Gardening 2011

[JRmom]

I need to start planning soon! I can put plants in the ground in late February/early March so I need to get busy. My garden is small, and L-shaped, so I need to plan better this year (and not plant so many different things).

1. More tomatoes - they did great last year and it's the one thing both of us like.

2. Vertical gardening - because my space is small I'm going to try and do more of this.

3. Container gardening - again because of limited "in the ground" space.

I've been adding lake gunk and compost over the last few months and the soil is starting to look like soil - not sand! Yipee!

 

[Javamama]

I just decided I'm going to put a couple tomatoes in containers just in case we have bad disease problems like last year. Maybe I'll put them in the front of the house where I'd like to have a garden anyway.

 

[dragonlaurel]

Katie- Here's a free online garden planner that I like. Might make things easier.
http://www.gardeners.com/Kitchen-Garden-Planner/kgp_home,default,pg.html

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[aggieterpkatie]

Katie- Here's a free online garden planner that I like. Might make things easier.
http://www.gardeners.com/Kitchen-Garden-Planner/kgp_home,default,pg.html

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Thanks, I'll check it out!

 

[Up-the-Creek]

Today DH cleaned the garden off and tomorrow we will be taking the old fence down and getting ready to replace it. Soon DH will be turning it with the turn plow!!! Can't wait for spring!

 

[Henrietta23]

Eek! Just placed an order with Baker Creek seeds. My basement is going to be full of little seedlings this spring. DH is going to help me build some sort of mouse proofing system. I'm not making this big an investment in seeds only to lose them to mice again! We are definitely going to need more space than we've ever used for veggies before. I may be begging my parents for some spare space at their house too! They have rabbits and deer though, something we never see here. That will be a whole new set of problems.
Oh, what have I done????

 

[Henrietta23]

MEN has an online garden planner too. Free for the first 30 days. I signed up and started playing.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/garden-planner/vegetable-garden-planner.aspx

I didn't check out the other link yet. It could be even better!

 

[Henrietta23]

All my seeds have arrived!! A friend and I are organizing a gathering to share extra seeds with each other. I'm going to have plenty to share!

 

[BarredBuff]

Thanks for posting th elink!

 

[Henrietta23]

You're welcome. I checked out the other one quickly. It's really cool too. I could spend hours.....