article in Mother Earth - 'First Time Gardeners' advice

[patandchickens]

I ran across this while looking for completely unrelated info on chickens and rabbits and thought it might be of interest:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Orga...ep-Right-Up--Get-Your-Expert-Advice-Here.aspx


Pat

 

[2 Beauts]

Nice link!


Thanks!!

 

[897tgigvib]

:rainbow-sun :rainbow-sun :rainbow-sun :rainbow-sun

I like articles like these. Some of them my mind edits while I'm reading. "How much time per week will you be able to spend working on your garden" translates for me to, "How much time do you want to spend in your garden not even counting time"

:tools :watering :tools :watering

 

[digitS']

"Gardens are, above all else, SOIL."

Shouldn't that be: "Gardens are, most importantly, SOIL."

Or: "Basically, gardens are SOIL."

Above All Else . . ???

Steve

 

[journey11]

I saw an interesting segment on PBS about urban gardening using recycled junk and things like old carpet for a growing medium using hydroponic techniques. Wish I could have given it closer attention and remembered the name of the place. There was a exhibition garden somewhere that they were dabbling in these things, experimenting with how you could still grow food even in a very stark landscape.

 

[digitS']

The big garden is not where I do composting these days. So, I am relying on tilling in the plant wastes during the off-season and using an organic fertilizer (usually, 8-2-4).

The soil is so gravelly, the fertility is questionable. If you go down, you will realize that it is 50% rock and that means that the garden is only 50% soil. Still, some things grow well.

It may be that the reason plants like greens & onions do well is only because of the fertilizer. The rocks could be 100% of the medium and the plants would do fine with just regular applications of that fertilizer. It could be a hydroponic set-up, as easily as not.

Steve

 

[Smart Red]

I saw an interesting segment on PBS about urban gardening. . . . . There was a exhibition garden somewhere that they were dabbling in these things, experimenting with how you could still grow food even in a very stark landscape.

I saw one where they were growing a complete vegetable garden in gunny sacks on and along the wire fencing of a parking lot. Gunny sacks had plants growing from the top and plants growing out of holes lower on the sack. Used other 'junk' such as tires as well. Neat if it's all you have.

Love, Smart Red

 

[Naughty]

I have green beans planted in old tires....

I used em for pumpkins and it worked so... trying this... I call it my 'redneck raised garden' lol

 

[journey11]

Indeed, I'd rather have dirt... Mostly clay (or rocks!) though it may be.