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 Anneliese | Jul 8, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening
Not everyone has space for an orchard — and that’s okay! Growing citrus in containers is a great way to enjoy fresh fruit right from your patio, balcony, or backyard. Whether you’re short on space or just want a little more flexibility, container citrus offers all the flavor and beauty of in-ground trees with the added benefit of portability. Why Grow Citrus in Containers? Citrus trees are surprisingly well-suited to life in pots. They stay manageable...
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....
by Noel | May 30, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
I work harder in the garden in May than in any other month. As usual at this time of the year, I’m way behind, but I’m still happy with what’s done so far. The south beds are neatly fenced in to protect the peas and other delicious delicacies from the marauding deer in the neighborhood. I’ve got all my trellises up, and the beds are in pretty good shape, with only one bed totally overgrown with weeds out of the eighteen in the plot. This is my holding bed....
