Creating a Homegrown and Homemade Life
The first frost has come, which means a freeze is sure to arrive shortly. Make sure you know how to winterize the garden to make springtime more productive. Don’t just pick the end of the harvest and forget about the beds. We need to “make the beds” now that we are done with them. Do just a little work now and reap the big benefits later.
Just because fall is here doesn’t mean the garden is done producing yet! Before putting the garden to bed for the winter, make sure to plant garlic in the fall. This will ensure you a good crop next spring. Then all winter you can be excited to have already started a garden for the spring.
Have your tomatoes started to tumble over yet? Once the heat hits, the tomato plants take off and soon they are falling over and need to be tied up. I’ve found the best way to tie up tomato plants and best of all it’s free! Using just a stake and a worn out t-shirt you too can tie up the tomatoes.
Although the tomatoes are small now, they will soon be toppling out of those flimsy tomato cages. Get ahead of the problem now with some DIY sturdy tomato cages. They will actually hold the plants up all summer unlike those cheap store bought ones. Do it now and thank me later.
Do your peas need a good place to climb? This DIY pea trellis is sturdy and easy to build. It works great for peas, cucumbers, or any other vining plant with small produce. When placed in the garden, it isn’t an eye sore like some of those metal cages. As you can tell I’m in love with my new pea trellis.
