I have at least 25 tomatoes growing all over my tomato vines and was wondering how long it takes from them to change from green to red. For instance, have one in particular that is pretty large and has been about this size now for over a week but it is still green. How long does it take from the first sprout to their color change?
(By the way, I live in So. Cali and yes, it has been hot but I have a bunch of new buds everyday so not worried about the plant dying. I water on a schedule, daily at 6:30 p.m. All of my plants seem to be thriving with this schedule. This is an organic garden, too).
okay. this is my first year with the whole composting and organic vegetable garden. i love everything about it. its very relaxing and also rewarding to see my garden with tons of veggies. my compost bin is in a ten gallon paint bucket with no holes. the lid is a piece of heavy tile (i lost the real lid..oops!) i put in stuff like dead leaves, green leaves, fruit, coffee grounds, old veggies ect. it looks really wet, like soupy and dark brown and gross. it molds over on the top and when i stir it, its just brown watery stuff with chunks of old rotton food floating around…what did i do wrong!!? im going to start over and maybe add holes? what about dirt and newspaper or printer paper? what can i do to keep the consistency normal and make good compost for my vegetable garden? what should it look like? thanks for your help!
I have a number of beds in a yard at my school that I am in charge of. We are using black soil but some of the plants refuse to catch any at all, others catch in patches or one-one. I do have manure that is being used but we are trying not to use any external fertilizers (organic garden). Beds are in the shade during the morning but get direct heat in the afternoon.
Also, any tips on getting rid of iguanas without actually putting up individual fencing around the beds?
I want to compost since I plan on starting a garden next year. I’d like to start prepping the soil this year by making my own compost and mixing it in. However I am not going to buy one of those $200 barrels that you spin every couple days. I just want to make some cost effective compost with my organic food scraps. My dad says to dig up the soil and simply till in the food scraps but I would think that would attract a lot of insects and mold.
Thanks for your tips.
We planted some green beans and other vegetables in our garden and recently Japanese Beetles have been eating them. Is there a non-pesticidal way to keep them away?
I’m growing an organic garden and I need ideas to get rid of tomatoe worms .
Do NOT say pick them off by hand please I know that already.
my garden is organic, no sprays or pesticides have been used. And the brown looks like something has infested it, like its sucking inward.
i am trying to decide if whether i should create my own, or join one… what are the pluses or minuses…?
i am looking to find/start one that creates its own green energy, and does most if not all from scratch… (clothing, organic gardening…) what have you found to be the problems you have encountered… and what about the governing system…
how is the social system… share, share alike…
share gardening…. only
share building/construction etc…
co-housing???
please email your experiences…
If yes, what kinds? If no, how could digestion and all sorts of other biological processes take place?
And would an absence of death of every type also mean that sin HAD to come eventually so that death could allow the planet to recycle organic materials?
If the entire world system collapsed how would you remake society and what would you do to change it for the better? What would your perfect world be like and do you think it could work?
In my perfect world we would have no politicans everyone would get to decide how to handle community issues. We would have monorail systems connecting self-sustaining cities. No more than two children per family each family would have a hydroponic gardens. Forests would be kept wild. All material would be recycled. Organic waste turned into fertilizer for organic gardens. Large farms would pick up the slack for the gardens. People would be trained to do the jobs they would love to do. Stuff would be irrelevet. Anything you didn’t need anymore would be given away or recycled. Everyone would be given living assets for as much as they needed. No moeny would be hoarded and no corporation would be allowed to hoard assets. Excess assets would be split back into the system to all the people.
No one corporation would rule over the people and inovation would be encouraged. Magnatory vacations for six months of the year. Since there are plenty of people to work there is no reason to work anyone to death. Managers have to work along side workers and if they are found to bully workers they get to do janitorial duty. Everyone that seems not to care gets sentanced to the worst jobs. Murders would get to be power generators for the rest of there lives. They get to run on a hamster wheel with a little zapper behind them. And they get to do that for the rest of their life. Health care would be free and there would be no such thing as insurance, because emergencies would just be provided for. Older retired people would be part time teachers. Schools would be gender seperate. Relationships would be formed by personal common intrests and personalities. People wouldn’t have to stress about things anymore. Of course I don’t think it would ever happen, but I still like to dream.
