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suhlut -> sherry sherry quite contrary.. How will your garden grow? (3/5/2009 8:10:33 AM)
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Yeah.. its that time of year again!
Time to start planning a garden..
i have grown gardens of veggies and fruits for around 8 or so years.. but they were always rather small gardens and were learning experiences mostly, and resulted in small output in quantity.
Last year, after making my garden a bit larger, and thus making it impossible to hand weed, well.. i listened to bad advice.. and my garden was a complete failure.
This year, i plan on making it even LARGER.. Bought my own rottotiller.. and will be going to the Amish (my father is close friends with an Amish family) for rotted and composted horse manure once again..
i also plan on learning how to can this year so i can can what i wont freeze.
This year i am once again attempting a few veggies i have no previous luck growing (damned green peppers..lol) and also trying a few new veggies that i havent ever tried growing before. I plan on this years garden to once again be a learning garden.. where i will carefully watch what works and what doesnt, but i am also hoping for a much larger yeild this year compared to past gardens.. at least that is the hope.
i think home gardens are going to be more and more popular.. esp with the way the economy is.. and have seen a huge growth of people growing gardens locally. That makes buying seeds a bit harder, with such a huge demand.. and so.. i have already purchased this years seeds. i think i may have been the first this year, lol..cause there were plenty of seeds to choose from, and i was there to buy the second day after they were out for sale. i also purcashed a small indoor greenhouse, so will be starting my garden seeds inside. (Tried that last year, but didnt have a green house..and my cats LOVED LOVED LOVED eating up the fresh greens.. and so all my work went into kitty tummies... THIS year the greenhouse will make sure the cats cant get to em)
i am so glad that i havent only just begun learning, because the 8 years of gardens have taught me a ton of valuable information.. i feel bad for those whom are only just begining to learn, failure rates can be so high and if they are counting on the garden for a lasting winter food supply, well that is much harder then most realize.
So, i say if you have room to grow a garden,but never have, start now. Use this years garden as a learning experience.. and gain whatever knowledge you can, before a home garden becomes a necessity for a food source.
Sharing your bounty come fall.. would also be great.
This year, "sherry's" garden will grow.. Peas, green peppers, acorn squash,snap peas, carrots, 2 varieties zucchini, watermelon, green beans, sweet corn, butternut squash, Pumpkins for halloween carving, cucumber, tomato, small sugar pumpkins for pie,yellow summer squash, and something i have never heard of before ~ Kohlrabi.
As always, we have two fruit trees (an apple and a peach) plus we were promised last years strawberry plants will come back this year..if not, we will plant more.
Soooo.. all fellow gardeners.. what will YOUR garden grow this year?
And please share any points and tips, or hints for how to grow a garden with better success.. Especially to help those just learning.
My biggest issue are weeds.. The garden has increased to such a size that i cant hand pull weeds, and i have no clue how farmers keep away weeds, cause they surely cant be out there hand pulling weeds.. so if anyone has and help with that..tips ect.. please share?
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