As I’ve told you before we are not really big flower people here at Stoney Acres. Most of our flowers come in the form of perennial bushes and vines. This time of year we do have some real nice color in our yard from all the late spring blooming plants. Here’s a look at what’s in [...]
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Monday Harvest report 5-14-12
May 14th, 2012 
Rick Wow, sorry for the long absence from my blog. Life has just been crazy and blogging has taken a back seat! Never fear though we haven’t slacked off in the garden, lots has been happening and I will try to get you all updated as the week progresses. I finally have something besides carrots [...]
Planting out early tomatoes in Wall-of-waters
May 2nd, 2012 Rick The average last frost date around Stoney Acres is roughly May 15th. But some years we can have frost as late as June 1st. So an important part of season extension for us is the use of “wall-o-waters”. We always like to get a few tomato plants in early every year. Conditions in the summer [...]
Harvest Monday 4-30-12
April 30th, 2012 Rick We finally got some more rain this week. It has helped the lawn green up and kept me from watering the garden. We have also had some very warm weather this week with highs close to 85. That a solid 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. Not a lot to report on [...]
Volunteering at the Tulip Festival
April 28th, 2012 Rick So I bet you have been wondering where the heck I’ve been for the last week or so??? Many of you will remember that I am part of the Utah State University Master Gardeners program. Well one of the requirements of that program is that we give 40 hours of volunteer service. I’ve spent most [...]
