NFR 2025 Gardening Growing Thread

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Capt Insano Emeritis

Capt Insano Emeritis

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Yeah overdue starting a new thread. Not much news other than i have dug up all our begonia bulb and put in the greenhouse . Raked swept the balance of leaves . Digging another yard of my compost tomorrow and planning greenhouse starting dates . Still have a lot of parsley and oregano growing and shallots , winter stuff all growing swiftly. Favas and biennial broccoli from Sept planting about 30” tall. Temps very very mild . Lowest temp here so far since winter began is about 38-40 degrees. Garlic is taller than usual for January. Narcissus , and other bulbs on there way. Have made a soil amendment list. Will get it in the ground/ raised beds in the next month- 50 lbs cottonseed meal, 25lbs kelp meal, 12 lbs bonemeal , some worm castings(12. Lg bags) maybe ght grab 30 lbs of alfafa pellets. Happy gardening!
 
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This past year was great for Tomatoes in NH. Hot & dry (not good for utility bill)
Yellow/Green/Red is Mountain Spirit. It is a new variety for me and is supposed to be blight resistant. I can't comment on that as the dry weather curtailed bad blight attack on all planted varieties. I did get about 20 tomatoes of this size over 3 plants
The red is standard heirloom Brandywine. Probably got 30 of this size from 4 plants.

I did not grow the softball!
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Seasons End

Lithe limbs bough
Toward the ground
At summers end
Fall comes calling
Without a sound
The air is chill
As rains come
At seasons end
Winter is found
And light descends
Here we are
At the penumbral edge
Of chill light
Past summers sun
Time can only attest
Solon's eyes dim
For much needed rest
A time for harvest
And gathering seed
For the following spring
As tree leaves bleed
And birds take wing
Announcing seasons end
 
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So....when I expanded the raised beds, my wife sourly said 'I don't want to be a farmer!' Today, after pulling the beets and freezing the kale (it freezes great) she asks 'what can I plant for the winter?'
I have no idea...can I get a little help here? Garlic?
 
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Otisdog said:
So....when I expanded the raised beds, my wife sourly said 'I don't want to be a farmer!' Today, after pulling the beets and freezing the kale (it freezes great) she asks 'what can I plant for the winter?'
I have no idea...can I get a little help here? Garlic?
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Garlic is a great choice, but remember they will not be harvested for 9 months and will tie up that bed until end of June early July.
 
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Anybody near Seward Park (S Seattle) area want any tomatillos, I have a bunch of smaller size from a late planting this summer. They are larger than a golf ball but on smaller size. I will be tearing out my plants after the next rain if they don’t survive and have a bunch more. I have already frozen bags of them to see how they taste for winter salsa.

Thanks
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One of my focuses in gardening is maximizing the small amount of space I have. This includes growing vertically and finding compact varietals that still produce a lot. The other aspect I've been playing with is how to get successive plantings in the same area. Over the last 2 years, I've found that potatoes and garlic make a perfect 12 month pair. In late June, I harvested my garlic, turned and amended the soil and planted potatoes. Today I harvested the potatoes (I only planted the yellow ones, the red and purple were volunteers from last year), turned and amended the soil, and planted 35 cloves of garlic. Not too bad for a 3' x 3' box.
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