get garden answers
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instant garden
This was from last year… always learn from year to year, we go back to last year to evaluate and plan. start with a good fenced garden spot remove horse find a good guy with a Ford tractor (aka hubby) go to co-op and buy plants because you have been too busy planning a wedding [...]
sprouting part 2
After our seeds have soaked for awhile, drain the water. Our homemade draining lid should make things real easy. Pour out the water, and refill and pour out again. This is rinsing. After your seeds are well rinsed, pour out as much water as you can get out, then place your jar in a dark [...]
sprouting part 1
Learning to sprout seeds is worth while even if you don’t garden. With sprouting you can have fresh green goodness anytime. The easiest way I have found is this. Get a quart canning jar. A ring for the top. A plastic needlepoint round form you will find in your craft section of a superstore or [...]
when to plant
The old timers around here say to never plant before Mother’s Day. Yet by a week after Mother’s Day they have tomato plants 14 inches tall. Starting your seeds early gives you that head start. We use that well aged compost as a planting medium. Sound fancy huh? What that means is you take some [...]
what to plant?
When choosing the best things to plant it does you well to talk to local folks. If they sell it at your local co-op it is because it grows in your area. Now that doesn’t mean nothing else will, but I wouldn’t invest in a pound of seeds for something exotic. In these days though [...]
everybody loves strawberries
One thing we have not found a solution for is, opossums and rabbits and skunks. My goodness we have a lot of skunks around here. All three of those love my garden goodies, especially the strawberries. Actually everyone loves the strawberries. I cannot tell you how many times the dairy cow has jumped INTO the [...]
the fencing question
We have field fencing around our garden with a decorative western looking wood fence also. The purpose around here is to keep an animal in or out, or both. Since the garden is close enough to the house, and we have dogs, the deer don’t get in there, I also have another trick for that, [...]
what to do about weeds
If there is anything we usually have an abundance of it is weeds. But we have found a good solution, carpet. Yes carpet, old used carpet. We cut it in strips as long and as wide as the space between our rows. It keeps moisture, mud off your shoes, and does not let the weeds [...]
putting in rows
We put careful planning in our rows. Our area is on a slight slope and the rows are deigned to go down hill. We do that for a reason. We shouldn’t have to water a garden around here but with the last couple years being a drought we have learned to improvise. Another reason we [...]
