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Off the Grid/Homesteading Skills:  Perennial Vegetables  |
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houligan19
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
sarah
groton
CT
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 Posted - Jun 09 2012 : 11:32:31 AM
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I am just starting to learn about perennial vegetables and was wondering if anyone had any experience growing them in their gardens. Many people grow asparagus and artichokes, but I would like to go beyond that. I bought this book to start my learning process
but any shared experience would be great. I wrote a post about why you might want to have a perennial vegetable garden on my blog. If anyone is interested, it is listed below.
Thanks in advance for your helpful info!!
http://earthhomevt.blogspot.com/ |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jul 19 2012 : 7:12:48 PM
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We grow onion tops and parsley year around. We don't have many freezes during the winter. If the temperature gets to the 30s, we bring the parsley in the hot house. The onion tops have made it through all of our winters.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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debbies journey
True Blue Farmgirl
635 Posts
debbie
anchorage
ak
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2012 : 9:02:09 PM
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We have asparagus and chives.
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2012 : 12:57:09 PM
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In my last place I always tried to go perenial if I could. Chives, sage, tarragon, mint, currants, elderberries, plums, apples, and I had a perpetual bed of garlic and onions. Oh, the lemon balm and dill always re-seeded itself. Can't wait to sell that place and be able to find my perfect homestead where I can do it again with some asparagus, artichokes, horseradish, and others yet to be discovered for me.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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Marylyn
True Blue Farmgirl
316 Posts
Marylyn
Ellsinore
MO
USA
316 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2012 : 2:03:51 PM
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What does your book include? Now I am curious...I have lots of perennial fruit, but not veggies....well, I have just this year planted asparagus.
Love,
Auntie M
Farmgirl # 4062
That which does not kill me, only serves to make me stronger!...unknown to me. |
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tlag1986
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Lisa
Palestine
IL
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 05:53:26 AM
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Sounds wonderful, I have asparagus now and would love more. Seeing the posts make me want to investigate this further for sure.
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Simply Satisfied
True Blue Farmgirl
427 Posts
Emily
Montana
USA
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Posted - Nov 03 2012 : 09:47:43 AM
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Most of my herbs are perennial but veggie wise we have rhubarb. We also have raspberries and strawberries. I have a potted blueberry bush because our winters aren't that nice to blueberries so it comes inside for awhile. We plant garlic every fall but I haven't left them in passed a year before.
Emily
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Perennial Vegetables
