Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: Spring Garden Plans
I am making good use of this cold nasty weather by planning my Spring garden. I have been looking through the catalogs. I placed my order after trimming down my wish list considerably LOL and now I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. I have also been trading seeds I saved from last year with fellow gardeners for things I don't have but would like to grow. Seeds won't be my problem but lack of space may cause me a bit of worry. I am still working on that one. I am trying to figure out what I can grow in containers, what can go in bales and what has to go in beds. Also trying to figure out how to rotate crops to make the best use of my space and the time it takes certain crops to mature. Good thing I still have a while to work on it. It is quite the challenge but one I enjoy.
That is a really lovely picture. Bet the veggies were all super delicious. You have become quite the gardener, judging from that fine produce.
What table would be complete without a horse? Tee hee! That statue is so pretty and knowing what a horse lover you are, I bet someone gave you that as a very special gift.
You are right about the horse. Our church family gave it to me along with several others and a weekend at a cabin in the smokies. Our DS and his family drove up to spend the weekend with us so we had both our kids and DGSs with us. It was a wonderful gift for Pastor Appreciation. I will never forget it.
How very special for you guys. It is great when churches show their love and appreciation for pastors and their families instead of never noticing all of the very special things that you do for them and for the Lord.
I am just now starting to plan mine... I am way late on it this year. What are your plans for your veggie garden this year? I want to have better tomatoes this year. My tomatoes have not been good the past two or three years and I can't figure it out. I will grow the usual bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and squash, but I would like to try some southern veggies as well. Like purple hull peas or butter beans. I am not sure if they will do well here. Do you ever grow your veggies in containers? i am going to do a bit more of that this year, as it means less weeding. My back has gotten worse, so anything that helps is good...
starr _________________ www.fallingstarr.com ... Happiness is a journey, not a destination, and life is what happens while we are busy making other plans...so we smile and travel on ...
You need to check out bale gardening. It's like container gardening in that you don't have to break ground or prepare a bed but it is better because your plants have all the room they need to put down roots. There is virtually no weeding and no bending down. My tomatoes loved the bales.
I have been coping with this horrible winter weather by making my garden plans for the Spring. I have everything in order now and am chomping at the bits to get started. The only thing I have left to do is hang my grow light for starting my seeds under.
I am putting in a new bed about 8' x 24'. I am filling it with composted horse manure and sawdust. I will be growing my cukes in hanging baskets to leave more room on the ground for other stuff. Space is at a premium here on my little lot so I have to garden smartly.
On the contrary, Snookie. It made them taste all the better! LOL Geaux Tigers!!! How about that win over UK? I loved it. I have lived in Ky for 5 years now and I will root for them until they play LSU. I still bleed purple and gold.
I haven't done much planning, but did inventory my seeds and decided not to order onion seed since I didn't need anything else, and the shipping charges would have brought 1 packet of seeds up to gourmet status! Yesterday I bought 200 yellow onion sets and will go that route again this year.
It isn't time to start tomatoes yet, and I still have to finish cleaning out the greenhouse. My neighbor will probably be borrowing space from me again to get his seedlings going.
We are still having little snowstorms. I saw garden soil a few days recently but yesterday it got covered with snow again. Thankfully, not deep snow, so now I can dig holes through it to bury the contents of the kitchen compost bucket.
Last fall I covered a patch of quackgrass with cardboard and newspapers, then put old sheep barn cleanings and moldy straw over it for a potato patch this year. I can just pull it back, make holes, plant the potatoes and cover it again with the same stuff, then add more when the potatoes come up. Not much digging/weeding that way.
The tires where I grew tomatoes and potatoes last year will be used for carrots and parsnips this year because they are deep spots with fluffy soil. Several years ago I remember seeing, on some tv garden show, that somebody grew parsnips in a big cement pipe standing on end, so the roots could grow way down without having to work hard. Stacked tires should provide the same benefit and they are already in place and filled with soil.
Tomatoes will be grown next to a woven wire fence and tied to it, in a spot where I have never grown anything. I have to remember to prune the plants to get bigger tomatoes.
It looks like I have done more planning than I thought!
Cajun, Please tell me more about bale gardening. Are you referring to hay bales, straw bales, or?
Mary, you seem pretty organized to me. A lot more prepared and planned out than I am. I have had too much on my plate this past winter and am way behind on everything. You said to trim the plant back to get bigger tomatoes? Just once or often?
_________________ www.fallingstarr.com ... Happiness is a journey, not a destination, and life is what happens while we are busy making other plans...so we smile and travel on ...
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Home
FAQ
Memberlist
Usergroups
Join! (free) 
Profile
Messages
Login/Out
