Tall Clover Farm

Growing Puget Sound Peaches:  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly After trying to grow peaches this year, I think I may turn to something easier, like rearing silkworms or raising sea monkeys. My optimistic nature suffered as an unusually long, wet spring  hindered pollination, and cooler-than-average summer temperatures thwarted vigorous tree growth and fruit [...]

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My Favorite Seed Catalogs When friends ask, “So Tom, what are you reading these days?” I have to skirt the truth. I cite something I’ve read before or some nonfiction tome that brings this line of questioning to a speedy halt. Truth be told, I do read regularly; it’s just my books of choice are seed [...]

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I love this pumpkin, warts and all! Galeux d’Eysines pumpkin roasted and ready for its pie debut. I’m not sure when I first fell in love with growing things. It’s a fascination I can’t recall not having. Of all the things I’ve grown or grow, pumpkins seem the most magical to me. A teardrop-shaped seed the [...]

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