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Yes, you need ventilation in the mini-greenhouse totes. But I do recommend watching that YouTube video that I linked to because he walks you through the concept that you drill a vent hole in the bottom sidewall of the tote on one side, and then drill another hole on the opposite sidewall towards...

I mainly grew cherry tomatoes last year. They are indeterminant plants, so if you pick them often, they continue to grow more tomatoes. I don't know if all varieties of tomato plants are that way. You would have to check into your particular variety of tomato plant when to start picking. The...

Those clear plastic totes make excellent mini-greenhouses for those of us who don't have our dream greenhouse to start our plants. I have been using the Hefty Hi Rise 72-quart totes for a few years as mini-greenhouses and they are great... The only store in my town that sells them is Target...

That has been my experience, too. It might run contrary to your desire to wait until the pepper is fully mature, but in the long run, picking those first peppers a little early will result in many more peppers to harvest later on. :lau I started putting tomato cages around my in-ground pepper...

Lots of variables to consider such as pepper variety, soil condition, and weather... I grow lots of sweet banana peppers. When I planted them in-ground in my poor lakeside soil garden, I would get about 6 small peppers per 12-inch-tall plant in a year. I have since built raised beds and...

Yep, I would say you have a deer problem. Good to hear your fencing on the raised beds is working for you.

Yes, that's a different story to be sure. I don't think I would have the energy to work a garden that was nearly an acre in size. Good for you.

It can be very expensive to build raised beds out of cedar or redwood. But they last a very long time. I build raised beds out of pallet wood for less than $2.00 each, and my oldest raised beds are stilling holding up well at 5+ years old. Have you considered putting a critter fence on top of...

What I learned about my bitter melons is that you should transplant them 2 weeks after your average last frost date. We grew our bitter melons up and over a trellis system. There are varieties of bitter melon and some might be transplanted sooner. We had a tropical variety. Thanks for the...

That's what I do, too. It seems to slow down the spread of the bitterness in the green leaves, but not for very long. Basically, if I see the plant bolt, it's done for the season, and I try to harvest as many leaves as I can before pulling the plant out by the roots.

How do you prevent the spinach from bolting outside in the heat? Do you have them under shade, or bring the pots indoors if really warm outside? I think lots of us would like to know how you had your success so we can try to replicate it. Thanks.

I usually grow a number of cool weather greens that don't like hot weather, like Kale, Swiss Chard, and Spinach. I have had moderate success growing them in garden beds that are not exposed to sunlight all day long. Like maybe a bed that is in shade late morning thru the remainder of the day...

:lau Can that be extended to other plants that fail for me? Anyways, love the thought.

In theory, I like the idea of compostable pots. In practice, I ended up with compostable pots that were growing mold on them before they got planted. Probably, totally, my fault. But the pots had so much mold on them that I would not bury them in transplanting. After watching some YouTube...

Some ideas from Google pictures...

Love those trellises from cattle panels. So easy to bend over and you are basically done. I bet they will last a lifetime as well. Thanks for all those pictures. As another option for @JacinLarkwell , I'll show what I did this past year with some salvaged lumber and pallet wood and a stretch of...

It was called "Sunshine Fertilizer" back when I was a kid. We still had a few farmers that raised livestock as well as growing crops. I never really minded the smell of cow manure. I always considered it the smell of a working farm. Don't see many of those old-time family farmers anymore where I...

Are you familiar with the Larry Hall gardening channel on YouTube? He has a number of great videos on using totes, kiddie pools, rain gutters, etc... for gardening. Larry passed on a few years ago, but his videos are still on YouTube and well worth your time to check some of them out. Sounds...

:lau That pretty much sums up my approach to gardening! But it's fun to try different foods.

Great pictures. Love using leaf mold compost for my stuff as well. Most of my chicken run composting system, by bulk, is probably leaves. I don't think you can wrong with using those leaves as the basis for your composting. Fun fact: "Pound for pound, the leaves of most trees contain twice as...