The blog
Long, sourced articles about the vegetable garden: what to plant and when, which pairings actually hold up, how to read a sowing calendar.
6 min read
Blossom end rot is not a disease, not a fungus, and almost never a shortage of calcium in your soil. It is a water supply problem inside the plant, which changes entirely what you should do about it.
6 min read
There is no single correct distance between two tomato plants. Here are the three variables that decide it, the spacings most growers work from, and how to adjust them for your own plot.
7 min read
Late blight is not a fungus, and that distinction explains everything else. Its biology sets the terms: liquid water on the leaves and a moderate temperature. Everything that actually works consists of denying it those terms.
4 min read
"After the last frost" is not a method. Here are the three signals that actually determine planting time, and how to read them where you live.
4 min read
Tomato companion planting is a field where tradition and evidence disagree. Here is what holds up, what is shaky, and what actually decides your crop.
Marmanda turns this advice into a dated, placed plan for your own plot.
