All Vegetable Gardening (worm, machines, prevent, treatment)

[Cunucu Beach]

Originally Posted by mezzogirl

I have a third acre, which is not much, but I am surprised at how much can be grown on just this amount of land.

I have two not-very-big garden areas and I was amazed at how much produce came from it this year. I got a truck load of cow poop last spring, spread it thickly over both areas, tilled it well and this year I had the best crop ever. I also had the ground covered in black plastic to keep out weeds and keep in moisture. My pantry and freezer are filled with harvested goodies.

[Jaxson]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

My pantry and freezer are filled with harvested goodies.

That's the bonus after eating fresh all summer of gardening. Love it!

[southward bound]

I just checked on my cool-weather veggies that were planted end of September. They are all growing nicely. We'll have cabbage, lettuce and various herbs.

[jsueterry]

Originally Posted by Jaxson

Since the veggie threads get buried quickly in the garden forum thought I would see if we can keep this thread active. Asked if we could have a sub forum but I was told there wasn't enough interest yet in veggie gardening to do it. Maybe we can get a nice mod to make this a sticky until it grows perhaps????

I have started saving rinsed out egg shells to crumble around our tomato plants anybody else do this?

Hi Jason, yes I use egg shells too.

[North Beach Person]

I just add them to the compost.

[Jaxson]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

I just add them to the compost.

I do that as well but seems to really help the tomatoes when put directly in when planted. Helps with cutworms too.

[sugarsugar]

Thanks you guys for the eggshell tip.

[sugarsugar]

We planted potatoes for the first time last year. I didn't understand about yields, and the area was a bit rocky which isn't good. Planted 4 rows, 80' long.

Holy cow! Thank god for the rocks, or else I would have been swamped in potatoes. We ate them 3x a day, I tested various soup recipes for freezing (found some good ones). I made them into hash browns and froze them. I put some in my pantry in the basement, and they lasted until Dec/Jan (probably need to try longer keepers, but I did have potatoes without buying them from harvest in Sept until Dec/Jan, which was cool!).

I'd always had a smaller garden area (20 x 30), and this was a new bigger area we've been adding amendments to for a bit, trying to ready it - we just jumped the gun with the potatoes, kind of what the heck, let's see what happens. I was shocked at the yields.

[Jaxson]

sugarsugar you can process them in a canner to perserve also dehydrate them. They need to be really dry, like laid out on screens, in order to last all winter. You had a bumper crop good for you!

You're welcome for the tip that is what this thread is for sharing.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Jaxson

I do that as well but seems to really help the tomatoes when put directly in when planted. Helps with cutworms too.

My problem is that I don't really have enough eggshells to side dress. My silly Dr. thinks that I used to eat too many and tells me I can't have real eggs anymore. Something about my cholesterol.