Local Harvest Gardening

Awesome work Jen! It looks like your little guy is just as excited as you!

Hi Duane unfortunately most of my experience is with outdoor growing. but we do start our seedlings under lights in early spring, We used a full spectrum LED grow light in one section and LED strip lighting in another. The more expensive full spectrum lights that we used gave better and stockier pla...

This is pretty common on squashes and usually sets on in August. The fungus is powdery mildew and it does well in hot and humid conditions. To slow the onset of the mildew, avoid watering the leaves, or at least water in the morning when they can dry out quickly. You could also thin out some of the ...

Strawberries make a great ground cover for partial shade to full sun sites. I have a bed that we did here at the nursery intermingled with a few shrubs and rhubarb plants. With in a year the strawberries have entirely coverd the ground which of course will prevent erosion. An added benefit is that t...

Animal manures are a gift for the compost pile and chicken manure is high in nitrogen so it makes a great additive to the brown pile. I generally add the bedding and combine it with woody material (wood chips) to counter the high nitrogen content of the manure and it makes a hot fast pile. I usually...

I'm about to plant 3 apple trees to espalier. We have a short chain link fence that I'm going to plant against. Any thoughts on how far from the fence I should plant the trees? I want to be able to weed right up to the fence as I'm waging an ongoing battle with morning glory across our property. I'...

I don't have any photos of the grape but on your next visit to the nursery I would be happy to show it to you.

Hi Yvonne, it looks like you've provided good fertility for your plants to be off to a good start. As they progress into the season, you can start topdressing the soil with a few inches of compost every three or four weeks. Look to the plant for hints as to how you are doing. Yellowing lower leaves ...

Hi Olga, they are very vigorous, but you could train them as a small tree (we have one in our nursery that we do this way). You will definitely require a strong support stake or post to hold up the plant. The key is frequent summer pruning to maintain a small crown. You will see the developing grape...

We grew them years ago on a very sunny south facing wall. They grew to about 6 feet and flowered reliably in September HAve you got them in a full sun location?