by Travis Pflanz | May 26, 2021 | Gardening Journal
For the past few days I have been removing all flowers and plants from the back half of the garage-size bed (from the kitchen window back). This bed gets solid sun from about 2:30pm until 7ish. Since the raised beds in the backyard get filtered sun all day, I wanted... 
by Travis Pflanz | Jun 10, 2021 | Gardening Journal
I finally planted the Back to the Roots Organic Mighty Mix Microgreen Seeds (G 2-3 not listed on package, H 7-10) from the kit my dad bought on WalMart clearance last month. Instead of using the provided compostable trays, I planted the seeds in a square 10″ x... 
by Travis Pflanz | Jun 11, 2021 | Gardening Journal
This morning I realized that my Topsy Tom Tomato plant in the fence-side raised bed bin is actually a small determinate plant. I don’t know how I missed that fact, so I transplanted it into a 5″ diameter, 12″ deep orange planter on the deck. The... 
by Travis Pflanz | Jun 8, 2021 | Gardening Journal
New Potting Soil Mix When I made potting soil the other day, I felt as if it had too much vermiculite. My thought was this may be because my vermiculite is much finer than used in the base recipe video. Today’s mix: Three 2.5 gallon buckets of sifted cotton burr...
