Ask Ruth: Winter Cover Crops
Hello Ruth, I live in East TN and will be digging sweet potatoes in my home garden by the first frost which usually comes in the third week in October. The sweet potatoes are in a 500 square foot area. I am new to cover cropping and have experimented with oats,...
Ask Ruth: Preventing Tomato Blight and Resistant Varieties
Hi Ruth, After this wet summer, I’m wondering if any varieties of tomatoes showed any resistance to the blight (early or late). I grew Opalkas, Amish paste, and Juliets for canning; Cherokee pink, Brandywine Black, Eva Purple Ball, and Early Girl for eating; and...
Ask Ruth: Preparing Soil for a Spring Garden
Hi Ruth. I live just on the edge of Pisgah National Forest at about 3000 ft. I have almost no experience gardening. We have tried a garden for the past few summers that has been unsuccessful mostly I think to lack of sunlight as our land is mostly forested and shaded....
Organic Disease Control
Share this post… Western North Carolina is classified as a temperate rainforest ecosystem. Most people are surprised to hear this, but not organic gardeners. With our fair share of diseases affecting every plant you can imagine, organic gardeners often feel like we’re...