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Because we are planning to work at our CSA and receive most of our summer produce from them, my garden planting has been very light this spring. Actually, I think I'm going to end up getting more of what I want this year than last year, when my planting was tomato-heavy. I tried to start broccoli from seed and killed what came up by going away for four days. So I bought broccoli seedlings last week and put them in. I also bought lettuce seedlings (Romaine, of which I neglected to buy seeds last year) and put those in. Once I had all those tasty little green plants in, it became imperative to put up the bunny cages! (When I call them that, people ask where the bunnies are. I guess I should call them garden cages, since I'm trying to keep the plants IN and the bunnies OUT.) Last year I used a soaker hose attached to the wall spigot to water, but the garden hose is so bulky and doesn't really get the water in the squares well. I know, Mel Bartholemew (author of the Square Foot Garden method) says we should water our plants by hand, but sometimes it just doesn't happen, and having the drips lines on a timer gets it done. So this year I found drip lines to attach to my sprinkler system and am going to install them next week. I planted peas and spinach seeds on March 17, but they did NOTHING for weeks, since we kept having frosts. They're tiny-- but above ground-- and we'll see if they can produce anything before it's 80 degrees. More soon on my new compost plan... those of you who live near me (you know who you are!) please don't turn me into the Compost Gestapo. |
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Posted by Anonymous
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