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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #810 on: April 18, 2015, 11:02:19 pm »
It sucks that I con only grow short day around here and they don't store well. So I eats what I can. That's about 100 onions. Also trying to see if green onions will work as a year-round onion source.
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #811 on: April 20, 2015, 09:18:48 am »
It sucks that I con only grow short day around here and they don't store well. So I eats what I can. That's about 100 onions. Also trying to see if green onions will work as a year-round onion source.
Yea, there's a lot to not like about the short season etc. up here but we can grow some good onion varieties.
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #812 on: April 20, 2015, 11:26:35 am »
I may have try some of this "fabric" you speak of. Guess you lay mulch or gravel over the top in between the beds.

Yes sir - like this:


Oh - we started on the mulch/planting this weekend. 6 CY mulch so far, probably need another 4 CY to finish it up. Then metal edging to keep it tidy.

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Romas bordered by garlic -


Planted some spinach & lettuce -


Apple tree in bloom -


Hybrid tomatoes and onions -


Blackberries are going well so far. Need to remove the rock here and fill in with mulch -
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #813 on: April 20, 2015, 01:41:09 pm »
Tis a good looking garden there, Amanda.

What an exhausting weekend for me. I tilled up about 1/2 an acre of sod for our berry bushes, and beneficial insect flower garden. I used a big ole rear tine tiller, and that thing was a little unwieldly. The ground was pretty sure that I should not be tearing it up as well.

I also greatly expanded our garden with a 15 x 15' plot. Planted some lettuce, spinach, and swiss chard seeds. Carrots, peas, and some beans will be done throughout this week.

Got my soil analysis back, and my soil is pretty dang amazing. Just need to add a little sulfur to the area where the berries will go, and put in some more organic matter in the acreage. Ordered a flame weeder so that my beds will be good and sterile, and also to avoid using any pesticides. I get that tomorrow, so that will be fun.  :)

My neighbor told me to take all his compost. It's massive mound of compost that has been cooking for a few years. Looking forward to spreading that around.



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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #814 on: April 20, 2015, 02:02:57 pm »
Tis a good looking garden there, Amanda.

What an exhausting weekend for me. I tilled up about 1/2 an acre of sod for our berry bushes, and beneficial insect flower garden. I used a big ole rear tine tiller, and that thing was a little unwieldly. The ground was pretty sure that I should be tearing it up as well.

I also greatly expanded our garden with a 15 x 15' plot. Planted some lettuce, spinach, and swiss chard seeds. Carrots, peas, and some beans will be done throughout this week.

Got my soil analysis back, and my soil is pretty dang amazing. Just need to add a little sulfur to the area where the berries will go, and put in some more organic matter in the acreage. Ordered a flame weeder so that my beds will be good and sterile, and also to avoid using any pesticides. I get that tomorrow, so that will be fun.  :)

My neighbor told me to take all his compost. It's massive mound of compost that has been cooking for a few years. Looking forward to spreading that around.
I'm also exhausted in a good way from working in the beautiful early spring weather. Put in onions, kale, kohlrabi, chard, broccoli, cauliflower, reed and white cabbage, and various head lettuces. Perfect timing, today I'm at work and there is a steady but not too heavy rain  :)
The tiller is pretty exhausting especially in unbroken soil.
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #815 on: April 22, 2015, 05:02:10 pm »
It snowed here today.

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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #816 on: April 22, 2015, 06:06:47 pm »
It snowed here today.

That's a bummer. We will be getting into the low 30s tonight. The wind is gusting up to 30 mph here as well. I was hoping to do more tilling and flame weeding today. Oh well. Got a nice big order from Johnnys today.
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #817 on: April 22, 2015, 07:41:02 pm »


Shallots are already popping up! :D

I don't know if I could take cold/snow this time of year. That's just too much winter.
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #818 on: April 23, 2015, 08:35:39 am »
We had a cold spell here in SoCal too... It got down to 55!!! I had to put on a sweatshirt! Freezing!

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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #819 on: April 23, 2015, 10:06:45 am »
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #820 on: April 23, 2015, 11:18:01 am »


Here too. Although spring snow is not real snow. ::)

Tater bed yet to sprout. Onions don't mind a little cool down.




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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #821 on: April 23, 2015, 11:13:06 pm »
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #822 on: April 24, 2015, 05:53:31 am »
It snowed here today.

Here too.

and again last today. Looks like about an inch on the ground.
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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #823 on: April 24, 2015, 07:12:56 am »
First Fruits (well, ok,  veggies) 2015

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Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« Reply #824 on: April 24, 2015, 07:27:21 am »
Love to grill asparagus. Its a month away here.
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