We have survived two hailstorms this spring already, but our keyhole gardens are doing quite well. Most of the planting was done in mid-March, so you can see that everything planted is pretty much on schedule. Dr. Deb’s (Tolman) silo … Read More
3/18 – Retractable Raised-Bed Keyhole Garden Cover 3/26 – Visit To Celina Garden Club 4/23 – Keyhole Gardens Looking Good
It has been about two weeks since I planted my Keyhole Farm gardens for spring and, so far, plants are coming up well and greenery is becoming more visible. On Monday, I visited Celina Garden Club in Celina, Texas, to … Read More
DO-IT-YOURSELF INSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED HERE This winter (2017 and 2018) I have spent considerable time attempting to come up with an easy-to-use garden cover for my Keyhole Farm gardens to protect plants when Mother Nature turns a cold shoulder to my … Read More
It has been awhile since my last post. As the year comes to an end, I have still been picking tomatoes and carrots out of Keyhole Farm gardens and making plans for the start of the new year. In November, … Read More
Last year after the hot days of summer hit and the tomatoes quit making, I pulled them up, except for one plant, and was surprised when fall arrived and they made a comeback, producing excellently. This year, I left most … Read More
The below Easy Frame Construction video provides pointers about assembling the frame part of keyhole garden kits. Here is an approximately 15-minute Frame Assembly Video (partially sped up) that reveals it can be done by one person in about 25 … Read More
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Ryan Pankau, a horticulture educator with University of Illinois Extension, recently penned an article for The News-Gazette that features keyhole gardens manufactured from Keyhole Farm kits sold in Texas. Entitled “In the Garden:Keyhole gardening growing in popularity,” Pankau’s piece explains … Read More
Goober Pyle of the Andy Griffith Show might be proud to know this, as would Snoopy for his namesake cartoon, but Keyhole Farm this season embarked on something new — to determine if peanuts could be raised in a keyhole … Read More
Hot weather is upon us in Central Texas. We have been busy at Keyhole Farm picking a multitude of tomatoes early this month, along with Swiss chard, potatoes, and jalapenos, in particular. We also hosted several tours of our facility, … Read More
We are into early May and the keyhole gardens at the Keyhole Farm experiment station are looking quite well. We have begun harvesting spring crops and more are nearing that point. Even though spring is a great time to develop … Read More
My plants are doing exceedingly well at this stage, as this is posted on April 23. Our annual keyhole garden tour occurred on Friday (April 21) and just prior to its opening we shot some video of our keyhole gardens … Read More
I held my breath this morning (April 2). We had a massive storm and it was predicted we might have baseball-size hail. Luckily, we just had thunder, lightning, high winds, and rain. The plants in my keyhole gardens are looking … Read More
We are halfway through March and the greenery in my keyhole gardens is starting to show. Actually, some plants had begun erupting from the soil about a week ago (which was about a week after we planted), but a frost … Read More
As teased in our December update, a month-long experiment was conducted in January 2017 to determine if perhaps seeds planted in wood-smoked soil would do better than ones planted in regular soil, the idea being to add carbon content to … Read More
As noted in the last update in October, I have been very busy with a special project, namely the authorship and publishing of a new book. It is now available through Amazon and at other locations. Its title is “Revisit … Read More
“Where were the August and September monthly updates?” you might wonder. To supply a short answer, I simply did not have time to do it. My days have been spent working on an important deadline-based book project, filling keyhole garden … Read More
We are now putting up with 100-plus temperature days of sunshine in Central Texas, so thinking of fall gardening might seem premature. However, it is not if you want to maximize your gardening experience on the calendar. Now is a … Read More