March 2011

PEAS!!!!

Garden

I’m excited about the first pea sprouts. Here they are, almost not here, so tiny.  But here. Vegetative growth. In early March. I’m starting to learn how to make cool season crops work here in zone 7 where we have a short Spring followed closely by a whole lot of hot, humid Summer.  I’ve grown [...]

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Potatoes Are In

Garden

A couple of years ago I tried the potatoes in a bin method, but had no luck with it.  The plants grew fine, even blossomed well, but when I dumped them out once the plants had withered, I had only a few pitiful little potatoes to show for it.  It was a complete failure after [...]

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