That's a lot of work, I'm a container guy and a 25x25 vegetable garden in the back. Thinking about manufacturing a coop/planter type deal.
Foodie do you like the fairy tale eggplant, it is good, although I have the black beauty going.
Erin whats this potatoes in bags deal?
We're growing potatoes in feed sacks. Since we have an abundance of feed sacks around we use them for everything, lining raised beds, hauling compost, etc and since I don't have a lot of yard space to build more beds in but want to do more potato varieties, I'm putting my feed sacks to work. I rolled them down to about 15 inches high, filled them with 8 inches of soil, plopped seed potatoes on top, and covered them with a mix of soil and straw. As they grow we'll add another layer of soil and straw mix to keep any forming potatoes covered and if necessary roll the bag up a little higher. Since this is the first year we are trying it we are experimenting with both variety and number of seed potatoes per bag. We use a modified square foot gardening in our raised beds and potatoes are grown at one per square foot so we are trying one per bag, two per bag, and three per bag to see which does best. We are also trying both a red new potato variety and a main crop potato to see if that makes any difference too.
Quote: When i lived in washington i cheater BIG time YUP im a cheater i found a 55 g Fish tank with the Normal hood and bought the lights for the aquarium plant .
I also pit in 6 inches of Dirt and planted the crops that took much longer then our season allowed . I did this in alaska too . anyway If you look on craigs list you just might get lucky and can have those amazing Veggies you like but normally cant grow , BrandyWine one of my favorite tomatoes also a Heirloom takes 87 days and corn starts well in that too .
PS Good luck and have fun
So far so good down south. The pest battle hasn't started, nor the humid heat...in my front veggie garden I have snow peas, leeks, green romaine, garlic, rainbow chard, broccoli, cabbages, yellow squash, cucumber, yellow wax beans, cherry toms spinach, purple peppers, orange peppers, purple tomatillos, sweet peas, row of herbs include oregano, dill, Mexican tarragon, parsley, mint, lots of cilantro scattered (smells divine and keeps some pests at bay) & thyme. An artichoke is making a great aphid collector, allowing me to trim and feed to the pond fish when the leaf is overwhelmed, but has yet to show damage... Radish is also here and there as a trap crop...there is a small patch of loose leaf lettece I constantly seed and drop heads whole in with the chickens weekly. They LOVE it.
In the back garden I have potatoes, radish, peas, asparagus bed, shallots, red onion, white onion, cilantro, excess pepper seedlings, jalapenos, cabbages (the chickens ate but are growing back fast so I left them lol), broccoli, watermelon, cucumbers, strawberries, an artichoke that's 3 yrs old and never died/grew/fruited lol (maybe this year!), spinach, Brussels sprouts (bit to warm already I think but gotta try) and a bed I use to re-pot/seed or just hold excess starts. I'm lovin the southern weather. We have fig trees, cherry trees this year yay!, a sastuma orange, a grapefruit tree, loquat trees, a kumquat tree and a pineapple guava. So excited about this year.
I almost forgot we added blueberries this year and they'be set fruit
I've got blueberries started outside as well as raspberries and a few onion sets. I'm getting ready to put potatoes in the ground and starting greens inside.
After spending the winter trying to figure out what I can plant up here and what I have to find a way to make happen, I'm ready to get going.
I am going to start mtfirst garden this year..now actually... It'll be a raised bed garden. I am looking into Square Foot Gardening, but I was wondering whether to start my seeds in an egg carton with organic soil..or something else. I've seen them started in eggs and in newspaper "pots". Wanted to start them in an egg carton but I was afraid it would grow moldy or something. Read somewhere that someone's did. I am just very apprehensive about starting the seeds and getting that part right so they'll thrive. Any advice?
Thanks
Yardbird - sorry for such a late reply, I'm new to the site and didn't realize that my profile keeps track of updates! I like Fairy Tale, although that's not one of the varieties I'm growing - I have Rosa Bianca, the Asian long variety, Black Beauty, and Gretel (a small white variety).
We're growing potatoes in feed sacks. Since we have an abundance of feed sacks around we use them for everything, lining raised beds, hauling compost, etc and since I don't have a lot of yard space to build more beds in but want to do more potato varieties, I'm putting my feed sacks to work. I rolled them down to about 15 inches high, filled them with 8 inches of soil, plopped seed potatoes on top, and covered them with a mix of soil and straw. As they grow we'll add another layer of soil and straw mix to keep any forming potatoes covered and if necessary roll the bag up a little higher. Since this is the first year we are trying it we are experimenting with both variety and number of seed potatoes per bag. We use a modified square foot gardening in our raised beds and potatoes are grown at one per square foot so we are trying one per bag, two per bag, and three per bag to see which does best. We are also trying both a red new potato variety and a main crop potato to see if that makes any difference too.
I'm growing (I think) potatoes in a 5gal pail. I put some compost in the pail and put 1 potatoe that had started on its own in a bag of potatoes, and covered it with compost and as it grows i've been covering it with more compost, yesterday the leaves and compost have reached the top of the pail. Now I will leave it alone and see what happens. Good luck with yours.
