During our morning cleanup and walkthrough, this small red potato made itself known. I guess it’s time to dig up some new red potatoes!
Zone: 8a – suburbs
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Writer/videographer: Tom Myrick
After a few days of rain, the sunshine has decided to come out. Our cherry tomatoes and red potatoes are loving it!
Writer: Tom Myrick
After ‘hardening off,’ these young cherry tomato plants were ‘planted out‘ into the garden.
The area where they are growing had leafy vegetables grown there last season. This method is part of our ‘crop rotation‘ practice.
Writer: Tom Myrick
The red potatoes are starting to sprout. We will harvest every other plant for small tender baby red potatoes in about three months. The larger, mature tubers are harvested later in the season when the remaining potato plants’ leaves turn yellow.
Writer: Tom Myrick
With the 2023 growing season approaching, we have prepared the vegetable garden plan for the Veggie-Bed.
We rotated all the vegetable plots according to our crop rotation practice. The crops selected produced a high yield in the previous growing seasons.
Over ten years in the making, the Veggie-Bed is a no-till, raised-row, organic garden in which the vegetables are grown in succession to avoid depleting the soil and to control weeds, pests, and diseases. The garden is section-off into two 20 by 10-foot gardens. Each section is divided into two ten by 10-foot plots where vegetables are grown according to their type (root, leaf, legumes, fruit).
Our backyard garden is located in the suburbs of the Western Branch area of Chesapeake, VA. The property is less than 3/4 of an acre, and we use approximately 450 square feet in the backyard.
Concentrating on quality and not quantity, we give each plant plenty of room to grow and increase its yield. We mix organic compost from our compost pile into each row during the winter and use no fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides in the garden.
Writer: Tom Myrick
Oh boy! The cukes are beginning to flow. With these, we will make one of our favorite summer dishes – cold cucumber soup.
Writer: Tom Myrick
Grown for hundreds of years in the Mediterranean, Asia, and tropical regions of Africa, this pomegranate is one of many growing on this tree. Planted by my father almost 50 years ago, the tree has continually yielded fruit. Packed with antioxidants and nutrients, pomegranates are one of our favorite fruits.
Writer: Tom Myrick
Urban Gardening 
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