The Asparagus Lesson
Most of what one needs to know to grow the luscious, luxurious spears of Asparagus in Texas can be found here. I agree with nearly everything except the use of chemical fertilizers and the advice to...
View ArticleCharamon Garden Report:Summer 2009
If you read this blog or live in this region you know: gardening in West Texas has some major challenges! Our major challenge this summer has been keeping things watered. We normally don’t get much...
View ArticleA Matter of Rotten Potatoes
…sweet potatoes that is. As I’ve mentioned before in this space, rain is a special blessing in our part of Texas…most of the time. Last year was a fairly dry year and I was able to dig sweet potatoes...
View ArticleNo Country for Old Chard
I donned my kneepads and strolled into the garden to harvest some Collards, Kale, Swiss chard and fresh garlic for our lunch stir fry (collards, kale, Swiss chard, garlic, onions, olive oil, bit of...
View ArticleAsparagus Lesson Redux
As you read in the previous post, we are enjoying our asparagus season. In an even earlier post, I wrote about keeping Bermuda grass out of the asparagus bed. I think I made some rash comments about...
View ArticleTomato Famine
I’ve been growing tomatoes in Charamon Garden since 2000. Some years I harvest many kilos and some years are like this one…a dud so far. No, that’s not quite accurate…I have harvested many delicious...
View ArticleGarlic Lesson Two
In 2007 I posted “The Garlic Lesson” which has proven to be somewhat timeless with more readers than when it was first posted. 8,483 have read that particular blog to date. I learned the lesson back...
View ArticleHere’s the Dirt on Soil
Photo from "Whitman's Blog" http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/whitmanblog/2010/12/the-common-earth-the-soil/ Scene: Produce section of our local grocery store in their tiny “organic” section. A...
View ArticleWinter Veggies!
(L) Swiss Chard (R) Broccoli Winter is my favorite part of the gardening year. Our West Texas winters are fairly mild and conducive to growing beautiful greens, broccoli, kale, collards and garlic....
View ArticleWarning to Vegan Converts!
As I mentioned in my last post, I am reading (actually, listening to) Michael Pollan’s new book, Cooked. Am I enjoying it? Well, yes and no. “Yes,” to the expanding of my foodview (I think this is...
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