Hello all,
Thanks to everyone who came out to help on Saturday.
Subject to my obligations to my students, I will make time one evening this week to till in the manure and then would like to suggest that we plan a morning to begin preparing some beds for planting, maybe Saturday May 9?
Meanwhile I think we should put some thought into what sort of things we should plant this year. I will be placing one more seed order this year for my own garden, and if anyone has any ideas or thoughts on what we MUST plant, I would be willing to spring for some extra packets of seed. I also have lots of leftover seed from last year that is apparently viable, so I am willing to share that as well. So, Please read the following and then reply with your thoughts!
I have started extra tomato plants, cucumbers, peppers, and herbs to share with the garden, and will be starting some other items later this week, pumpkins, squash...
We need to put some thought into if and where we should plant some perennials. Asparagus, strawberries...
I have a fantasy that we would grow a nice bed of June bearing strawberries and then make hand cranked strawberry ice-cream as an annual HVCC-DNCG summer event tradition.
Strawberries take a couple of years to get going, so we should think about that ASAP, but we could probably get enough berries from my garden for a couple of small batches of ice-cream anyway.
Asparagus takes three years before there is a sustainable crop, so if we are interested in that, we should get started on it as well.
As far as annuals, I ordered more seed potatoes than I need this year and would be happy to share the extra with the garden if we all decide to grow potatoes. Sometimes I think growing potatoes in the Valley is hauling coals to Newcastle however.
I have lots of different types and varieties of salad vegetable seeds, lettuce, carrot, spinach, radish etc that I am willing to share.
I think we should grow beans and peas.
My experience with corn has been hit and miss, but it would be fun to have a "corn on the cob-fest" to end the gardening year maybe.
There are lots of other things that grow well that we should consider, some of which I don't grow because I don't know how to prepare well, chard, turnips, rutabagas, or just don't like...beets.
We still have a couple of weeks before we need to plant, but they are going to go by fast.
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It all sounds great to me! A home-made strawberry ice cream fest sounds wonderful! I also have been hit and miss with corn, which takes a lot of space. Have we figured out how wide our rows will be and how many rows we'll have in our space? That may help us prioritize what we want to plant. Are we doing any raised beds this year? Potatoes are easy to grow so I think it's great to plant them in our first year of the community gardening. Becky
ReplyDeleteChris, it all sounds really good, especially a home-made strawberry ice cream fest! Do we have a plan for planting in rows and how wide our rows will be? That may help us prioritize what we want to plant this year. Are we doing any raised beds? I agree with beans, peas, lettuces, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, squash, potatoes, and possibly corn. We need to map it all out.
ReplyDeleteChris, I agree with it all. We will need a map/plan to follow with width of rows, etc. Are we doing raised beds anywhere this year? I agree with planting lettuces, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, potatoes, and possibly corn.
ReplyDeleteI can taste that strawberry ice cream already! Grace
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