On 5/4/2013 1:23 AM, songbird wrote:
Natural Girl wrote:
songbird wrote:
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Dwarf Grey Sugar Pod
Early Alaska
Little Marvel
Oregon Sugar Pod II
Soup Pea

I looked at my peas yesterday and new seeds have now sprouted that I
planted in between the spaces of the other peas. I don't remember the
variety I planted, though, but they were tastey eaten right off the
plant! That's about as much room as I had for peas.. just enough for me
to eat some here or there .. not enough to cook a plateful.

How much do you plant?

around 3,000-5,000sq ft. depending upon
how you count it. if you count spaces that
get weeded or have to be kept after then it
comes to around an acre, but not all of that
space is veggie gardens or even planted. a
large part is mulched with either wood chips
or limestone and decorated with rocks or
whatever...

this morning i planted one 10x10 garden with
30ft of soup peas (in the middle so i don't
have to get at those very often) and then out
side of those i have rows of beets and onions.
on very edges i have about 80ft of dwarf grey
sugar pods. i have so many seeds of these from
last year that i'll use them as a cover crop.
we really like snacking on them. used 40lbs
of worms/worm poo in a layer underneath the
beets and onions. this evening i raised up a
part of another garden so i can get it settled
in and planted next week.

those are about 1/30th of the space i have to
prep and plant with annual veggies (tomatoes,
beans, more peas, dry beans, peppers, more onions
and beets, turnips, edamame soybeans, cucumbers,
squash, melons... then keep up with the herbs,
strawberries, rhubarb and some things i'm sure
i'm forgetting.

plus there are other gardens and decorative
spaces. i don't do too much with annual flowers
(cosmos and flax) but Ma has a few gardens she
seeds in. most of my efforts are aimed at the
edibles, spring bulbs and redesigning the landscape.
we have almost two acres -- almost half that is
gardens or decorations, the rest is wild spots,
trees, shrubs or ditches.

wow .. you're garden is much larger than mine is... Do you do organic
gardening? That's been my passion for a long time!

--
Natural Girl