Staying as Healthy as We Can Food and Pesticides

[Iluveggers]

What are ccurcubbits? Is this some sort of cucumber?

Curcubits are anything in the cucumber and squash family. Also including melons, pumpkins, zucchini & gourds.

 

[Iluveggers]

The only thing I didn’t include in my list were roots like carrots & parsnips, and spinach/Swiss chard greens. They seem to be fine most everywhere!

 

[Sally PB]

One of the reasons I have a vegetable garden is so that I know, as much as I can, what goes into and onto my food.

I told a friend that I have tomatoes (canned), potatoes, onions, garlic, and eggs in copious amounts in my basement or fridge. She laughed and said, yeah, that's a HUGE part of her grocery budget. So I asked her if she'd priced all of that stuff as organic lately.

And, add one or two other ingredients, and there are a lot of yummy meal possibilities.

 

[Marie2020]

The only thing I didn’t include in my list were roots like carrots & parsnips, and spinach/Swiss chard greens. They seem to be fine most everywhere!

That's good to know because I've been collecting seeds for some time now.

Due to this continuous wet weather, I may have messed up my compost. I had veg and squash deteriorating indoors because I couldn't get outside too compost it. In my mad rush I threw in a whole squash I'm ashamed to admit. Lord knows how long it will take to break down. I'll have to try a batter in some how

 

[Marie2020]

One of the reasons I have a vegetable garden is so that I know, as much as I can, what goes into and onto my food.

I told a friend that I have tomatoes (canned), potatoes, onions, garlic, and eggs in copious amounts in my basement or fridge. She laughed and said, yeah, that's a HUGE part of her grocery budget. So I asked her if she'd priced all of that stuff as organic lately.

And, add one or two other ingredients, and there are a lot of yummy meal possibilities.

I could do with a neighbor just like you
They are all flowers around here

 

[Sally PB]

I could do with a neighbor just like you

Thank you. We are VERY lucky to have wonderful neighbors back here.

 

[Marie2020]

Thank you. We are VERY lucky to have wonderful neighbors back here.

Then please beam us over asap

 

[Sally PB]

Then please beam us over asap

I'll let you know if anyone moves out and puts their house on the market, ok? Of course, you get the whole Michigan winter thing with the deal...

 

[RoyalChick]

I plant my onions/garlic w my brassicas (kale, cabbage, brussel sprouts). Plant lettuces & Basil under my tall nightshades (potatoes separately). And ccurcubits (zucchini, squash, cukes) with my climbing legumes (beans & peas). This is after years of trial and error. Hopefully this helps someone!

I assume you are aware of ‘the three sisters’. It is one of the classic companion planting approaches I believe a Native American piece of know-how.
A corn, a squash, and a bean seed all together in one mound.
The corn provides support for the bean, the bean fixes nitrogen from the soil, the squash shades the roots and deters critters because of its spiny leaves.
Look it up in The Farmers Almanac and give it a go!

 

[Iluveggers]

I assume you are aware of ‘the threes sisters’. It is one of the classic companion planting approaches I believe a Native American piece of know-how.
A corn, a squash, and a bean seed all together in one mound.
The corn provides support for the bean, the bean fixes nitrogen from the soil, the squash shades the roots and deters critters because of its spiny leaves.
Look it up in The Farmers Almanac and give it a go!

Thanks! Did this one year, but corn takes up a LOT of space! My FIL grows corn so we get it from him now. I trade him tomatoes (I’ve become a guru of tomato growing!) Always keep my beans & squash together though! 3 sisters plan is awesome if you have a lot of room!