Crop Rotation I bought seed potatoes today, both Yukon Gold and Pontiac Red. I fully intend to try one small patch just the way Ruth Stout did...
Crop Rotation After reading, I probably should not plant my potatoes where I had tomatoes last year. I do know planting garlic where the potatoes...
Potatoes Coppice, I once tried growing potatoes from the seed, but mine didn't grow. Hints?
SW Ohio Jeff, this, from your post, was a clue. It's 0430 hours here and I'm off to work. FBG
Sjoerd, you are not alone in envy. I asked my supplier and he said about Good Friday. I plan to do both Pontiac Red and Yukon Gold. Two long rows...
Chocolate, you have convinced me to try sweet potatoes. We tried three years before success with potatoes, so why not try the sweet potatoes....
I found spinach today which came up from the relics of 2010. I'm thinking I may just leave a row this fall and maybe it will produce a spring crop...
I just trimmed my onions down to about 2 inches. I saved seed from my own. Onions planted in 2009 and left in the ground came up in 2010 and went...
Our's are planted in a compost area. I am disappointed that I have to wait a year for berries, but Rome wasn't built in a day?
Saranharm, I admit to being envious. Another reason to love Kentucky, an early gardening season. My supplier doesn't have his seeds in yet, but...
SW Ohio Welcome Jeff, or fatbaldguy if you prefer. I see nothing insulting in being on the "slim side" of "fat" and bald is wayyy sexy. Sorry...
Spring! Jerry, I am so sad for you. Let us hope the blizzard passes you by. We have peas ready to be in the garden, but the ground is still...
Blackberries Daisy, I'm glad you opened this subject. A neighbor grows blackberries in a rasied bed and picks them all summer from just one clump...
It's Spring Michigan expects snow, icey rain, rain tomorrow or Wednesday, but I am not discouraged. I planted peas, arugula, lettuce, spinach and...
Garlic Dirtydigits, we plant garlic in early October here in Michigan. It shows up before winter, but it doesn't grow much until early spring. We...
Re: Photos I have just enjoyed the photo-walk down your slope. The cattle seem content to graze and munch. The Canada geese may be headed back...
onions The seed are either Vidalia or Sweet Spanish. They came from onions I set out in 2009, left in the ground over winter and they :-o came...
Hello from Michigan, el tonyo! I scrolled from page 1. right to the bottom of page 2. and it sure seems to me that Betty has added a layer of two....
I think I will experiment by planting a few seeds now and most of them in early spring. I will plant them inside and set out the seedlings just...
Greyhound, my squash has the powdery mildew, but they're still blossoming, so I will leave them be just in case I get one more squash.
