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Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:15 pm

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This Garden was a filed of weeds and grass at the beginning of last year. i tilled it in the late winter with a reverse tine tiller and added 40 pounds of all purpose organic fertilizer, and 80 pounds of organic high calcium lime. I grew 3 varieties of lettuces, 2 of carrots, chiogga beets and forono beets. i added in early summer romano bean and yellow wax beans. also 7 types of heirloom tomatoes, 4 types of swete peppers, including my favorite.. the "corno Di Toro" awesome huge plants and peppers!! i grew a block of "peaches and Cream" sweet corn and watermelons. My only Failure was my pumpkins, which i started two weeks too late and the vine borers go to and ate!! This year i added 2 inches of leaf mulch and tilled it in. i currently have a late cover crop of Crimson clover and a patch of hairy vetch mixed with rye for the later crops. i have began composting my load of leaf mulch with old produce for some good green matter and a late season top dressing for the soil. will be starting seed in a gren house shortly and getting this years soil sample started. Here's to a great season!!
photos to follow once i figure it out.[/img]


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eileen wrote on Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:24 pm:

It's lovely to see you starting a blog Todd. I take it you are an organic gardener then? I have been totally organic for over twenty years and would never dream of using chemicals. Looking forward to seeing your photographs as your crops sound amazing.

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pondlady wrote on Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:06 pm:

Welcome Todd. I see you are in NC. Are you doing all this planting now when you have sleet storms headed your way? Glad to see you are organic. I have been as well for years and years.

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Todddumke1 wrote on Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:02 pm:

no not starting anything yet. day dreaming and getting ready. I guess i am impatient and cannot wait for spring!!

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Gardenstew wrote on Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:02 pm:

>>> I guess i am impatient and cannot wait for spring!!

You can join the queue of Spring-hungry members Todd :D Welcome to GardenStew and congrats on your new blog. Looks like a winner.

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