http://growingappetite.com Grow it. Eat it. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:08:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It must be getting close because it is seed catalog season in a HUGE WAY! All of us here at GA have received dozens of catalogs from businesses selling their seeds, bulbs and gardening supplies. And it's got me pumped up for spring! Over the last couple weekends, I've been clearing out ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/121 You all know how much I am in love with tomatoes. In reality, I think of tomatoes as the centerpoint of my garden patch, and everything else as secondary to them. As much as I love the herbs, and flowers and lovely lettuces, they are the all accessories to ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/109 Nasturtiums are one of those flowers that I never really knew anything about until I moved to the Pacific Northwest. They grow beautifully, and rapidly! In addition to their speedy growth, and obvious nice flowers, it turns out that they are a virtual magnet for aphids. As a result, they've become ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/106 I am thoroughlly pleased with the progress the tomatoes have made thus far. Although, I am a bit afraid of the future without tomato cages. As I mentioned in a previous entry, I've decided to take on a bit of a different tack with the tomatoes this year, and stake ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/102 The best laid plans of...something, something, something.. I don't think it really went awry, just different. Again, I'm reminded of the importance of being okay with change, and that no matter how much I plan, and study, and work the puzzle of companion planting, sometimes nature just changes the design without ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/78 As natural as the blooms themselves are, so is the inevitable little disappointments and loss. First there were the ungerminated seeds – although a small fraction of the total number sown, there were still noticeable absences in the seed trays.Most recently, however, was an unexpected (and seasonally early!) aphid infestation ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/64 First, thank you all, dear readers! Thank you for visiting us, and thank you for your wonderful feedback! What began as a fun project that we dreamed up has become an exciting outlet for our garden and food related ramblings, and hopefully a resource that you will continue to come back ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/63 It's that time of the year again... well, it's been that time of the year for a while... actually, is it ever not that time of the year? Slugs and snails seem to be the gardener's constant enemy combattant. These invertabrates may be small and slow, but they are rampant ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/45 In springtime, when the planting season rolls around, I'm always reminded of how patience truly is a virtue. I grew up in Kansas, where the summers where abysmally hot and humid, frequently topping out above the 100 degree mark, and the winters were snowy and Arctic cold - single digit ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/20 If companion planting has you flummoxed, then I have the book you should be reading. Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte offers a wealth of information about companion planting, as well as a number of suggestions for small space gardening and early planning. The sweet illustrations are an excellent visual ... http://growingappetite.com/archives/8