Finally got our garden in this weekend....
With all the rain we've had this spring, the garden is really late going in this year.
We cut back from last year, although we still have more than enough so that we'll give away some to the local food bank. We started giving produce to the food bank two years ago and it has become a tradition, now.
Anyway, in the ground so far, we've got 11 tomato plants (Early Girl, Big Boy, Health Kick, and Moby Grape)..... 4 cucumber plants..... We're trying eggplant this year, 5 of those...... The lettuce has already been coming up nicely, it was planted a month ago. (Black seeded simpson leaf lettuce, red romaine, and arugula). Parsley and basil. And, a whopping 51 green bean plants and 36 yellow bean plants. I wanted a lot of beans to freeze for over the winter. This should interesting, because I only had a half a row of green beans last year, and they were VERY prolific. I may be the Queen of Beans this year......
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Rototill the garden, cover with black plastic, weighted down with stones, extra bricks, anything.
I used to have railroad ties. Don’t ask, those suckers are heavy.
i also added 2 or 3 bags of sterilized cow manure. No smell and cheap.
Took me years to find out how nice plastic was. Make it easy for her.
We actually kept ours from last year and used it again this year. We put that down a few days ago. The M.O. is to do things in stages and not all at once these days.
From my Son’s hot bed. He finally listened to me about his Grandfathers 2 by 6 boards and an old window.
My Dad was a farmer in Southern Ohio who always planted his lettuce and other things in February. .
Enjoy your gardening.
Is a must. He has one of those,too. Put all your food scraps, coffee grounds, yard waste. I think any old container will do, just turn it every so often. He has a rain barrel hooked up with a hose to water.
Since Lebanon has horse farms one year he got a load of that! No more!
My Dad always used lime each year to sweeten the ground. You can buy it now that does not blow all over the place. Ohio land seems to be acidic
If you had 80 inches
Do you have room for a pony, too? I hope you have seen the British Comedy,” Keeping Up Appearances,” for that last remark.
A great life doing what you want. i see you take good care of the neighborhood flock.
I still have a good sized yard, but am lucky enough to have a great person to do my yard now. A School Teacher with 3 small boys to support. A neighbor who started a lawn mowing business with one lawnmower.
An early retired Son who comes up often when he has time from his big garden.
My Gardening this year consists of 2 Concrete planters full of flowers, plus another from Mothers Day.
My small Church has a big garden. They use the produce for the free Community meal once a week.
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Our family brown lab meets me at the door demanding treats. Patient at first, then the nudges, then comes the scolding. My DIL taught her that. Actually sounds like she is.
Sits on the other side of the fence when I go out to pick and I often toss her something to chomp on. If she sees me grab the colander even before I go out the back door she knows what that means.
