Chronicles of a Noob Garden and Gardener

[Ben E Lou]

thinking about going fishing this weekend i know now where to get nightcrawlers for bait...

what type of kale did you plant ?

Red russian raggedjack. I also have some red ursa and some red russian heirloom. (Yeah, I have too much kale seed.)

 

[flowerbug]

thinking about going fishing this weekend i know now where to get nightcrawlers for bait...

what type of kale did you plant ?

if you do get them and plan on using them in the garden give them some freshly disturbed soil to make a start in and deep enough that they can get down below freezing right away. they normally have very deep burrows they construct as they grow larger. when you see a crawler outside its burrow it is in trouble... normally they don't do that unless they're mating or flooded out.

in the following picture you see worm cocoons, the bigger brown one is the only one i found from the night crawlers before i let them go outside... my babies!

 

[Ben E Lou]

Just got back from my first class of the year from the Extension Service: "Planning the 3-Season Vegetable Garden."

Per the class description...."Vegetable gardening is especially rewarding in the Piedmont because we can grow food at least 10 months of the year! The key is good planning and succession planting. January is the perfect time to start getting ready; let’s talk about the simple ways to get the most out of your personal planting space.”

The class was excellent, and a few things that I heard will alter the garden plans. I'm glad I attended. Some of it was repetition from other information I'd already heard, but there were definitely some good nuggets, and it was worth my time.

https://www.facebook.com/guilfordextension/posts/2052138908155345

 

[baymule]

I have one of those little greenhouses too. I put a board across the back shelves to give me more room.

 

[Ben E Lou]

I have one of those little greenhouses too. I put a board across the back shelves to give me more room.

Feeling extremely pleased with it this morning!

 

[baymule]

I found a picture of mine last year. I put boards across the back, then had to cut spacers for the other shelves so they would all be the same height.

 

[majorcatfish]

heres the winter weather forecast this weekend......little to no snow but they are saying .1-.2" of ice.

 

[Ben E Lou]

Yup, and before the storm comes in, I got a fair bit done today:

• Went to the county landfill and got 1900 pounds of compost to put in the flower garden.
• Put stakes in the ground and ran strings to mark walkways vs. growing areas and also to define where the drip lines need to go.
• Began laying cardboard on walkways for weed control.
• ...and the kale seedlings seem to be doing well.

 

[baymule]

Looking good!

 

[catjac1975]

PROLOGUE: This past spring, very much at the last minute, I decided to grow an organic garden in my back yard. It started because I was at Home Depot for some other reason, and they had a display full of seed packets for 50 cents each. That's how you get sucked in. "Only 50 cents each? Cool! I can grow 10 different vegetables for 5 bucks plus tax!"

{pulls up spreadsheet}

Yeah, so more than $700 later, here I am in late 2018, planning for Spring 2019, and thought I'd start this thread to share successes, failures, and lessons learned.

STOP keeping track of what you spend.