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How did your garden grow in 2011?
barbie gee wrote:
beets from seed were laughable. about the size of my thumb above the last joint. I am leaving them in the ground for the winter. Maybe something will come of them next year? some might make it and then go to seed, but more likely they'll just rot in the ground. i'd harvest them and eat them, even if small they are still good to eat. .... Green beans (bush) from seed are still a mystery to me. I got a few handfuls of beans, twice. Don't know if I should have done some succession planting with that, or what. do you recall the variety or still have the seed package? I'm mostly a hit-or-miss farmer; small square-foot plot. Not nearly as much success as I hoped for, but again, I started everything kind of late. Next year I'll start sooner with seed sprouting. In general, I don't really have quite as much sun as I should, so the veggies suffer. I've optimized the plot location for as much sun as possible, but it's not really enough. A tree trimming may be in order for next year, although for the size tree, it will be pricey. Zone 5 Chicago proper oh, yes, that is going to make a lot of difference. in the meantime leafy vegetables and other veggie plants aimed more towards partial shade will improve things somewhat. we don't have much shade here so i can't recommend much other than the leafy greens (lettuces, spinach) or rhubarb (which would take over a small garden). some dry beans have done ok here when they were shaded but that's hardly worth the space in a small garden. hmm, perhaps smaller tomato varieties, like cherry tomatoes, and the patio varieties. songbird |
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