Well the risk of frost is pretty well over so I have begun planting and transplanting seedlings to the main garden. Hopefullyit will be a good year for the garden.
Well the risk of frost is pretty well over so I have begun planting and transplanting seedlings to the main garden. Hopefullyit will be a good year for the garden.
Sounds good. Hopefully in the future I am living somewhere where I can have a large garden.
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You can do quite a bit with a raised bed garden and "home made" organic soil, similar to "Square foot gardening soil".
I'm pretty sure in the good years I can produce a pound of usable produce per square foot. Partly because I grow tomatoes, squash,egg plants and other bulky vegitables more than I grow greens and herbs.
Peter1469 (06-03-2017)
Not much, we've used some alternative freezing methods with tomato sause and the wife makes tons of salsa and we give some stuff away. The produce comes in over a few months , so we don't really need to can. But in a good year it gets close, which is why I've switched to cherry toms of late. Cherry toms and secondary brocchli heads have a way of disppearing when I'm weeding for some reason. The cabbage keep quite a while so lots of boiled dinners in th fall. We probably should can but we work our way around it.
Peter1469 (06-03-2017)
Need to get off my ass and plant one, I have a huge area of yard that gets sun all day, problem is, I would need to import soil. Dig about 6 inches down and hit pure sugar sand, even weeds have a hard time.
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donttread (06-12-2023)
Florida has soil issues in certain areas, too much sand and many things dont grow well.
A good friend has literally dozens of pot plants of various vegetables. WHy pots ? you control the soil and nutrients for each type of veggie.
I am one happy recipient of these veggies and trust me they are better than anything in the store.
He grows various peppers and his wife jars them so we have them all year round.
He tells me its easier than a garden and the pots are reused year to year. In fla you are growing something all year round.
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donttread (06-23-2017)
IIRC you have said you spend a lot of time around swamps. Bring buckets of that soil home and mix it with the sugar sand. Swamp soil is very fertile. Also keep a composter so that you can make your own soil from discarded vegetable matter. It would help offset the amount of soil that you would have to buy to start a garden. Root vegetables like a sandy soil so without a huge amount of soil amendment you could grow potatoes, carrots, turnips, parsnips as well as other plants like lettuce, strawberries, peppers, corn, squash, zucchini, collard greens and tomatoes which are grown commercially in sandy soils.
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