Comments on: Last tomatoes and summer garden notes

By: Sustainable Eats

Sustainable Eats — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:38:53 +0000

Crumb I wish I had seen this post last year. I’ve got 4 mini pepper plants. I still need to plant my beans but am wanting to grow more for drying as well. Trialing 5 varieties and only 1 for drying was maybe not such a smart decision. Ah well. It’s only the garden’s second year so I guess I can forgive myself a few errors.

By: Straw bale and other plantings | The 10 Year Challenge

Straw bale and other plantings | The 10 Year Challenge — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:14:08 +0000

[...] Oh, the sad asparagus bed. I’ve been having a tough time getting the asparagus bed established. Moles have infested this bed and I really don’t have a lot of healthy asparagus plants. So, I decided to slightly repurpose the bed for the time being. I’m leaving the few asparagus plants in place but I added a variety of bean plants (both bush and pole, hence the bean towers) to the bed. Prior to doing this, I spread out a castor oil-based mole repellent and it seems to have slowed them down a bit. Two of the bean varieties I’m planting (Etna and Speckled Cranberry) are good for dried beans that I can harvest and store for winter use. Planting more dried beans was one of my goals after last season. [...]

By: Photo album: Greenhouse in February, 2010 « The 10 Year Challenge

Photo album: Greenhouse in February, 2010 « The 10 Year Challenge — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:16:37 +0000

[...] wasn’t exactly my best crop last year. I had insect problems and it just seemed too fussy. But look as this beauty! Late last summer [...]

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Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:44:39 +0000

[...] I am not planning on planting too many of these this year. I do believe that it is important to grow what you’ll eat and my family just won’t eat that much cabbage and kale. Maybe I’ll plant more when [...]

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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:53:13 +0000

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By: Libby

Libby — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:14:38 +0000

I love your little squash! Our Waltham Butternut plants produced mature squash ranging from 5-18 inches in size at full maturity. It works well for us since Rick’s mom likes the tiny ones (single serving), his brother likes the medium ones (2-3 meals) and we like the giant ones (cook one, eat it all week long.) Your little one is so cute tho, maybe I could go with lots of that size instead!

I grew some Ancho Magnifico peppers this year and they made unbelievably good chile rellenos. Very flavorful, but not too spicy.

By: KitsapFG

KitsapFG — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:07:54 +0000

I have come to the same conclusion on the mini bell peppers too… good producers but the fruit is too small and seedy to be really useful. I think I may give the Italian Sweet pepper a try next year based on your recommendation.

The final tomato harvest looks yummy!