L'orto di Bruno [Bruno's Vegetable Garden]

Welcome to my gardening blog.

For a few years I didn't have much free time for gardening. In September last year, I decided to do a bit more in my backyard. I'll write about some of the recent developments on this blog.

In the meantime, you can read the posts for my first growing season (September 2004 to May 2005). Those posts include tips and tricks which I continue to find useful nowadays. As per the note for first-time visitors, here is the recommended reading order for that first season:

1. Introduction
2. Initial Preparations
3. First Plantings
4. Stakes and Trellises
5. Late October
6. First Week of November
7. Second Week of November
8. Third Week of November
9. Fourth Week of November
10. Start of Summer
11. Second Week of December
12. Harvesting the Beans
13. First Tomatoes Ripen
14. Last Week of December
15. A Windy New Year
16. Second Week of January
17. Finally Some Rain
18. Return of the Shadecloths
19. Strange Summer / First Week of February
20. Second Week of February
21. Mulch Time, Again / Third Week of February
22. End of Summer / Last Week of February
23. Start of Autumn
24. Second Week of March
25. Third Week of March
26. Easter 2005
27. Hottest. April Day. Ever.
28. Equal. Hottest. April Day. Ever.
29. A Return to Normality
30. All Quiet on the Garden Front
31. The Last Days of the Tomato Plants
32. Tomato Plants Uprooted!
33. On Hiatus Over Winter