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Ask Ruth: Scouting for Microclimates

by Ruth Gonzalez | Dec 2, 2013 | Organic Home Growing

Dear Ruth, My fall garden has not done well. The lettuce is under row cover but it already looks awful at the end of November and the real winter has not even started yet. Thoughts? Michael J. Asheville, NC Dear Michael, Winter is an awesome time to take visual note...

Ask Ruth: Winter Cover Crops

by Ruth Gonzalez | Oct 28, 2013 | Organic Home Growing

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

by Ruth Gonzalez | Oct 4, 2013 | Organic Home Growing

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

by Ruth Gonzalez | Aug 26, 2013 | Organic Home Growing

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

by OGS | Aug 23, 2013 | Organic Home Growing

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...

Ask Ruth: Why is my Fruit Dropping?

by Ruth Gonzalez | Jul 29, 2013 | Organic Home Growing

Dear Ruth, This is the second year my fruit trees (plum, peach,) have produced bumper crops of fruit and shed every piece of it on the ground. By July there is not one piece of fruit on the tree. Can you help me figure out what is happening? Last year the apple tree...