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How did your garden grow in 2011?
Derald wrote:
songbird wrote: see! you're already aboard that train. (listening to Johnny Cash Fulsom Prison Blues, sorry it was the first image that came to mind ). Calls to mind an occasional exercise I set for myself: See how many George Jones records I can listen to before beginning to drink whisky. i'd need whisky before... .... you said something about putting two raised beds back into production? Yes; they now host collards, "English" peas, and mustard greens. I have plans to move both of them when the things in them finish up. That'll be spring, I guess. The peas are blooming; the collards are edible size; they and the mustards could be there until February or early March, when fall-planted stuff can be expected to bolt. that could be a fun job. snip i don't quite understand the short day onion meaning as if you are down south you don't really have short days? During the spring and summer months, in the Northern hemisphere, the number of hours of daylight increases with distance from the equator. Ever hear of "the midnight sun"? So-called "long day" onions, a group which includes most of the flavorful "cooking" onions, don't make bulbs this far south. yes, i'm familiar with the fact that days get longer in the summer. i miss them already as it seems i just got going on projects when the day would be getting dark already. For green onions, I plant off-the-rack white onions and re-plant grocery store green onions. They complete their life cycles, they just don't make bulbs. ok, so basically, they are the opposite of long day for the southerners, but can they be grown in the north too? that is what i'm confused about, if they only would grow in the south then i'd need a long day version of the red creole onion or if i planted the red creole early then would they bulb out when the day length suited them and then stop? we've only done the big yellow sweet onions here so far, next year i'm adding green onions and trying to grow some of the big yellow onions from OP seeds. songbird |
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How did your garden grow in 2011?
Derald wrote:
songbird wrote: Derald wrote: songbird wrote: snip you said something about putting two raised beds back into production? Yes; they now host collards, "English" peas, and mustard greens. I have plans to move both of them when the things in them finish up. That'll be spring, I guess. The peas are blooming; the collards are edible size; they and the mustards could be there until February or early March, when fall-planted stuff can be expected to bolt. that could be a fun job. Could be. I'm already trying to rationalize not digging the new location. I know better, though, because the root tax further down the road would be formidable. can you get by with putting a spade down the edge or do you have to go deeper than a single spade length? snip yes, i'm familiar with the fact that days get longer in the summer. i miss them already as it seems i just got going on projects when the day would be getting dark already. No that's not what I meant. I meant that in summer on any given date there are more hours of daylight it your north latitude than down here. right, because of the tilt. For green onions, I plant off-the-rack white onions and re-plant grocery store green onions. They complete their life cycles, they just don't make bulbs. ok, so basically, they are the opposite of long day for the southerners, but can they be grown in the north too? that is what i'm confused about, if they only would grow in the south then i'd need a long day version of the red creole onion or if i planted the red creole early then would they bulb out when the day length suited them and then stop? I have no clue whether short day onions work at long day latitudes. Try it. I see the need for more reading.... haha, been reading a lot lately. finished five books in the last week and then three yesterday and today on top of three magazines. good to keep me out of trouble. unfortunately the one book touted as an organic gardening book was more like a fluff piece hiding between two covers -- half a page on diseases? sad. the other gardening book was more complete (Tauton's or Taunton's was a word in the title -- i already took it back) and much better. we've only done the big yellow sweet onions here so far, next year i'm adding green onions and trying to grow some of the big yellow onions from OP seeds. Most of the home garden onions in the gulf states are those big sweet onions and so-called "Spanish" and "Bermuda" onions. Not my cup of tea. too wimpy? songbird |
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Derald wrote:
songbird wrote: can you get by with putting a spade down the edge or do you have to go deeper than a single spade length? Hope so, except for following individual tree roots. Gonna rip some metal roofing for sides/ends, add stuff all winter and move at least the top six inches of dirt from the existing bed(s), when the stuff in them now is done. No biggie: They're only 3'x8'. Two tree falls within the past four years changed the hours of sunlight to my advantage. I now have space for three beds that would (shalll) receive hours of sunlight while the existing two languish in the shade of an evergreen magnolia for the first few hours of the day in fall/winter. The second tree broke off last spring so this is the first winter with it gone. that should be a welcome change. are you going to abandon the old patches and put them back to lawn or keep using them for more shade tolerant plants? too wimpy? Basically. Not good. Must pique the nose when eaten with, say, liverwurst or out-of-hand. heh. have you ever had a peanut butter and onion sandwich (some add mayo or miracle whip)? songbird |
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How did your garden grow in 2011?
On 12/02/11 12:37 PM, sometime in the recent past songbird posted this:
Derald wrote: songbird wrote: can you get by with putting a spade down the edge or do you have to go deeper than a single spade length? Hope so, except for following individual tree roots. Gonna rip some metal roofing for sides/ends, add stuff all winter and move at least the top six inches of dirt from the existing bed(s), when the stuff in them now is done. No biggie: They're only 3'x8'. Two tree falls within the past four years changed the hours of sunlight to my advantage. I now have space for three beds that would (shalll) receive hours of sunlight while the existing two languish in the shade of an evergreen magnolia for the first few hours of the day in fall/winter. The second tree broke off last spring so this is the first winter with it gone. that should be a welcome change. are you going to abandon the old patches and put them back to lawn or keep using them for more shade tolerant plants? too wimpy? Basically. Not good. Must pique the nose when eaten with, say, liverwurst or out-of-hand. heh. have you ever had a peanut butter and onion sandwich (some add mayo or miracle PB & Mayo is one of my favorite go-to sandwiches yum, really! whip)? songbird -- Wilson 44.69, -67.3 |
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