ellie_may12
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Down here in zone 8B, we are just gearing up for the fall gardening season! I just planted some cabbage, broccoli and collards to be transplanted later on. I also planted some bush cucumbers (spacemaster) in hopes of getting a few more cukes. In a couple of weeks, I'll be planting spinach, carrots, beets and mustard greens.
After a slow start this year, I was able to keep all but one chicken out of the garden. So that is my goal for next year...either Stirfry stays out of the garden or she lives up to her name.
As for next spring, everything needs to go in the ground by Good Friday. Or at least the first planting does.
Next year, I'm going to do a better job of keeping track of what I have planted and where. LOL For the past 2 years, I have planted the same type of cucumber, Marketmore or Straight Eights, and have not liked them. Those were the only two available at my local Wal-Mart and Home Depot. Next year, I'm going to search out some different varieties and try them.
Next year, I will have a drip irrigation system set up! It makes no sense to use a sprinkler that waters the weeds and evaporates before it hits the ground.
No birdhouse gourds in the garden! That stuff grows around here like a weed and kills other plants. I have a terrible time yanking it up though, because it is not "really" a weed....yes it is!
I would also like to build some sort of way to allow the chickens to roam freely in one part of the garden and be able to alternate sides of the garden for them...kind of like in this article http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira44a.html.
Down here in zone 8B, we are just gearing up for the fall gardening season! I just planted some cabbage, broccoli and collards to be transplanted later on. I also planted some bush cucumbers (spacemaster) in hopes of getting a few more cukes. In a couple of weeks, I'll be planting spinach, carrots, beets and mustard greens.
After a slow start this year, I was able to keep all but one chicken out of the garden. So that is my goal for next year...either Stirfry stays out of the garden or she lives up to her name.
As for next spring, everything needs to go in the ground by Good Friday. Or at least the first planting does.
Next year, I'm going to do a better job of keeping track of what I have planted and where. LOL For the past 2 years, I have planted the same type of cucumber, Marketmore or Straight Eights, and have not liked them. Those were the only two available at my local Wal-Mart and Home Depot. Next year, I'm going to search out some different varieties and try them.
Next year, I will have a drip irrigation system set up! It makes no sense to use a sprinkler that waters the weeds and evaporates before it hits the ground.
No birdhouse gourds in the garden! That stuff grows around here like a weed and kills other plants. I have a terrible time yanking it up though, because it is not "really" a weed....yes it is!
I would also like to build some sort of way to allow the chickens to roam freely in one part of the garden and be able to alternate sides of the garden for them...kind of like in this article http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira44a.html.
