I am a Cottage Gardener, and like the traditional cottage gardeners, I grow much of my garden vertically. In this way, I make the best use of my limited garden space. In other words, I grow upwards, as opposed to outwards. Indeterminate Tomatoes Grow Upwards–They Grow Very Tall. Upgrade Determinate Tomatoes have a constrictive growth…
What Is the Difference Between a Determinate and an Indeterminate Tomato – Why Do Some Tomatoes Get Very Tall?
I am planting 7 varieties of tomatoes in my garden this year, and only two of those types of tomatoes, Bush Goliath and Husky Cherry Red, are Determinate Tomatoes. The others are Indeterminate. What Is A Determinate Tomato? A Determinate Tomato Grows in the Garden for a specified period and then stops gaining height–focusing…
Cherokee Native Plants: A Gallery with The Healing Properties of the Plants
Lady’s Slippers Scientific Family: Orhidaceae Cherokee Name: k‛kwĕ΄ ulasúla “Meaning of the Cherokee Name: ‘partridge shoe’ The Cherokee name, K‛kwĕ΄ (‘partridge’) Ulasúla (‘shoe’ or ‘moccasin’), has the same basis as the common name lady’s-slipper. This is due to the pouch-like sac which looks like a shoe, moccasin, or slipper. Uses: “It is believed the Cherokee…
How the World Was Made – A Cherokee Creation Myth
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE “The earth is a great island floating in a sea of water, and suspended at each of the four cardinal points by a cord hanging down from the sky vault, which is of solid rock. When the world grows old and worn out, the people will die and the cords…
The Heirloom Cherokee Purple Tomato – A Darker Fruit — A Plant Steeped in History – Separating Fact from Fantasy
I tried growing a Cherokee Purple Tomato Plant two years ago, and probably because I am biased toward the reddish-pink tomatoes that my grandmother grew, I was not initially impressed. I am not sure that I gave the Cherokee Purple Tomato a fair chance, I have read that chefs love the bolder and heavier flavor…
Native Plants and the History of Cherokee Agriculture in Pre-Colonized USA
About 65 years ago, my family packed our station wagon with a tent, a kitchen box that my dad had built, and other necessities, and set out from our flat cotton-farming Mississippi Delta home toward the Great Smoky Mountains. It was at least half a century later before I began researching that area and native…
How to Create a Garden Journal & Why – To Save Money, I Recommend a DIY System for Making a Journal
I inadvertently create a garden journal via my posts in my blog, on Facebook, and on YouTube. Because all three of these platforms have excellent search resources, I can find when I do almost everything I do in my garden, how I do it, and why. During the winter, as I begin my garden inside,…
Sun Sugar Cherry Tomato A Sweet Treat & The Earliest to Produce in My Garden
Last year was my first experience with growing Sun Sugar Cherry Tomatoes. I bought this variety to co-star in my Children’s Garden, The other star is my Heavenly Blue Morning Glories which perform mightily in October: In Mississippi, my my blue morning glories bloom in October, which is an otherwise orange time of year. Keep…
Super Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes – Great Tomato Flavor – Plant Demands Strong Support
During the summer, I become a child again, as I dart into my garden each morning, with my bucket in hand, just to see what treats are ready to gather and eat. My Super Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes are always ready, with an abundance of treasures on their vines. Because I Repot my plants inside,…