Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 We're almost finished planting. Dh and I went a little crazy this year.:lol: Here is what we've planted. If all this grows, we'll be sneaking around putting food in the neighbor's cars at night! ha. We've been praying for a good harvest. Tomatos (44 plants) Sweet Potatoes (59 plants) Sweet Corn (app. 3/4 pound) White potaotes (Yukon Gold) Cucumbers Bell Peppers Tobasco Peppers Onions (2 pounds) Peas Kale Broccoli Cauliflower Spinach Lettuce Egg Plant Small Sugar Pumpkins Bigger Howden Pumkins Cantalope Green Beans Zuchini Yellow Squash Burgess Butternut Winter Squash Beets Spaghetti Squash (winter squash) Parsley Sage Rosemary Oregano Basil Cilantro Spearmint 2 Grape Vines Still to be planted: turnips, more green beans, sunflowers, field corn and mangle beets. Did somebody mention weed control?:w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Good job!! I'm exhausted reading your list. I'm still trying to figure out what to plant in my container garden- it's hard to be motivated when you aren't living *where* you eventually *will be*. Do I really want to haul gihugeous [spelling doesn't count for made up words, right?] pots all over? I hope to have a full garden one day- I really am designed to have a garden...it's the job that isn't. ;) But I truly am impressed with your efforts. I pray your harvests will be abundant. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow!!! I am seriously impressed! Do you can or freeze? I just planted today: cilantro, basil, green beans, and lettuce. I still have to plant tomatoes and onions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I'm moving to KY for the summer. I'll do some of the cooking if I can share the veggies! What a list -- you rock! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 Good job!! I'm still trying to figure out what to plant in my container garden- it's hard to be motivated when you aren't living *where* you eventually *will be*. Do I really want to haul gihugeous [spelling doesn't count for made up words, right?] pots all over? Jo When we lived in an apartment one time, all we had was a patio. We put out big pots and grew an amazing garden in them. I think you will always have a use for those pots. I have pots sitting all over the deck with stuff growing in them. You may also eventually want them for flowers! It is hard, though, when you aren't where you want to be. Maybe having a container garden will help you be more content, and increase your knowledge so that when you get there, you will not have such a big learning curve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 I'm moving to KY for the summer. I'll do some of the cooking if I can share the veggies! What a list -- you rock! :D Come'on down. I would love to be your friend :) And if nothing grows, we'll order pizza! ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow!!! I am seriously impressed! Do you can or freeze? I just planted today: cilantro, basil, green beans, and lettuce. I still have to plant tomatoes and onions. I've done both, mostly freeze. But I'm whipping the canner out again this year. We are also going to try winter storage of the pumpkins, turnips, beets, winter squashes, potatos, and sweet potatoes. And I'm going to try drying the herbs for use in cooking. I've also learned that you can freeze fresh herbs in ice trays of water. Then, when you want to use some in cooking, you just drop the ice cube in whatever you are cooking! I'm intrigued, so I plan on trying it. You planted cilantro too! Don't you just love it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Come'on down. I would love to be your friend :) And if nothing grows, we'll order pizza! ha. :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanamom Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wowee is right!! That is so awesome and a lot of work to get all that planted!! So what do you do about the weeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Woohoo! Go you and dh!! You must be exhausted! But how rewarding it will all be. My Mom is planting an enormous veg. garden this year. She's been out there non-stop for weeks! I hope you have a great harvest! specialize in flowers because we just don't have the room on our tiny lot for lots of food plants. I would have a huge veggie garden if I could... ((sigh)) But I still did plant a few cabbages, planted some swiss chard in a big pot, some beans (I mostly planted them for their pretty flowers though! Shhh!) and then we have strawberries, raspberries, a small cherry tree, and an apple tree... the trees are just on their second growing season in our yard though and last year we didn't let them produce their fruit so they could put all of their energy into building a root system so this year will be the first time we get to see how they produce. I'm sure the fruit will be tiny but it will be fun none the less. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow! That sounds wonderful! But how do you manage the weeds? My back is killing me from weeding our potatoes this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow, Tracey! What an amazing list! You've inspired me. I used to plant a lot of vegetables, and then I just sort of drifted off into more perennials. But it is so rewarding to eat your own food. I'm going to get a few more edible things in the ground. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 One of the main things I do about the weeds is panic. A couple nights ago I did that--I woke up in the wee hours and just about had a nervous breakdown thinking about all the weeds that are in my future. It is enough to make me want to run and hide under my bed. But the approach I am taking this year is cultivating and mulching. I've been going after the little weeds with a hoe or hand tool, then I mulch around the plants heavily. Ds has been mowing, and then he and dd go around raking the mowed grass up and hauling it to me in a wagon. I've also used newspaper some this year, and it has worked very well. My dad is saving some for me, and I am going to lay them all over the place in the gardens. So far, this approach is working well. Some of the onions are giving me fits, because I read you aren't supposed to really mulch them. I planted a lot of them in dirt from the woods, and the weeds are springing up in that dirt almost like a carpet. The good thing is that it is probably really rich, healthy dirt for the onions to grow in. The bad thing is that it is really rich, healthy dirt for the weeds to grow in! All I can do with them is just cultivate, cultivate, cultivate. It is so pretty though--the black dirt with the bright green weeds is very pretty. I understand sore backs and exhaustion. And I was just thanking God this morning for giving us the physical strength to do the work, and for the inclination to do it. I take neither for granted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 But I still did plant a few cabbages, planted some swiss chard in a big pot, some beans (I mostly planted them for their pretty flowers though! Shhh!) and then we have strawberries, raspberries, a small cherry tree, and an apple tree... the trees are just on their second growing season in our yard though and last year we didn't let them produce their fruit so they could put all of their energy into building a root system so this year will be the first time we get to see how they produce. I'm sure the fruit will be tiny but it will be fun none the less. :D Oh--I would love to have strawberries and rasberries! I've been trying to find strawberries to buy, and they are ranging in price from $10-$12 a gallon!!! That is so high! I am hoping to get some strawberry plants in this spring, but I don't know if it will happen or not. Let me know how your trees do. We've had cherry and apple trees in the ground for a couple years now, but of course we haven't had a harvest yet. I don't know how long it takes for them to start producing. We lost 2 or 3 fruit trees in the drought last year. You could make sourkraut with that cabbage! :tongue_smilie: yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow Tracey I am so impressed. Your list of planted and to be palnted items is amazing. Also you weed control plan sound outstanding. I am curious as to how much land you have planted this all on. The pumpkins alone are more than my garden could handle. I have made a note on the fresh herbs in ice idea. It does sound interesting and thank you for sharing it. I dried so much rosemary in a dehydrator last fall that we were almost driven out of the house by the strong aroma. I will look forward to hearing harvesting and progress updates. Isn't gardening grand. I certaining hope ours save us some $$$$ at the grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow, Tracy, that is awesome! You are inspiring. We planted the following last week in our garden: tomatoes okra green, yellow, and red bell peppers onions cucumbers squash It's more than we planted last year; I'm looking forward to the tomatoes the most!:drool5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 That is AWESOME! I really can't grow veggies here because I put forth a lot of effort to attract birds (and hence other critters) to my yard. That, and there is no room for them. Someday....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Here's a question for all you gardeners: What is a foolproof, natural way to keep bugs off your squash? Every year that we've grown squash, we've been inundated with "squash bugs." Our other plants never seem to attract bugs, just the squash. We're trying again this year, and I would like for the plants to produce for more than a few weeks. Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 bell peppers jalapenos potatoes onions tomatoes cucumbers greenbeans eggplant zucchini yellow squash In the herb/flower bed I have: lettuce cilantro rosemary oregano thyme I would also like to know how you control your weeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 One question: I always thought it wasn't "proper" to mulch with grass clippings. Don't they rob nutrients as they decompose. Or is this old out-dated info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Way to go Tracy.... My dc and I are doing 4 Square Foot Gardens with 16 crops in each one. It has been an experience but I too am worried about the weeds and prosperous crops!!! Great Job!!!! Keep us posted. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 I am curious as to how much land you have planted this all on.The pumpkins alone are more than my garden could handle. I have made a note on the fresh herbs in ice idea. It does sound interesting and thank you for sharing it. I dried so much rosemary in a dehydrator last fall that we were almost driven out of the house by the strong aroma. I will look forward to hearing harvesting and progress updates. Isn't gardening grand. I certaining hope ours save us some $$$$ at the grocery store. That is a great idea--to dry rosemary in the dehydrator. I will try that. What did you store it in after you dried it? Dh measured the big garden, it is 75ft by 60 ft. The smaller garden is about 65ft by maybe 20-25ft. Then we have several raised beds around the house--8 or so. And I've got food growing in lots of pots on my decks. It is amazing how much food you can grow right in your yard and on the deck. I'm growing lettuce in a kitchen rubbermaid container! ha For the field corn and mangle beets and most of the turnips, we'll have to plow up more ground--those crops are for animal feed. We did square foot gardening for years, and that works well too. You can grow more in a smaller space that way. This year, we just went for rows for some reason--I'm not sure why we switched. Thanks for the rosemary tip!! We love rosemary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 We planted the following last week in our garden: tomatoes okra green, yellow, and red bell peppers onions cucumbers squash It's more than we planted last year; I'm looking forward to the tomatoes the most!:drool5: Okra!!! We forgot the okra!!!! :ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 Way to go Tracy.... My dc and I are doing 4 Square Foot Gardens with 16 crops in each one. It has been an experience but I too am worried about the weeds and prosperous crops!!! Great Job!!!! Keep us posted. Alison Square foot gardening is an awesome way to garden. My experience is that the weeds aren't as bad, because the plants are so close together they shade the weeds. It should do very well for you.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 One question: I always thought it wasn't "proper" to mulch with grass clippings. Don't they rob nutrients as they decompose. Or is this old out-dated info? That's a good question. Since you mentioned it, I did some researching on it, and based on what I found, the biggest reason not to use them is because if you mulch very deeply with fresh grass clippings, (maybe 3 inches or so), the heat generated in decomposition is not good for the plants. That has me thinking. I haven't mulched anywhere near that deeply. Maybe 1/2 inch or so is as deep as mine is. Evidently, the grass needs to be dried out before using it as mulch, and some of what I used was fresh. I think I'll go out and scatter the fresh out a bit, so it dries more quickly. I've only mulched the tomatoes and sweet potatoes with the clipping so far. And I'll make sure what I use in the future is dried before putting in on. Wow, Virginia Dawn, that you for posting that questions. I really needed to know this so I didn't ruin the garden! Goodness. I have so much to learn. Thanks again :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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