So, help me -

[conuly]

What am I planting this year? I think I'm settled on the tomato front, but beans...? Squashes...? I'm going to try corn, though that never works. Specific varieties you guys like? If I got everything I want to get, it would take three yards and then some! So I need heeeeeeeelp.

Also, we are putting off fruit trees yet another year, which is just as well. I'm sticking them on the side, which is not ideal, but I can't do much with that space otherwise and for darn sure I'm not putting them smack in the middle of my vegetable garden. Is there anything I can do now to improve the soil there for next year? Google is not so helpful. Why does google hate me?

Comments

[liannas-mom.livejournal.com]

I love gardening, and since you asked...Soil improvement- dump compost on the area now (if it's really dry/in need add around 4 inches) and just kind of mix lightly with top soil. And then I usually mulch with fallen leaves. .

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Try some sweet peppers. Cucumbers are always good. You and the nieces could make pickles. Buttercup squash is fine. Have you thought about pumpkins?

One of the best ways to improve your soil is wormcast. You could either get some worms if you don't already have them, or just buy wormcast and work it into the soil. To stop predators and pests you can introduce nematodes.

Gabriel

[conuly]

Peppers are a given, actually - we use close to one a DAY around here, and that's without even half trying. At three dollars a pound in the summer, oy, that's an expense.

As far as squash goes, I like it, but I can't grow too much of it, the nieces loathe the stuff. I don't get it! So I'm trying to prioritize my squash to get only the best. I'm thinking orange spaghetti squash, actually - with enough sauce, the girls will pretend they think it's pasta and eat it without too much whining.