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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 5:40:29 PM
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Are you doing anything new in your garden this year? I am especially interested in what you might be growing to EAT and if you are trying new seeds or techniques.
I am adding two new raised beds (36 inches high)in the sunny hot part of my lawn. Saying good bye to a little more turf and making it actually producefor my efforts.
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
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Edited by - Mary Ann Newcomer on Jan 09 2010 5:41:19 PM |
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debbies journey
True Blue Farmgirl
635 Posts
debbie
anchorage
ak
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 9:33:50 PM
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Hi Mary Ann
I'm going to try artichokes this year, I had some locally grown ones last summer from the farmers market
and they were the best! I tried a couple a few years ago with out success. But I think if I start them earlier, like in Febuary, it
might work.
I'm in Alaska and we do alot of trial and error! It's all fun!
I planted hardy kiwi's last summer, I'm really looking forward to
a huge harvest in 2 years, he he he
Debbie
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4862 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 07:55:41 AM
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I learned last year not to put so many tomatoes in. We had an odd spring and summer so they didn't ripen until we started getting frosts. I did notice we used all the green peppers, lettuce, onions, herbs, and rhubarb though. I plan to add potatoes to my garden this year. I have a shady acre lot, so my garden vegetable garden is in the only spot that gets about 6 hours total of sun a day. I try to plant efficiently in it to maximize every inch of space.
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Chives
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Victoria
Shelton
Washington
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 08:48:08 AM
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| I am adding three more raised beds. I am just going to try and raise and can as much as possible. I have not planted peas but I am this year. Vicki #280 |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 12:33:37 PM
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This year I am getting a potato bin from gardener's supply so that I can grow more potatoes and in a more compact space. Also I am using a small spot that has always been kinda weedy to grow more veggies. I put composted material on it this last fall and have let it sit and by spring will turn it to use for possibly tomatoes or squash. I also am about to plant lettuce in my cold box my dad built. It worked well last year and I had lettuce by the 1st of March. So I am going to start a bit earlier to see if I have lettuce by Mid-Feb.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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redbud
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Christine
Luther
Oklahoma
USA
52 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 1:06:22 PM
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I'm going to redo my raised beds and actually have a garden this year, the bermuda grass took over my garden the last few years and it's just too hard to get rid of so I'm starting over in a new location. I'm hoping to grow some new things this year like beans. I saw some called yin/yang in several seed catalogues and am wanting to try them out. 
to everything there is a season, a time to every purpose under heaven
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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 5:06:24 PM
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I am just wallowing around in my seed catalogs and loving every minute of it. Greens greens greens, we've really been lovin' the quick saute greens the last couple of years. I need more so will grow more. Just going to buy my tomato plants at a couple of nice local sellers. I am going to try direct sowing a couple tomato plants as a friend of mine had great luck planting the seeds right into the garden (in North Dakota of all places).
My artichokes wintered over, having not bloomed last year, so I hope this is the year we get to EAT them!
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 5:45:33 PM
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I am in a new location, don't have a soil test result, don't know what was planted here before (except strawberries) as I have moved have no seed catalogs in the mail to influence me.
I agree that the most valuable gardening we can do is "kitchen gardening" it is a mystery to me how this year will turn out. It is 20 degrees outside and I'm not doing any soil testng until it's significant;y warmer!'
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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MotherLodeBeth
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Beth
Calaveras County
California
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 10:04:03 PM
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We are going to plant flax this year since I want to make linen. And a walk in green house so I can garden year round.
~MotherLodebeth- I was born in the wrong era~ |
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Noreen
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Noreen
Essex Junction
Vermont
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 06:39:24 AM
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Hello,
Our family plants a big garden every year. I am always looking for new and fun things to plant in our garden. This past year we were very sucessful with red and white potatoes, tomatoes (until the blight hit), carrots, peas, and onions. We live in Vermont and our peppers do not usually do well. If it is a wet summer our vine plants do not do well either.
I was wondering if any of you had seed and plant catalogs that you liked better than others?I would love to hear about them.
Thank you so much,
Noreen in VT |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
432 Posts
Ingrid
BC
Canada
432 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 08:32:09 AM
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I am adding a couple raised beds to the garden for salad fixings and just adding more of what I already grow. Also putting in another greenhouse, I have one for tomatoes only already. Going to try cantaloupe in the new greenhouse as well as other stuff. Already have a herb garden and may expand it.
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 09:38:45 AM
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I'm expanding my garden to about three times it's "last year" size. And I'm planint dwarf fruit trees! I'm putting together a miniature orchard!
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 09:43:12 AM
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you all are doing such great things in your gardens! High Hopes, We've Got High Hopes!Noreen, let me go through my catalogs today and see which have the most sticky notes and corners turned back. I'll get back to you this afternoon!
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:17:46 AM
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We are going to add raised beds in the front yard. We have a 30 x 100 foot garden in the back but it seems to have its own micro-climate so my tomatoes never get ripe. Everything else does great back there but walking across the front lawn to the back last year on a super-hot day I realized it was 10 degrees cooler in the back - so the tomatoes are going in front. We double-dug beds last year and put newspaper/straw in between to keep the weeds down which worked really well, so we will expand that too.
I have so many seeds left from last year that I only get to order potatoes and onions this year:( well - maybe one new tomato....and a pepper....and....
Too hard to choose. Thanks for starting this topic - I can't wait to get started!!!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Noreen
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Noreen
Essex Junction
Vermont
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:26:23 AM
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Hello Amy,
How do you keep your newspaper and straw from blowing away?
Noreen in VT |
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mtngirljon
True Blue Farmgirl
539 Posts
Jonnie
Webster
Texas
USA
539 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:53:15 AM
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And, where can get heirloom tomato seeds?
Jonnie
Farmgirl #648
"Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you" - Maori Proverb
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 12:13:19 PM
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Jonnie, there are several seed companies that carry heirloom tomatoe seeds. Bakers Creek comes to mind right off the top of my head. But there is also Johnny's Seeds and Seed Savers.
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
Deeperrootsfarm.etsy.com |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 1:08:15 PM
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I use the newspaper straw technique too, YOu want to water the newspaper down a bit after you lay it out, then water down the staw as well, it wont blow away after that. At least mine never has. The good thing about is that could could till it all right back into the ground down the road. Cardboard boxes work alright too, and paper grocery bags, but I worry about paper chemicals.
Not all those who wander are lost...
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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2010 : 12:38:49 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by mtngirljon
And, where can get heirloom tomato seeds?
Jonnie
Farmgirl #648
"Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you" - Maori Proverb
Check out www.seedsofchange.com, territorialseeds.com, tomatogrowers.com., and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
www.gardensofthewildwildwestcom |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2010 : 1:54:14 PM
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Kitchen, all around, etc.
Just starting my greenhosue, and grow all I can and ,more....
Farmgirl Sister #368
~~~**Terri**~~~
My blog is up again, please go and read....
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2010 : 6:18:41 PM
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We actually had 4 bales of straw that had been sitting for a year - perfect because they were stuck together and heavy enough that they didn't blow at all!! I found that if I just bought them in fall and stuck them in the back of my pickup they got heavy enough to work like sandbags and then were perfect for the garden by spring. Of course that was not planned - it was because we were busy and never unloaded them, but it did work!!
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
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lilangelacres
Farmgirl in Training
18 Posts
Leslie
Newton
Iowa
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:21:48 PM
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This is a great topic! I am so excited for spring to get here and the cold to be gone. A long way to go, but I am getting ready. I have been saving all of the paper towel and toilet paper rolls to start my seeds in (saw this in a different thread here) and checking the post office daily for new catalogs. Nichols Garden Nursery has some great stuff and their website has some information on straw bale gardening that I am going to try this year. My goal for our garden is to grow and can enough that I won't have to buy vegetables at the store next winter!
Leslie
Ah Farm Life - Wouldn't want to be anywhere else! |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:35:40 PM
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I use the fresh straw as horse bedding, then when I put it on the garden throughout the winter, the spring rains clean the poo out and you are left with a cover of clean straw. I use it twice that way.
Not all those who wander are lost...
www.SarahPauline.com
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doglady
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Tina
Howard
Ohio
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:49:51 PM
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When should I start seeds indoors for Ohio?
Tina
You can tell your dog all of your secrets and they'll never say a word!
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