this is my 3:30am wake and cruise ic till I get another 3 hrs in .... You asked for it
One other thing...
do you suggest I get seeds, starts or just plant an old spud with eyes on it?
Is that what you do and if so, some guidance perhaps?
I read some things about that not working too well because of stuff they treat them with. *shrugs*
I plan on asking at the garden center and I know they'll try to sell me something. Maybe someone will catch this before that and save me a few bucks because the ones in the pantry will work.
Jose' just got done smoking a spliff of Durban Poison and is very happy in the picture and feels liberated.
On the left in front of the corn is Blue lake and Roman pole beans. Just in front of that is some Wando peas, fallowed by a row of Scalopini summer squash. Just in front of them is a row of bush beans(dragons tongue). In front of that a row of onions that got engulfed and therefore did not produce last year. A giant row of mixed potatoes (russet, red, yukon gold). Closest to the camera is several rows of beets. Also a row of turnips on the other side of taters that got engulfed like the onions but produced well. The sea of green on the right is all squash. They didnt all fit into the picture but there is Acorn, crookneck, zuchini (green and yellow), pumpkin, watermelon and Banana squash.
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nice country potato patch. I recently discovered what hugelculture is and think it is a great idea, although I havent employed one yet.
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Score! Great trip to the nursery. I actually started my first row of corn indoors this year to get an early start. The potatoes look like perfect eggs embedded in the coco. Often wondered why people bothered to grow potatoes when they could be purchased so cheap in the grocery. Then I ate a few directly from the ground. Never get store bought again. Even the ones that have been stored since last fall are far better than any store bought. Enjoy!
The garden has just hit it's stride and is growing remarkably well now. Bought a jug of 5-1-1 Alaska fish emulsion and fed yesterday. I am not much on liquid feeding and last year the garden got just 2 feedings of Alaska. Firm believer in just amending the soil. Made some Stinging Nettle tea I made 3 weeks back. This is something I havent tried before but thought I would give it a try. It smells like Grandmas farts, so it must be good for plants right?
Alaska 5-1-1 is OMRI listed and I paid $15.97 at BI-Mart. A jug is more than enough for the season. Do not buy the Alaska 0-10-10 morebloom. Read on the back in fine print. Contains Arsenic and heavy metals and is not OMRI listed.
After buying the Alaska I am under 50$ invested in the garden. Selling my extra produce will put me even or a little better after electricity to pump the water.
Harvested the first green zuchiini the day before yesterday. Have me a row of corn already tassleing. Kandy Korn, an early hybrid I grew last year as well. The ears are sweet and good but not remarkable. Its main attribute is speed. After it is harvested in July, The plan is to lay in another row to see if It is possible to get a double harvest in my climate.
Have a great grow season all. Thank you for sharing.
