Shadowfax
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So who out here is doing the Veggie thing? My wife and I had grown a few Tomato and Pepper plants within a flower garden for years. Last year we decided to give the real deal a try. I shlepped out and bought a tiller, fencing, all the ingredients for the soil and many bags of licorice root mulch for the walkways.
We had a decent turnout last year and just got everything in for this year over the weekend.
In about 2 weeks, we can harvest the 75 heads of Garlic that was planted at Thanksgiving. They are at least double the size from our first try, but we also started with larger heads from Wegmans this time.
Also in are the following:
About 100 Onions - Red, White, and Yellow
2 different Rhubarb plants
15 Potato plants just for fun, not a serious plot but you get enough for a few meals of Home Fries.
40 Green Onions (scallions)
A full row of Peas (at least 100 individual plants climbing a fence)
Lettuce - Black Seeded Simpson and Romain
3 different types of Swiss Chard - Red, White, Green
24 Pepper plants ranging from Cayenne, Jalapeno, Rainbow Bell, Red and Green Bell and Yellow Banana
16 Tomato Plants - Orange, Yellow, Big Boy, Celebrity, Long Italian Paste, Yellow Cherries and Red Grape
Last thing to do is get the Soaker Hose all laid out and pinned down. I use a Timer set to 2 hours every other morning and that was one of the smartest things I did because it is hard to water a fully mature garden from around the edges and you are really not supposed to water the plants themselves all the time.
We try to keep it as organic as possible but that can be hard sometimes too. We also started the Compost Bin last year and that is getting full and will be ready to distribute at the end of the summer for next years planting.
What do you have growing? Pics to come.
We had a decent turnout last year and just got everything in for this year over the weekend.
In about 2 weeks, we can harvest the 75 heads of Garlic that was planted at Thanksgiving. They are at least double the size from our first try, but we also started with larger heads from Wegmans this time.
Also in are the following:
About 100 Onions - Red, White, and Yellow
2 different Rhubarb plants
15 Potato plants just for fun, not a serious plot but you get enough for a few meals of Home Fries.
40 Green Onions (scallions)
A full row of Peas (at least 100 individual plants climbing a fence)
Lettuce - Black Seeded Simpson and Romain
3 different types of Swiss Chard - Red, White, Green
24 Pepper plants ranging from Cayenne, Jalapeno, Rainbow Bell, Red and Green Bell and Yellow Banana
16 Tomato Plants - Orange, Yellow, Big Boy, Celebrity, Long Italian Paste, Yellow Cherries and Red Grape
Last thing to do is get the Soaker Hose all laid out and pinned down. I use a Timer set to 2 hours every other morning and that was one of the smartest things I did because it is hard to water a fully mature garden from around the edges and you are really not supposed to water the plants themselves all the time.
We try to keep it as organic as possible but that can be hard sometimes too. We also started the Compost Bin last year and that is getting full and will be ready to distribute at the end of the summer for next years planting.
What do you have growing? Pics to come.