Girls vs Girls

[Marty1876]

Your hair isn't taking to blond too readily yet. I would say no, not without a professional guide.

What are you favorites anyway? Its hard to do a full garden all at once. Its better to start small, and add on a bit every year. If you get overwhelmed, you quite. If its too big, the weeds pass your a&s and take over, then you quite. If it reguires tons of work, it sucks and is no fun. I want you to start small, and lets find out your favs, so we can start there. In TX your gonna want to plant lettuce under tomatoes for shade, or even add them to a flower garden under a tree, or on the north side of buildings or walls. In hot places, they need heat protection, and cool drinks at noon. Please, tell me your favorites anyway.

 

[Kevin565]

I've always like peppers. Preferably spicy ones. I'm okay with lettuce but defiantly not cabbage.

 

[Marty1876]

Well, you are in a great place to grow hot peppers! I'm a tongue surfer myself.

Ok, a minie pepper garden? You prefer salsa or salad?

First make a 4 x 4 bed according to instructions just posted on hatch day. For you, add in a bag of river or play sand to the 1/2 bale (2 cu ft) of peat moss, 2 bags rotted poo or manure, 2 bags of compost.

Now for
: in a 4 x 4 plant a jalepano, a habenaro (too hot?), and one other hot pepper you buy locally. The go in a 2 x 4 foot area, one middle, and one 8" in from each end, centered. Put them on the north side. That leaves you 2 x 4 feet for either salads (for summer I'd go with a summer lettuce that is bolt resistant planted in shade or a container), a yellow pear cherry tomatoe, a few onions, radishes, a kale, and some swiss chard. All will be tolereant of heat, and the swiss chard is easy from seed, and will provide either fresh leaves for salad, or lightly steamed, the stalks taste like asparagus. If inspired, buy a small cantaloup plant, or seeds, and plant in a 2 x 2 foot corner, so they can ramble in the yard.

 

[Kevin565]

Well, you are in a great place to grow hot peppers! I'm a tongue surfer myself.

Ok, a minie pepper garden? Yes

You prefer salsa or salad? Salsa

First make a 4 x 4 bed according to instructions just posted on hatch day. For you, add in a bag of river or play sand to the 1/2 bale (2 cu ft) of peat moss, 2 bags rotted poo or manure, 2 bags of compost.

Now for
: in a 4 x 4 plant a jalepano, a habenaro (too hot?), and one other hot pepper you buy locally. The go in a 2 x 4 foot area, one middle, and one 8" in from each end, centered. Put them on the north side. That leaves you 2 x 4 feet for either salads (for summer I'd go with a summer lettuce that is bolt resistant planted in shade or a container), a yellow pear cherry tomatoe, a few onions, radishes, a kale, and some swiss chard. All will be tolereant of heat, and the swiss chard is easy from seed, and will provide either fresh leaves for salad, or lightly steamed, the stalks taste like asparagus. If inspired, buy a small cantaloup plant, or seeds, and plant in a 2 x 2 foot corner, so they can ramble in the yard.

I think I know the perfect spot for this! It shouldn't be too late in the season for this should it?

 

[Marty1876]

Nope, I picked stuff for the garden that are ready to get started before it warms up TOO much! LOL

Get the garden ready tomarrow, just a wee one, and tomarrow night lets talk varieties. You gotta have stuff that can take the hot and dry of Waco. If you have gutters, think about putting a big trash bin or two under them to catch water for your veggies. Its a good thing. Plants love water tempted for them. No cold, not fresh and chlorinated. They like rain, or even water from a hose that just sits overnight is good.

If you prefer salsa, I'd change up a little.

Get a salsa tomatoe (roma or Amish Paste are both good, and Amish Paste is bigger but cracks, roma is smaller but tougher) Plant it on the North West corner. Next maybe a jalepano and either something hotter (habenaro or chili or tobasco or serano) or something cooler (aneheim or salsa or wax pepper) to taste. The pepper plants go in the 2 x 2 foot space in the NE corner of the square. This will leave you 2 x 4 ft space. Buy 9 red and 9 yellow onions starts (cheap too!), a 2 cilantro plants. the onions go in the SE corner 2 x 1 foot area. Plant 9 per square foot, centered in a 3" x 3" area each. (think each sq foot is a tic tac toe board) In the two feet next to them, plant one cilantro per foot. Now all that will be left is the SW 2 x 2 foot spot. EIther plant another tomatoe (I love yellow pear cherry tomatoes, if you can get them, they taste divine) or get some other tomatoe. Try to get INDETERMINATE varieties. They require staking or cages, but they produce slowly 1-3 at a time until heavy frost. A determinate tomatoe will produce abudantly for only a short time, and then its pretty much done. As is, just pull an onion now and then, pick a few peppers, and tomatoe, and break off a stem of cilantro, and chop them up, add a touch of viniger, and let set overnight mixed in a glass jar for perfect fresh salsa.

 

[Kevin565]

Thanks for all the help Marty! I'm heading out for the night. See ya tomorrow

 

[Marty1876]

Night Hon! Go garden!!!

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

Hey marty! Been talking hair, eh? Been gone for 2 days cuz phone stopped working and we use our internet through the phone SOOOOO no internet!

 

[Marty1876]

Wecome back!

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

LoL, thanks!