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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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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Maybe we can get a nice mod to make this a sticky until it grows perhaps????