Tag Archive: tomato

2025 Growing Season Photo Dump.

It is November and the growing season in New England is officially over. Please enjoy this photo-dump of all things 2025 from the Food It Yourself garden. Okay, I know you are all… Continue reading

We’re Hot to Grow

A mightily impressive heatwave recently set upon the eastern USA. Many cities hit high temperature records. Every news outlet reminded residents to drink water, stay out of the sun during mid-day, and check… Continue reading

2025 Food It Yourself Garden-Slowly but Surely

It was a cool, wet spring here in Central Massachusetts. Indeed, we have had flood watches more than once. In between the heavy, intermittent showers I did manage to get the Food It… Continue reading

Ready To Get Ready

January and February were rough here in central Massachusetts. There was snow, sleet, freezing rain, gale-force wind, and an extended deep freeze. We have all enjoyed complaining about it. It should be stated… Continue reading

2024 Food It Yourself Garden Review

No fruits, no leaves, no flowers, no trees, NOVEMBER! This old English saying just about sums it up for New England, also. We have had a couple of frosts here in central Massachusetts.… Continue reading

Lunch!

It is that time of year, DIYeters. The time of year when I am searching for ways to use up the last of my tomatoes. This was a much better year in central… Continue reading

Growing Well, So Far!

Tomorrow is the summer Solstice, and the Food It Yourself garden is off to a grand start. Although tomorrow is also the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere, the heat… Continue reading

Food It Yourself Garden 2024- The Plan

Oh my, has May been a busy month here at Food It Yourself HQ. We spent May the Fourth filling a 15 yard dumpster with stuff from our garage and cellar. We had… Continue reading

Getting Springier

We made it through winter, February thaw, more winter, false spring, encore winter, fools’ spring, and winter’s final stand, and it is now officially spring-ish in central New England! My fruit salad tree… Continue reading

Poised to Spring

The weather in New England is New Englanding extra hard this month. We had a spate of perfect maple sugaring weather (warm days, light freeze at night), then some down right toasty days… Continue reading