Happy New Year

December 31, 2008 at 8:38 am (Christmas)

I want to wish all of you in the gardening world a happy new year and a blessed 2009.

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Square Foot Gardening

December 28, 2008 at 6:00 am (Square Foot Gardening)

It’s really cold and snowy outside right now and I’m really missing the garden. This morning I got an email from the library saying that the Square Foot Gardening book I had on hold is in and I picked it up this afternoon. I’ve never read it before so I’m excited to learn. It sounds like a great way to garden for me cause our backyard is so small. Maybe it’ll cheer me up a bit.

I’ll let you know what I think after I finish it.

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What to Grow

December 26, 2008 at 6:00 am (Peas, Pepper, Seeds, Tomatoes)

I think I’ve decided on which vegetables I want to grow in the garden this year. Here’s my list:

Kale

Leek

Gourds

Cabbage

Tomatoes

Beets

Lettuce

Peas

Radishes

Carrots

Beans

Cucumber

Zuchini

Pumpkin

Celery

Eggplant

Peppers

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2008 at 6:00 am (Christmas)

I just wanted to wish all my blog readers and very merry Christmas and a happy new year. I hope everyone has a blessed time with family and friends. I know I will.

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Seed Catalogues

December 22, 2008 at 6:00 am (Seed Catalogues, Snow, Winter)

I’ve been checking out some websites and it looks like most of the seed catalogues that I want to get come out in January or February.  I can’t wait. We’ve had some pretty awful weather the last few weeks (though it feels like months) and I’m missing the garden. Once the seed catalogues come out though I’ll have something to look at that reminds me of warmer and greener times.

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It’s Been Awhile

December 20, 2008 at 4:38 pm (Composting, Marigolds, Peas, Rain barrel, Tomatoes)

Wow, I haven’t posted since June.

I had a great first season gardening. I got a water barrel. I didn’t use anything but rain water in the garden – woohoo! I also got a composter. It took awhile to find a container to keep in the kitchen that worked for us, something with a lid that we could keep on the kitchen counter til it was time to take it out and empty it in the composter. But once we found a container that worked it was a super easy system to maintain. I’m amazed at the amount of kitchen waste we were able to put in it, not to mention how happy the garden will be this spring with all the good compost.

What were some of my best growers? The red Robin tomato that I got at Seedy Saturday from Casey’s Heirloom Tomatoes. I wish I had gotten some seeds from him too. That was the only tomato plant I was able to get more than just a few tomatoes from. It ended up getting sick but I’m sure it would have yielded a lot more tomatoes if it were healthy. I’m definitely going to get some seeds from him for the upcoming growing season.

The Marigolds I started from seed were great too. Although they didn’t get too big they had lots of flowers and were really pretty. I still have a bunch of seeds left so I’m definitely going to plant them.

Another one of my best growers were my peas. I planted them in three spots in the backyard, but only one – along an east facing fence yielded any peas. The peas that I did get though were really yummy – and big. I’m excited to try some more varieties this spring.

So, what were some of your best producers of the summer?

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