Nude Gardeners

A group for fellow gardeners from around the world.

To Till or Not to Till

I purchased a small farm last year. This year I will need to plant them. Some beds will need to be tilled just because they got a little weedy by the time we got on top of the gardening. Others are in good shape either because we got on top of the...

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Finally ~ some fruit!

What a frustrating year for tomatoes, and I've heard from other gardeners that they've had problems with fruit set. I think we have picked about half a dozen little tomatoes this year, darn it! Have any other naked growers been having a...

Total garden re-work ... any experience?

I have been working hard to save my garden from varied bugs & fungus; the bugs are at bay and the fungus is slowly but steadily taking over. My small tomato crop is suffering a bad case of late blight, the peppers are more or less holding ground,...

Rain rain go away

We are almost 9 inches above average and my poor little garden is drowning

veggies & flowers

Root veggies have been doing ok. Can't get spinach to grow for me. Tomato plants are doing good right now. Many of the flowers that I have planted are doing well. Blackberry bush has stalled as far getting berries to ripen this summer. Letting...

serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)

Has anyone grown a service berry tree or shrub? It's also referred to as: juneberries or shadbush or saskatoon. Like to get your opinions on them.

First vegetables being harvested...

Maybe mine was an early start or I just got lucky, but I've already harvested Everglades tomatoes, green bell peppers, banana peppers, a cucumber and a couple of zucchini ... I hope my luck holds out! The potted vegetables produced all winter...

Spring garden started

I think I'm just a touch late but at least it's moving! I've still got my potted plants from prior years producing ... they're out in the sun with a fresh supply of water & fertilizer; they're still making veggies. My raised beds...

Naked Gardening Days Coming

Every year for the past I travel down to south-central Colorado to the Orient Land Trust and the Everson Ranch for Naked Gardening Day. It's a good time gardening and helping out around the ranch with other naked gardeners. Every year I see a...