are good and valid questions to ask. The answers are simple. I’ve been...
by RobtheHortGod | Dec 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have always encouraged people to take a moment or three at the end of any significant period in their lives to reflect on what happened and what they can learn from the events. I would say that at a minimum, growers should examine each growing season. Since the...
by RobtheHortGod | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
The fluctuating temperatures of autumn (typically dipping lower and lower) signal that it is time to wrap up our growing season activities. We harvest that crops that are still out in the field, we put everything into storage, and we clean things up. Whether you are...
by RobtheHortGod | Sep 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Many of the diseases that affect the commonly grown vegetables in this neck of the woods are only threats if they can find a way through the physical armour that is the skin of the vegetable. Vegetables that are healthy and unstressed, and that have intact skin, are...
by RobtheHortGod | Aug 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the past number of years, one of the bulb vegetables has been increasing in popularity at a rate that is much faster than other vegetables. This growth is also more sustained that other “flash in the pan” vegetables, which rise and fall within a one to three...