I have a question for you. I live in Colorado and the heat here is just stunting the growth of my garden along with all the weeds. It is to the point I need some weed killer to spray. Do you know what would be safe for my vegetables and kill the WEEDS!
Thank You
Julie

We have been having so much rain this summer here in Wi! Everything is drowning. We got 5″ on Wed. nite followed by another 1″-2″ on Thursday. All of my hanging plants have drowned. Rain gauge has overflowed 3 times in the last 2 weeks. The earwigs are terrible along with the mesquitos(sp?) Other than that not much except it has also been in the 90′s around here but very humid.

PS: your little chicks have really grown up

Hi Julie!
There are a number of ‘organic’ weed killers on the market, including one called Preen.
Easier yet, you can use some simple items from your home cheap and very affective:
Vinegar-may take a few days but works well, esp. in the heat. Red for concurbits, white for -just kidding, either works.
Boiling water kills darn near anything
I prefer to smother mine with newspaper and cardboard. Newspaper held down with mulch, straw or grass trimmings kills almost anything. ome organic gardeners suggest you shy away from the color comic pages aroung veggies.

Weeds will take down the best gardens – good luck!
~GJ

That sounds like our last summer, really bad Sharon-I feel for you. We are so dry I haven’t seen one mosquito yet this summer. And yes, the ladies are becoming just that-each with their own unique personalitles!
Thanks for the comment
~GJ

i live in a trailer park so i have limited room for a garden. i prused your sites and found something that interested me,raised bed gardening. So, I drink iced tea all the time, coffee never interested me, i took the jugs filled them with water and made a square. I filled it with potting soil and planted four tomato plants and three green pepper plants. I have never been able to get anything to grow in pots or the upside down things,but this worked.I put black gardening cloth over before i planted and weeding is minimal. the only thing is i planted the peppers between the tomatoes and the tomatoes are now over 6 feet tall and shading the peppers.lesson learned on that one, lol. I water every evening and I have tons of green tomatoes right now,but few green peppers.

That was i perused prused lol

What a great plan Vicki! -one thing you can do is prune the tomatoes to let more sun onto your peppers. Prune a little, let the tomatoes recover a few days, and prune a little more.
Tomaotes have many more branches than they need.
Here is a pic of some:http://gardeningjones.com/blog/?p=1231 (look for the one that says Staked and Pruned
Good luck!
~GJ

and ty for ur sites they r great.

Hot Hot Hot here in Wyoming. But it’s a dry heat — is that what I heard you say?? No matter, no clouds and 6000ft elevation is hot in the sunshine. We’ve been bringing in hay for our horses this last week. My garden is finally beginning to take off. I tried corn this year for the first time. We only have about 60 guaranteed days of no frost so I’m hoping. I will be picking peas in about a week. Lettuce is hopping. Can’t grow tomatoes without a greenhouse because it gets too cold at night. I put a few extra zucchini seeds in the old compost pile. They are double the size of whats in the garden. Next spring that compost pile will be worked into the veggie plot so it’s good to see it’s full of great nutrients! Now if only I could get rid of my voles……….

Wow Beth, sounds like you have it covered! You have a real working farm, I envy that and appreciate that you share.
I am testing a covered tomato bed for you, to see if it will work. (crosses fingers)
Have you ever tried Baby Corn? Lower requirements and a different product, but we love it
Thanks for all your help with the blog, it means a lot to me!

Sigh

I’ve been packing up two houses, and am actually moving tomorrow to the new old house…I put in three tomatoes, and darn if the plum doesn’t have wilted leaves. I will have to pull it. It’s been terribly hot in Phila, no real rain other than spotty showers on occasion. My other two plants are pitiful. One tomato. At least the plum has three. Woohoo bruschetta! The basil is loving this weather. Well that’s my meager planting….and fail. I love the way a vegetable garden looks, sounds, and smells. Once I bring some happiness into that house, the garden will sing….I hope….as all gardeners do.

Good luck on the move Maureen! Next year’s garden is somthing to look forward to. Much happiness in the new house!
~GJ