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seniors, have you started planning your vegetable garden yet?

Our mail is filled with seed catalogs nearly every day.We are in the process of deciding what varieties to plant

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1. Yes.
2. Planning and planting. By using frost blankets/floating row covers we can get in early crops. Now if we get sub zero like last Feb we will lose the early things, but it's a gamble gardeners take every year. At the end of last year I wrote down ideas for this year, where to place items, crops or varieties to plant or not to plant. Of course the garden catalogs change a few things, new things to try. During some warm weather we were able to get the ground finalized, we also add manure at end of planting season to help us along now. I need to get my tomato lanterns ready. To avoid the leafhoppers that transmit disease to tomatoes, I wrap cages with floating row cover. I place these lanterns over each tomato extending the cloth into the ground and of course folding over the excess fabric on the top. Inside they are snug, protected from spring winds. I'll make a few extra for peppers and eggplant.
3. I think I will try straw bale gardening this year. A few Ace tomatoes, White Wonder cucumbers, and Yolo Wonder bell peppers.
4. The ground is all tilled, and the little green onions are breaking the soil, shining. We are in the deep South, so some things we can start now. Hubby is hunting good seeds for snow peas...yummy. Most else we will start mid March. I still have 2 plots of greens; curly top mustard and Japanese turnips, that we need to enjoy a couple more times before they get tilled under ( need to rotate the plantings and put some field peas there).
5. It's best to begin small with your first garden. Many growers get a little too energized at the starting of the period and place more than they need -- and end up throwing away food and sensation confused by their garden. So first, take a look at how much your family will eat. Keep in thoughts that refreshing veggies such as garlic, fills, and crush keep offering throughout the period -- so you may not need many vegetation to provide your needs. Other refreshing veggies, such as pumpkin, radishes, and hammer toe, generate only once. You may need to place more of these. Once you know what you want to place, you can decide how much place your garden will need. Keep in thoughts that you don't need a large place to begin a place garden. If you choose to develop in bins, you don't even need a garden -- a outdoor patio or terrace may provide a lot of place. In fact, a well-tended 10x10-foot garden will usually generate more than a weed-filled or disease-ridden 25x50-foot bed. Picking the Ideal Spot No issue how big your place garden is, there are three simple specifications for success: 1. Complete sun. Most refreshing veggies need at least 6-8 hours of immediate sun. If they don't get enough light, they won't endure as much and they'll be more subject to assault from bugs or illnesses. Here's a hint: If you don't have a area completely sun, you can still develop many green refreshing veggies such as lettuce and oatmeal. And if you're in a hot-summer environment, cool-season versions such as peas may do better in part color. 2. A lot of water. Because most refreshing veggies aren't very famine understanding, you'll need to give them a consume during dry periods. The deeper your garden is to a resource of water, the simpler it will be for you. 3. Good ground. As with any type of garden, achievements usually begins with the ground. Most refreshing veggies do best in wet, well-drained ground that's full of natural issue (such as vibrant compost or peat moss moss). Many growers like to have their place home gardens close to the house. This makes it much simpler to reap refreshing generate while you're food preparation. It can also be useful to keep a few preferred vegetation in pots refreshing veggies next to your bbq grill.
6. I've started planning but haven't done anything except buy the seeds so far. I am hoping that I will be successful in growing carrots, onions, peas, beans, cabbage and lettuce in the ground and 2 tomato plants in a gro-bag and potatoes in 2 large tubs (4 plants each tub). I'm also sprinking a packet of seeds called simply 'salad leaves' into a long trough which will be on my window sill. My daughter grew these last year and you can cut them after 4 weeks and they just seem to keep coming back. They contain a mixture of leaves suitable for a salad e.g. iceberg lettuce, lollo rosso, rocket, chard, cress and a few others. Both my daughter and I have moved homes in the last few months so neither of us can be sure what will grow in our 'new' soil apart from what is already there but as everything looks very healthy I hope that my contributions to the garden will succeed and we'll have some nice fresh vegetables as well as some colourful flowers. I am adding no more flowers because there are plenty and just devoting my time to getting a veggie patch going. I hope to succeed and I hope that you do also.
7. Not yet a senior but working on my garden now