Garden 2009 - Page 5

zippyt · 10-20-2009, 05:44 PM

our garden was dissapointing this year , we got Some Lettuce and Some Spinich , a few Decent onions , Verry few Tomatoes , and Some Purple hulled peas .
Nothing like in Past years , but No Body up this was did that great garden wise eather .
Oh well may be next year

kerosene · 10-22-2009, 08:43 AM

Ours was mostly an abysmal failure. Everything was 1/5 its normal size. Tiny tomatoes, tiny carrots, tiny cantaloupe...most things just didn't do much.

Undertoad · 10-22-2009, 08:59 AM

Need better dirt!

kerosene · 10-22-2009, 09:31 AM

Is that what it was? Well, I can believe it. The area we put aside to garden was full of rocks! We tried to beef it up with some manure and top soil, but we probably needed more. It doesn't help that it sat in water for half the summer. We were so spoiled last year.

Undertoad · 10-22-2009, 09:52 AM

I was shooting from the hip, but that's probably it... this year I bought a load of compost and added it to the beds, very richly, and everything loved it.

Including the weeds which eventually made it too hard to maintain...

Every year learn a little more... next year we will not plant anything too closely... the tomato vines choked each other too early in the whole season.

lumberjim · 10-22-2009, 10:06 AM

i just moved my compost pile ...well most of it....yesterday. some rich looking dirt there.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-22-2009, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Every year learn a little more... next year we will not plant anything too closely... the tomato vines choked each other too early in the whole season.

One of the hardest things to do, is thinning the babies when they sprout. After all, seeing the sprouts is exciting, and rewarding after all that prep work. But that's the way to make sure you've got the bed covered, with optimum spacing, and no wasted space.

10-20-2009, 05:44 PM	#61
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	our garden was dissapointing this year , we got Some Lettuce and Some Spinich , a few Decent onions , Verry few Tomatoes , and Some Purple hulled peas . Nothing like in Past years , but No Body up this was did that great garden wise eather . Oh well may be next year __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-22-2009, 10:06 AM	#66
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i just moved my compost pile ...well most of it....yesterday. some rich looking dirt there. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-22-2009, 08:43 AM	#62
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Ours was mostly an abysmal failure. Everything was 1/5 its normal size. Tiny tomatoes, tiny carrots, tiny cantaloupe...most things just didn't do much.

10-22-2009, 08:59 AM	#63
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Need better dirt!

10-22-2009, 09:31 AM	#64
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Is that what it was? Well, I can believe it. The area we put aside to garden was full of rocks! We tried to beef it up with some manure and top soil, but we probably needed more. It doesn't help that it sat in water for half the summer. We were so spoiled last year.

10-22-2009, 09:52 AM	#65
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was shooting from the hip, but that's probably it... this year I bought a load of compost and added it to the beds, very richly, and everything loved it. Including the weeds which eventually made it too hard to maintain... Every year learn a little more... next year we will not plant anything too closely... the tomato vines choked each other too early in the whole season.

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