It has been a lot of fun to put together our garden. It is much more fun to water food than to water grass. We have been adding a little at a time for the last 3 years. If it were not for Rebecca, most of the things on the garden would not be alive anymore, she is awesome. The spots that don't have anything anymore use to have potatoes, onions, garlic, and different greens. Those same spots now have carrots, fava beans, and will soon have spinach, garlic, and maybe lettuce. I have never planted a winter garden so I hope it works, you will find out in future post.
Where to start? If you are planning on
planting things next year and you have grass it needs to be covered. The first year we planted our garden, we turned over grass, that was a lot of work. From then on, I would cover the grass with a newspaper and cardboard and then I would finish off the job in March by rototilling it by hand, add a little compost and plant a couple of things.Planting blueberries, raspberries, and other fruit trees is much easier. We got most of our plants from Kreamer's (located right by the steel mill in Mcminnville). They are really nice and will answer any questions you might have.
Reme
mber that Its easier to do this little by little. Patience is the name of the game with gardening, but once its all set up, its much easier to maintain.
Betty and I are thinking about winter gardening...do you have recommendations on what to plant?
ReplyDeleteSpinach, lettuce, other greens to be eaten as baby greens. You are supposed to plant your garlic in early October for next year. You can also plan carrots right now and you might get some for winter. You can plant beats and eat the baby greens too.
ReplyDeleteI would go to Kraemer's and look at the back of the seed packets. I would experiment with as many seeds as I can. If some of them don't work, you can always plant them next spring.
Last winter I tried planting some lettuce a little late in the winter, it never appeared. Then, in early spring I noticed the lovely little lettuce plants. It was a wonderful surprise. Seeds are like that, they will stay on the ground until they are ready to come up.