by Noel | Oct 23, 2025 | CobraHead, Vegetable Growing
We‘ve had a great garden this year. It’s not quite over. Lettuce, carrots, leeks, Brussels sprouts, and kale are still out there, but all the other crops have been harvested. Now we have to clean up the mess left behind and start prepping the beds for next spring. I’ve got piles of weeds and spent plants all over the garden. I let a lot of weeds compost in the aisles, but most of the weeds and plants will go to the compost pile. I purposely try to let galinsoga be...
by Noel | Sep 30, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening
Most of my garden time this month was spent harvesting. September is when most of the heavy lifting of the harvest occurs. I’m always amazed at how much food can be grown by one person on a small piece of land. This year’s harvest has been exceptional. Here are sweet potatoes and onions. We still have lots of tomatoes, peppers, green beans, lettuce, squash, and more out there to be picked. I had good luck getting late summer lettuce. I started seedlings indoors...
by Noel | Aug 26, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening
How many different tomato trellises and other growing systems are there? The answer is lots and lots. As we like indeterminate heirlooms, trellising is imperative. I tried something different this year. I did almost no pruning. Mostly, I pruned leaves that could make ground contact and straggler stems that got outside the tied-down stems. I tied most of the stems to the bamboo poles and T-posts I use for the trellis. There were some negatives to this approach, but...
by Noel | Jul 30, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening
July was hot here, but it’s ending on a cool note. That’s good, because I’m way behind on weeding. The cooler days ahead will give me a chance to get some work done in more pleasant conditions. The heat and more than adequate rainfall are giving us wonderful production. It’s going to be a good year. Here are a few things going on in the garden beds. I’m letting this small patch of lettuce bolt to seed. I frequently grow my own lettuce seed. It’s super easy. When...
by Noel | Jun 30, 2025 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, CobraHead, Gardening
Greetings from Cambridge, Wisconsin. We’re pretty far up north, so we normally don’t get as much heat as most of the country, but this year has started out quite warm, and I think it will be a scorcher. So far, the garden is happy because of abundant and well-timed rain. Weeds love these great growing conditions as much as veggies. I’m not coming close to keeping up with weeding. The weed taking up too much of my time is bindweed. It’s a wild morning glory....
