2020 Garden changes

I like tomatoes and peppers for salsa, but I only seem to be able to grow cherry tomatoes in abundance, but even those it seems like not enough. I can second the zucchini and squash. My first year I had four plants. Even the neighbors stopped taking them. Corn hasn't really done well me. The one year I tried to grow it, it was going okay then it all blew over. Last year we grew some type of Asian lettuce or something that was growing out of control, but we never really knew what to do with it. Pumpkins took over a good 1/3 of my yard, but they were carving pumpkins so it really just took a lot of water more than anything. It was cool, but we don't have the room for them just because they are cool. In the past I've grown peppers well, but last year they really struggled.

My neighbor across the street grew a whole garden in like 10 plastic kitty litter buckets (the bright yellow ones) and kicked everyone's but with his produce.

If work-from-home continues for a while, I could probably get a garden to survive past hail season! That has always been the problem, the storms roll through mid-day and just shred the leaves. Last year I tried containers/Homer buckets back and forth from the porch into June, and still got surprised.


Plenty of time until Mother's Day to get plants in the ground. Maybe there are some better approaches? Can't really see going to a full-on greenhouse, if those even stand up to hail.

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Originally Posted by XJ

If work-from-home continues for a while, I could probably get a garden to survive past hail season! That has always been the problem, the storms roll through mid-day and just shred the leaves.

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Make hoop tents with PVC pipe and garden insect mesh. This stuff is hail-proof and has held up well for several seasons; their jumbo clips work well. www.growcover.com.au

If you like green onions/scallions...there is something really easy you can do to have perpetual fresh product from your window sill.

I was skeptical, but it's impressive on yield....2 to 4 inches of growth in just one week.

1 clear plastic egg container with 1/2 inch holes on the top of each compartment.
Cut the green onions high enough to reach through the holes you made.
Fill the compartments with water and change it out every couple of days or so.

It's also been kinda fun to see how well this is working.

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Originally Posted by OtterbatHellcat

If you like green onions/scallions...there is something really easy you can do to have perpetual fresh product from your window sill.

I was skeptical, but it's impressive on yield....2 to 4 inches of growth in just one week.

1 clear plastic egg container with 1/2 inch holes on the top of each compartment.
Cut the green onions high enough to reach through the holes you made.
Fill the compartments with water and change it out every couple of days or so.

It's also been kinda fun to see how well this is working.

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Post pics?

That green onion "hack" works if you just want the tops. It steals nutrients from the bulb, which to me is the best part of a green onion.

http://youtu.be/VYiOqwJTlHI

As to never buying green onions again? Riiiight. Eventually there will be nothing left for the plant to tap into for survival.

Anyone here eat Dandalion Salid? I know some restaurants offer it, organic. The stuff that grows around my house is 100% organic. No fertilizer or pesticides used around my house. The little research I did says to avoid eating large quantities of the flower stems. Any other concerns? I've also read some can be bitter tasting?

That green onion "hack" works if you just want the tops. It steals nutrients from the bulb, which to me is the best part of a green onion.

Exactly. If you eat the whole cow, there is also no more cow to eat either. It was an experiment that is turning out pretty good to harvest "just the tops"....to clarify.
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Anyone here eat Dandalion Salid? I know some restaurants offer it, organic. The stuff that grows around my house is 100% organic. No fertilizer or pesticides used around my house. The little research I did says to avoid eating large quantities of the flower stems. Any other concerns? I've also read some can be bitter tasting?

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We have eaten Dandelion salad. Not the best greens but edible, the best was with fancy cheese chunks and dried cranberries, nuts and some fancy flavored vinegret dressing. As said we avoid stems.

Potatoes, onions and tomatoes it is. Rebuilt my tiller, waiting for parts. Adding water and repaired fencing. Debating if I will expand to add cucumbers(different location).


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