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What are your gardening goals for next year?

Mine go like this. (We're in one of the colder areas of
zone 5, in northern PA, in the mountains.)

Goals:

1. To produce all the veggies and salad stuff we eat year
round (by extending the season with a hoophouse and row
covers, and by freezing, drying, or canning) - EXCEPT winter
squash, sweet corn, and maybe potatoes and onions and
carrots.

I haven't space enough to grow winter squash or sweet corn,
and I can buy potatoes, onions, and carrots reasonably year
round. I'll grow *some* potatoes, onions, and carrots but
won't be able to grow a whole year's supply.

2. To grow some of our fruit. We planted blueberries,
blackberries, raspberries, rhubarb and gooseberries this
year. We'll probably plant more blueberries next year, and
maybe a fruit tree or two. And a kiwi vine or two, *if* I
can get a friend to build a strong trellis for them (he
builds beautiful trellises/arbors). I'd like to put
strawberries in next year too.

3. I have a goal of eating something fresh from the garden
every single day of the year. By dint of using the big bay
window ledge to grow mini-tomatoes (etc.) indoors in winter
- as well as by season-extension with a hoophouse - I can
accomplish this without too much difficulty.

4. In addition, I have a goal of producing $500 profit from
the garden next year, $1000 the year after next, and
$1500/year thereafter.

We haven't enough room for to do this by selling fresh
veggies (low profit margin), but I *might* be able to do it
by selling miniature vegetable plants, herb plants, started
vegetable plants, and started perennial flower plants. I
will certainly try.

We're living on a minute, fixed income (health problems) so
meeting these goals would make a very, very substantial
contribution to our welfare and standard-of-living. Even
meeting the first two goals will help a lot.

The same health problems that keep us from working, however,
often make it difficult for us to meet gardening goals. But
I think we can do it.

What are *your* next year's gardening goals?

Pat


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My goals for next year:

1. To product more tomatoes - only got 10 x 1L jars of spaghetti sauce this
year - and to only grow Romas. Nobody likes the cherries except the
in-laws - why waste the space.

2. To plant before June 30th. This year short growing season becuase I was
afraid of frost warnings - should've at least planted the root crops.

3. To plant more dill.... there is never enough

4. More peppers - cut down this year and only got a bushel - not enough for
a decent roasting sessions - but enough for the spaghetti sauce..

5. Grow enough potatoes for a yr - did this last yr. Such a late start this
yr didnt' work out.

6. Re-establish all the herbs I lost in last yrs deep freeze. Lost alot of
herbs I have had for yrs.

7. Clean up the front flower bed - it was a mess this yr.

Oh there are so many things I would like to do.....but these are the main
ones.