Last year I bought 3 Dwarf Blueberry plants for patio containers. I knew I would not have berries the first year, but had high hopes for this summer. They just seemed to have been struggling. I would see blossoms, but then berries just would not fully form. I mentally gave up hope for this season, but have kept them healthy with hopes of a bumper crop next year. What a WONDERFUL surprise today when I went out to water and found ripe blueberries!!! The first [...]

Several days ago I came home from work and was watering my container vegetable plants. I seemed to be missing a red tomato. A little upset that I had a tomato poacher, I was hoping that it might have been one of the kids in the neighborhood, and it felt good thinking that a child was eating a fresh tomato. A couple days later, I notice what appeared to be tomato shrapnel on one of the pavers. I was in a hurry and did not [...]