Most modern gardeners have turned to grow cucumbers in pots. Cucumbers are a summer favorite and a must-grow plant in every home. When growing in containers, make sure you have enough horizontal and vertical space around the containers.
You can then choose a sunny location, pick the right pot, fill the right soil, and compost the mixture before directly sowing your seeds. For the step-by-step of growing cucumber in pots, I recommend you to follow this detailed guide from BGN.
With the lack of blog updates lately, I realized that I hadn’t shared some of the photos I took at the last Arcadia Edible Garden Tour. We only got to see a few of the gardens before we had to head on over to the Sweet Life market and help out at the booth, but what we did see was amazing and inspiring! Gardeners are truly special people with a great connection to the earth and our roots, and I feel so lucky to have seen some of their beautiful spaces.
Things have been quietly busy this last month. We’ve been spending a lot of time in Grammy’s pool and working on keeping an active toddler inside with the 108 degree weather. This is no easy feat, when I am constantly reminded that we should visit that “Pooh”, or toddler translation, “Pool”. It’s been hard to stay motivated with this heat, but I have had time to start a couple of projects. One of which is painting the top kitchen cabinets white. This is kind of a big deal. It’s taken me 3 years to convince Husband that this is a
Raised bed gardens are relatively easy to set up and maintain. They require a smaller space than traditional gardens, making them suitable for urban dwellers or anyone with limited outdoor space.
When you plant your tomatoes, you can apply some of these homemade tomato fertilizer recipes to the soil. You can also side-dress your plants with a fertilizer once they have reached a certain height. To encourage healthy root growth, add some root fertilizer to the soil.