tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768557006566187232.post841146691810755260..comments2024-02-05T03:52:32.887-05:00Comments on Abundance on a Dime: How Is Your Garden Growing?Karen McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510602668460825298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768557006566187232.post-78866000070251787152011-06-14T03:23:57.812-04:002011-06-14T03:23:57.812-04:00Our soil is not acidic either, but I have used a l...Our soil is not acidic either, but I have used a lot of peat moss and I save my coffee grounds to dig in around the blueberry, and sprinkle over the soil whenever I think of it. So far it has survived. I actually should have a second plant of a different variety - it is supposed to increase the crop of both varieties. <br /><br />The garden sounds bigger than it is, I have pretty short rows of everything, and whatever can fit into a vacant spot in another bed goes there. By the time the vining crops are maturing, it gets kind of scary in there.<br /><br />KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768557006566187232.post-39468695716208943382011-06-12T13:41:15.034-04:002011-06-12T13:41:15.034-04:00Sounds like a fantastic garden, Karen! Space and s...Sounds like a fantastic garden, Karen! Space and sunlight are both limiting factors in my small urban garden. I tried to grow a blueberry bush but the soil's not acidic enough here and it died on me. I'll have to stick with my strawberries and raspberries I guess. The purple hazelnut sounds cool! I have a tree nut allergy, otherwise I'd like to give that one a try. Oh, and I'm another person who doesn't care for fresh tomatoes - but I love them in bruschetta, sauce, salsa, and other cooked dishes. Thanks for sharing your food growing adventures!Karen McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510602668460825298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768557006566187232.post-25543127744098796362011-06-12T03:39:36.865-04:002011-06-12T03:39:36.865-04:00My tomato plants have really grown quickly the pas...My tomato plants have really grown quickly the past week, too. I'm not a real fan of tomatoes (I'm working on it) so for everyone else I have a yellow variety, a cherry, and one each of an early, midseason and late beefsteak type plus three romas for sauce. I've also got english cucumbers, red peppers, carrots with radishes mixed in, a few short rows of potatoes for new ones, beets, green and wax beans, short rows of lettuce to be used before heat makes it bolt, green onions and peas. I never have room to plant enough and seldom get any to the kitchen. I'm trying to empty a wire compost enclosure so I can get my pie pumpkin plants in, maybe tomorrow, and then I have to find a place for zucchini. I also got a flat of eight celery seedlings for $1.49, so that is my curiosity plant this year.<br /><br />We've also got strawberries, red and white currants, raspberries, blueberries, rhubarb and a purpble hazelnut. The foliage is purple, the nuts are like any other hazelnut. It just looks more landscape-ish in my suburban yard. I've got chives, parsley, summer savory, basil and a tricolour sage growing in flower beds. I'll be looking for a spot for garlic. I wish I had room for corn and more potatoes along with pickling cucumbers, lots of storage onions, the cabbage family, different squashes, leeks...<br />And if I had room for all that I would be looking for space to grow a luffa vine and a few varieties of dry bean.<br /><br />Ksren<br /><br />One year I plan to make peanuts my curiosity plant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com