Category: Kentucky Gardening

I’ll admit it: my Cherokee Purple and Roma tomatoes had me sweating after Kentucky’s summer solstice on June 20, 2025 heat prediction. Plus the week before brought tons of heavy rain to Kentucky. These beauties in my raised in-ground garden bed were sprawling like nobody’s business, and I worried about sunscald and that pesky “green…

Hey there, Bloom and Peck family! The summer solstice is here, lighting up our gardens today, Friday, June 20, 2025, at 9:42 p.m. Central Time. It’s the longest, sunniest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and for us gardeners and homesteaders in Zone 7, it’s a celebration of growth, abundance, and the magic…

Raspberry Revival Part 2: Tula Magic Raspberries Bloom with Patience Some links in this post are affiliate links (but not all). This means if you click and buy, I might earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Your support helps keep my garden dreams growing—thank you from the bottom of my heart!…

🌱 I’m Erin with Bloom & Peck, and I’m back with Part 3 of my Tomato Trials series from my Zone 7 KY homestead. It’s May 17, 2025, and I’m 24 days post-surgery, sticking to my 10lb limit and no-bending rule with my homemade planter gardening setup. See the Full Tomato Trials series Here 🍅…

Companion Planting Marigolds with Tomatoes in my Container Garden See the Entire Kentucky tomato planting series Here Updated May 16, 2026. Hello, fellow growers! 🌱 I’m Erin with Bloom & Peck, and I’m back with an exciting update to my Tomato Trials series here in Zone 7 KY. It’s May 15, 2025, and I’m 22…

Hello, fellow growers! 🌱 I’m kicking off my Kentucky Companion Planting Series with companion planting basil on my Zone 7 homestead. 🌿 On Mother’s Day, my son surprised me with a DIY cattle panel trellis he built for my Cherokee Purple tomato in a container planter—right at chair height so I can tend to it…

A Mother’s Day Surprise Kickstarts My Tomato Trials with Container and a Quick DIY Trellis Hello, fellow growers! 🌱 I’m over the moon to start my Tomato Trials: Exploring Adaptive Trellis Setups for Sustainable Gardens on my Zone 7 Kentucky homestead. 🍅The journey began with a heartwarming surprise on Mother’s Day—my son crafted a Tomato…