The English Gardener
Blog URL http://theenglishgardener.wordpress.com
Located Charlottesville, Virginia USA
Tags gardening, English, Charlottesville, horticulture, Virginia, garden design, propagation, cultivation
Musings from an English Horticulturist living in Charlottesville, Virginia
Latest Blog Posts
- LOng time no blog on Nov 13, 2009 in Uncategorized
I know…it’s been a while. So, I planted garlic and shallots about 4 weeks ago. The garlic is already up! I’ve dumped out the tomatillos and put them on the compost pile, which, not having turned it for months, looks really good. I...
- End of Summer? on Sep 6, 2009 in Uncategorized
Today we pulled up the tomato plants. Does that mean it’s the end? We had a rough time with either early or late blight which turned our plants into festering towers of grey dusty lesions which then spread to the fruit. It then looked like we...
- Aarghh! Late Blight!!! on Aug 11, 2009 in Uncategorized
So, in my last post I was raving about how great my tomatoes were. Well, now, they’re full of disease. Excellent. Phytopthera infestans, or Late Blight, has infested my gorgeous plants just as they were really producing fruit. Symptoms are grey...
- Tomatoes, Roses, Rain, and Slime Mold on Jun 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
Despite the huge amount amount of rain we had, pretty much everything in the garden is okay. Most importantly, of course, are the tomatoes. The structure held every plant perfectly. As I mentioned before, we have nearly every tomato ever produced...
- Previous Post on Jun 8, 2009 in Uncategorized
It’s monday and I’m running late for work but If I don’t post something I’ll get bumped! Erm, rain, rain, rain! Tomatoes are doing great. The random lettuce I sowed a couple of weeks ago all look the same….apart from th...
- on Jun 8, 2009 in Uncategorized
It’s monday and I’m running late for work but If I don’t post something I’ll get bumped! Erm, rain, rain, rain! Tomatoes are doing great. The random lettuce I sowed a couple of weeks ago all look the same….apart from th...
- The World As We Know It on May 26, 2009 in Uncategorized
So it seems ALL the seeds I threw down in a last ditch hope of getting something to germinate well, did. The end of that bed is a near total green carpet. The tomato bed looks good, if we could only stop the cats pooing in it. I planted more beans an...
