I was reading msn.com today and saw this article about an increase in price for vegetables and salad because of the cold weather that California had in January. Click here to read it. Read More
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Category Archives: Cape Mayhem Garden
Possible Rise in Tomato Prices
I was reading MSN.com today and came across this article about tomato prices increasing. Not sure how this situation will turnout, but I am glad I picked up a second garden plot at the Ocean Beach Community Garden so that I can grow a whole plot of heirloom tomatoes. Read More
Cape Mayhem Gardens Update – Tomatoes nearing the End
So this is the most recent picture I have of Cape Mayhem Gardens. My camera was dropped on my birthday and broke so I am using Kelly’s. I would love for this to be the reason I have been slow to post, but I have just been too busy to make a post…sorry. As you can tell, the tomatoes are not looking so hot. I think they will be ‘done’ soon, but I am waiting to see if any more fruit will come. I am also debating putting in a few tomatoes that I had in pots to try to sneak in some late season tomatoes. The rest of the garden is still doing pretty well though and I have been taking a gardening class at the Solana Center in San Diego. I am getting excited to give my first full time effort to grow cool season crops like Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, etc. Read More
Cape Mayhem Gardens Update – Vermicompost, Beans, Corn and Lady Bugs
Sorry for the uber late post…This was from 2 Sundays ago after I did all that worm work. It was my birthday last Friday and the celebration started on Thursday which didn’t leave a lot of time to post. I ended up going to the nursery for a few supplies and ended up buying a 6 pack of pole beans and an edamame plant, a bunch of lady bugs, and 2 giant stakes to tie the tomato plants to. The picture on the left is the vermicompost that I harvested from my Worm Factory 360. I bought the lady bugs to eat the catepillars that were eating the tomato leaves and fruit. After learning that legumes put nitrogen back into the soil, I decided to buy some bean plants to help put some nutrients back in the ground. I also want to experiment with the Native American method of the 3 sisters garden, except I’ll only be using corn and beans. Read More
Cape Mayhem Garden Update – Tomato Questions
It’s been 2 weeks since I last updated everyone with how our cape mayhem garden is doing…sorry about that. I went up to San Fran and Napa for a 5 day vacation, then to Big Bear for Grant’s birthday blowout. Ill show you what’s going on in the garden, but my main focus is going to be on the tomatoes. This year I have been removing the yellow leaves/dead branches on the plants. I’m not sure if I should be. You can tell in the picture on the left that the bottom third of so of my plants are pretty bare (notice how there are no leaves in the next two pictures). I think as the tomato begins to fruit, it focuses on giving the water and nutrients to the fruit versus old branches/leaves. Can anyone confirm this to ease my concerns that I’m doing something wrong? This year I have also been watering way less than years past, just once or twice a week. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. To see if that is the issue, I have begun watering every other day. I am going to buy some mulch this weekend as well to help with water conservation. I will let you know what happens. Read More
Cape Mayhem Gardens Update – July 10th
Sorry it has taken me so long to get another update on the blog. Happy late 4th of July from Cape Mayhem Gardens as well, hope everyone had a good day. We barbequed over at the garden and spent the day near the beach. We watched some good fireworks to end the night and then proceeded to take part in the Ocean Beach marshmallow fight afterward. Everyone brings bags of mallows to throw at each other after the works, very fun. Read More
Cape Mayhem Gardens Update June 27th
I went over to the garden this morning after my bike ride to take some pictures and water. As you can see, the garden looks pretty good. Our tomatoes are green,tall and bushy, the pepper plants are doing great. We have started getting sunshine at the beach too! Since last friday, we have had the sun out all day. It has been very nice and I’m sure the plants are loving it. I gave them a nice deep watering this morning. Read More
Cape Mayhem Gardens Update 6/18 – Garden Maintenance
So last week I noticed that there were white spots on the cucumber leafs. I did some googling and discovered that they have powdery mildew. The picture on the left shows a large patch of it on one leaf, but if you look at the other leaves, you’ll see a bunch of white dots on the leaves. Read More
Cape Mayhem Garden Status Update – We Have Fruit!
Well, it’s been a few days since I was over at the garden. I had my cousin Liz and her baby Chester in town for a week. I rode my bike over to the garden this morning to water the tomatoes since it had been a week since the last time. They might not have needed it, but it was going to be a warm day and figured that they could use it. Here is the left half of the garden. Read More
Cape MayHEM Garden-2011
Pics from the garden in OB, SD, CA from 2011 with Jon Zuppan…the sexy stud. The tomatoes are pretty much as tall as they got last year. How tall do your tomatoes get?[gallery] Read More