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I only asked because of your timing. Yes, it is time for the early Spring veggies, like spinach, radish, etc. Swiss chard is pretty good, too.
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April 23rd, 2009 | #22 |
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Gonna prep the garden this weekend, as the weather is going to be perfect.
I have a friend who has one of those small roto-tillers that we are going to use to till the bed, and I am going to add the initial ferts now. Won't be able to actually get anything into the garden before the second week in May at the earliest, as frost is still an issue this far North. Looks like we will be planting: Tomato (several varieties, beefsteak and cherry, of course, as long with several heirloom strains) Lettuce (red sail & green sail, bibb) Potato (fingerling/red) Bell Pepper (red/green/yellow) Onions (vidalia/green) Jalapeno Pepper Cabbage Cucumber Eggplant Watermelon (2 varieties) Pumpkin Will also have a large herb garden. We have more room than we really need, so if anyone has a suggestion for something we should consider growing please let me know. Also going to plant a few apple trees this spring.
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April 23rd, 2009 | #23 |
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I dont know how well they grow in your area, but my family loves green beans, zucchini and other squash varieties. Spinach and/or Swiss Chard go over well too.
Maybe some other melons sense you have the room. Musk melon (cantaloupe) honey dew and other sweet melons are always a summer favorite. Carrots? Corn? Beets? Again I dont know what your climate will hold, but all these are what I would grow, had I the space and climate.
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April 23rd, 2009 | #25 |
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Carrots. Duh. Of course.
Gonna look into the Swiss chard as well. Never had it in my life. Everyone grows corn around here, they damn near give it away at the numerous road-side stands which abound out here in the country, (12 ears for a buck) & I just never got the taste for beets.
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Good point about the corn, When its that cheap its better to buy. Maybe you can find something that few others plant to use as trade? Its always nice to have a network. IMO, the best way to plan what you want to grow is to look at what you eat, give to family and friends or can trade. As a kid, we had several cherry, plum, apricot and peach trees. There was no way we could eat it all as it was ripe. We made fruit roll ups, jams, jellies, pies... you get the picture. As events like birthdays, holidays or just family get togethers came about during the year, one highlight was having a taste of the garden on the table. From my grandmothers pickled beets, to the kids eating fruit roll ups we didnt waste anything we planted because we didnt like it.
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May 7th, 2009 | #27 |
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Supposed to wait until May 15th to avoid any possibility of a frost, but got most of the garden in on Tuesday. I think we have had our last frost.
Perfect weather, there were six of us digging and planting, so it went very quickly and a great time was had by all. Besides beefsteak, we put in a bunch of very cool looking heirloom tomato varieties we found on sale at Meijers. The peppers/lettuce/onions/carrots/taters/cukes are in. There has been a steady soaking rain the past couple of days, which I hope will help to get the garden off to a good start. On a side note, I saw one of those "Topsy-Turvy" upside-down tomato growers for $15, so I bought one and put a large Cherokee Black tomato plant in it, and filled it with Miracle-Gro potting soil, and hung it off the porch. I'm very curious to see how well it does.
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May 7th, 2009 | #28 | |
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I did a tomato bucket last year and doing two this year. In 08 had a nice grape tomato plant, grew to about four square feet out of a 3.5-gallon bucket. Didn't use any stakes or fence, and it sprawled all over the place. Doing two buckets this year, oneapiece. with 'Sweet 100' 'hybrid tomato.' These are cherry tomatoes, about 1" sized. The grapes are just a bit small. Going to try a second plant, some kind of bush tomato, once it comes in at the garden store. Interestingly, the garden guy told me that some varieties of tomato only fruit once. Others fruit til frost. Same with strawberries. I thought all tomatoes just kept going until it got too cold, but not so. |
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May 7th, 2009 | #29 |
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Thought I would list the varieties of heirloom tomatoes we planted:
Black Krim Yellow Boy Cherokee Purple Green Zebra Mr. Stripey Red Brandywine Livingston's Golden Queen If we get the yields we are hoping for, we have a perfect location for a road-side stand to sell some of our crop.
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May 7th, 2009 | #30 |
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Anyone have experience adjusting soil pH? I need to go from 7 to 5. What's the easiest and cheapest way?
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May 7th, 2009 | #31 | |
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7 is neutral. 5 is so acidic that only blueberries and potatoes will be happy. Everything else likes neutral to alkaline, which is 7 to 7.5. Go to your local County "extension" which is the government farm office,buy a soil test envelope, take a soil sample and mail it in in that envelope. You'll get a detailed report back of what to do with your soil. The ways to get a more alkaline soil is to add lime or wood ashes. Here's how I prepare my soil-- I take drums from dead clothes dryers, which are like bottomless barrels. I dig down about 4 inches and put the native soil in a large wheelbarrow, a Rubbermaid Agrifab cart I got from Ace Hardware. I killed the cheaper wheelbarrows and had to get something good. I put the dryer drum in the shallow hole, put in horse manure, add in native soil and layer horse manure, light sprinkle of lime (if not blueberries or potatoes) native soil, and so on. Fill the dryer drum, pull it off and I have a mound. Do a row of mounds and then rake them together -- raised beds done. I have a lot of garden where I did this last year, and this year that soil is really soft and spongy and moist. Real easy to pull weeds out of such loose soil. I'm not sure if loosening the soil is really necessary for the plants, but it makes it a lot easier for the gardener. I've seen gardeners around here getting plenty of tomatoes and eggplants and peppers out of soil that looks like dried up, cracked pavement. But the weeds that grow in such soil are really hard to pull. Here's my garden from June of last year: |
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May 8th, 2009 | #32 |
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I want to mention something that a lot of us individualistic White men need to understand.
If you don't personally own land, chances are you could make a connection with someone who does. Some older person, or someone who doesn't want to work in the dirt but has some land. Check out "Spin Farming: http://www.spinfarming.com/ SPIN stands for S-mall P-lot IN-tensive It also stands for s-mall p-lot in-dividualistic because everyone implements SPIN in a different way. It is highly adaptable and compliments any other growing system. It transfers food production to backyards, front lawns and neighborhood lots and shows how to turn a garden into a significant source of food and/or income. A common denominator between both commercial and home and community-based farming operations, SPIN is both a call-to-good-eating and a call-to-farm. What is SPIN-Gardening? SPIN-Gardening™ is a do-it-yourself vegetable food production system that enables you to grow a steady and dependable supply of vegetables that have all the quality of farm-grown and all the convenience of store-bought. It shows you how to adapt the professional sub-acre farming techniques of SPIN-FarmingŪ to your home outdoor space or community garden plot by working part-time or full time, working alone or with family, friends or a like-minded group. All that is required is a modest investment in gear and a radically new understanding of what it means to be a home gardener. Best of all, SPIN-Gardening can be implemented wherever you happen to live! Who is SPIN-Gardening? There is no one profile of a SPIN gardener. Some are high-minded and others are plain thinkers. Some are motivated by principles; others by pragmatism. Some seek purposeful exercise while others want lower food bills. What unites them all is a desire to re-identify with the basics in life and create a place for food production within their families, neighborhoods and communities. How Much Space Does a SPIN Gardener Need? The typical starting size of a SPIN-Gardening operation is 500 - 1,000 square feet and a productive land base can be assembled from multiple locations. If you don't have a big yard – or any yard – one of the ways to obtain prime backyard cropland is Craigslist! Average going rate is $100 per 1,000 square feet per season, water included. So Is This a Movement? A society not only must have its ideals; they must from time to time be re-constituted in a way that sparks our imaginations and guides our strivings. That is what is happening now. Across several countries, at countless sustainability forums, eco-expos and green gabfests, people are coming together to think things through again, make certain re-appropriations, create a new ideal. For many, especially those in cities and towns, this new ideal includes meeting more food needs locally. SPIN can help. While the last few decades have seen many last harvests as cropland was turned into concrete, SPIN is for those who will tend cropland amid concrete. May SPIN-Gardening pave the way for many first harvests... |
May 13th, 2009 | #33 |
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Good stuff, guys. I'm insanely jealous of the room you have to grow!
But I have one thing you guys don't... ...a garden guy who is one neckerchief short of being Mr. Furley. It cracks me up every time I see him how much he looks like Don Knotts. Today I went over to try to get a second tomato plant. He has recommended an Early Girl Bush tomato, which produces larger fruits and is somehow designed for limited spaces. Unfortunately, it's still not in yet. I have my first plant up and running. I feed it miracle gro once a week. |
May 13th, 2009 | #34 |
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Over the last couple of days I've been preparing my seeds for sprouting and ultimately planting once it's clear they're going to grow.
Bought some of those small trays (empty) peat moss containers that have 10 compartments per tray. Also bought a bag of organic planting soil\material. Planted 10 different vegetables in each of the 10 trays. Hot Pepper: Serrano Tampequino Okra - Jimmy T Radish - Japanese Minowase Daikon Pink Tomato - Arkansas Traveler Tomato - Homestead Eggplant - Louisiana Long Green Squash - Crookneck Early Golden Cucumber - Japanese Long Brussel Sprouts - Long Island Improved Broccoli - Calabrese Green Sprouting On advise from Kievesky I purchased a pack of Southern Medium from http://rareseeds.com They even have forums for those who need help. I'll post some pics as my plants sprout and (I hope) thrive. Also bought one of these on Kievesky's recommendation. http://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/9-Tray-Large-Excalibur-with-26-hour-Timer-3926T-28-37-regular-prod.htm Once I'm out on the property I'll have at least an acre for my garden. Might clear more land but I'd like to keep it as wooded and private as possible. Last edited by OTPTT; May 13th, 2009 at 04:49 PM. |
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If you would like your harvest spread out so you can enjoy it over a longer period of time, look for indeterminate types.
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What I want is an indeterminate variety with large fruit. And preferably a sharper taste rather than blander. |
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May 14th, 2009 | #38 | |
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Planted a couple Red Brandywines this season. Never really planted anything but Beefsteak or Cherry before. We have a total of 19 tomato plants. All the plants seem to be doing exceptionally well. I think the rain we had the past week really set them in good. The Cherokee Purple in the "Topsy-Turvy" has absolutely doubled in size, so I have high hopes for it as well. Does anyone save rainwater?
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May 14th, 2009 | #40 |
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i laid in some asparagus last year. it sprouted this year but weakly, I need to boost the yield somehow.
I have perennial chive, strawberry, and green onion going like crazy now. I thought my dog dug up my whole garlic patch but he must have missed twelve cloves because they're sprouting well now. I got some tomato seedlings going with the kids then somebody stuck em in a dark spot and they all wilted. I will just go buy some starts from the hardware, which works fine and is well worth the buck each I pay. I live between engineers in suburbs and both guys plant crazy successful gardens compared to my piddling beds. Oh well, better than nothing eh- |
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