Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Garden 2011
Couldn't wait 'till Spring so I bought lots of vegetable seeds today at Lowe's. was glad to see that they carry the Burpee organic line of seeds. I'll start several of these in seed flats down in the basement. I need to find a twin size electric blanket..anyone have one they want to get rid of let me know...for bottom heat for the seedlings. Can't wait to get started:)
Garden 2010
Garden 2010: Used the Mittleider Method for the layout of the rows. This involved making "u" shaped rows about 2 feet apart; think I'll increase the initial space between rows this next year. Ended up with 6 rows in a 25' x 16' space. This type of row worked well for watering as the row slopes from top to bottom by about an inch.
Row 1: tried growing runner beans...beautiful vines~no fruit!
Row 2: 3 types of tomatoes~Sweet 100's~very prolific for just 3 plants
~Roma's~ended up with several of these; bought 3 plants,
but snapped off the suckers and just stuck them
in the ground~they ALL survived so ended up
with 8 plants!
~Cherokee Purples~very good tomato; will plant more
~Better or big Boy~WILL NOT PLANT ANOTHER OF THIS
KIND! Never get any fruit!
Row 3: Cucumbers! galore!~Vanessa West gave me a great pickle receipe (she doesn't even
like pickles!).
Also tried cantelope on this row....will probably try again, but offer more support for
the fruit.
Row 4: 3 kinds of squash~Butternut~got about eight fruits from 2 plants.
~Zucchini~not very prolific~will try again
~Yellow straight neck~again, not very prolific, of course, more
than a couple plants are probably needed.
Row 5: 3 kinds of peppers~jalepeno~good~will try canning these next time
~bananna~good~tried canning some~will grow again
~bells; 2 or 3 colors~did okay and will grow again
Row 6: potatoes~didn't work! May try growing in barrels this next year....
This was a "natural" garden. I tried to use only products in their most God-given form. For pest control I tried to keep a clean garden and used NEEM tree oil. This worked very well. I ended up with one squash vine borer, but caught him early; smushed him then buried the part of the stem it had damaged.
I really enjoyed canning the things I tried...everything was pretty much successful....this was my "learning" year. I asked lots of questions and read an Extension office booklet about canning.
Row 1: tried growing runner beans...beautiful vines~no fruit!
Row 2: 3 types of tomatoes~Sweet 100's~very prolific for just 3 plants
~Roma's~ended up with several of these; bought 3 plants,
but snapped off the suckers and just stuck them
in the ground~they ALL survived so ended up
with 8 plants!
~Cherokee Purples~very good tomato; will plant more
~Better or big Boy~WILL NOT PLANT ANOTHER OF THIS
KIND! Never get any fruit!
Row 3: Cucumbers! galore!~Vanessa West gave me a great pickle receipe (she doesn't even
like pickles!).
Also tried cantelope on this row....will probably try again, but offer more support for
the fruit.
Row 4: 3 kinds of squash~Butternut~got about eight fruits from 2 plants.
~Zucchini~not very prolific~will try again
~Yellow straight neck~again, not very prolific, of course, more
than a couple plants are probably needed.
Row 5: 3 kinds of peppers~jalepeno~good~will try canning these next time
~bananna~good~tried canning some~will grow again
~bells; 2 or 3 colors~did okay and will grow again
Row 6: potatoes~didn't work! May try growing in barrels this next year....
This was a "natural" garden. I tried to use only products in their most God-given form. For pest control I tried to keep a clean garden and used NEEM tree oil. This worked very well. I ended up with one squash vine borer, but caught him early; smushed him then buried the part of the stem it had damaged.
I really enjoyed canning the things I tried...everything was pretty much successful....this was my "learning" year. I asked lots of questions and read an Extension office booklet about canning.
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