Working on next years garden plan

[StupidBird]

It seems my garden crop is one or the other: failure or way, way too much. Is this just how it is or are there charts somewhere to figure it out better?

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

All I'm going to say is. "I love New England", "I love New England", "I love New England". And anyone that is from New England knows what I'm talking about. But...for you southern folk that can start planting in a couple of months. I say plant a couple things for us, because it's a long, long winter! We'll look forward to seeing your pictures of sprouting veggies when we are just in the planning stages.

 

[wsmoak]

It seems my garden crop is one or the other: failure or way, way too much. Is this just how it is or are there charts somewhere to figure it out better?

Learn from the failures (try a different variety? water more, or less? pest problems?) and preserve or give away the excess.

My summer squash (actually ALL the squash except the butternut) were killed by vine borers this past year, so next year I'm going to... I'm not sure yet, but perhaps try Spinosad, or wrap the stems with foil or paper.

I can't think of anything I really had too much of though. Good luck next time!

-Wendy

 

[digitS']

StupidBird wrote:

It seems my garden crop is one or the other: failure or way, way too much. Is this just how it is or are there charts somewhere to figure it out better?

Here is a short pdf file from Purdue (click) . It includes a "potential yield" for intensely planted gardens.

I don't know if you have a garden like that, 'Bird. I've had a lot of room to work with over the years but a lot of the ground was planted closely since it seems to cut down on work, as well as increase yield. Of course, they gotta have a good year for those plants to live up to their potential.

Steve

 

[nachoqtpie]

All I'm going to say is. "I love New England", "I love New England", "I love New England". And anyone that is from New England knows what I'm talking about. But...for you southern folk that can start planting in a couple of months. I say plant a couple things for us, because it's a long, long winter! We'll look forward to seeing your pictures of sprouting veggies when we are just in the planning stages.

LOL!! So very sorry!

 

[StupidBird]

Send me some snow pictures! We had a snowflake warning just the other day! (zone 7b, Atlanta / Georgia Piedmont)

Under remay (frost blankets over opened, arched tomato cages) I've still got some lettuce, dill, swiss chard. The parsley and cilantro won't give up until February. The turnips, collards, mustards and other greens are doing very well. Actually wish I like turnips, they look so nice this year. Oh, well, the chickens like them.

At least you can grow Rhubarb, gooseberries, currants, plums, cherries, etc.

eta: thanks for the chart. Ditto on no squash from bugs the last three years. Everyone keeps telling me to just drench the place with pesticide (um, NO). Tinfoil wrap? ok. I'm already ordering more remay cloth for just about every bed.