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To: Califreak

Really? I’ll give it one more try next summer. Hubby wasn’t here yet, so I only pulled the grass off a spot and called it a garden. next year we’ll rototill and even fertilize, LOL. Loosening the earth should give the beets and carrots a chance. If they don’t get bigger after that, I’ll give up and stick to other vegetables.


53 posted on 02/11/2016 8:53:17 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: CottonBall

I’m not much of a gardener. It’s laughable that I’m seen on the FR gardening thread. I can barely grow a tomato. :)

We break up the dirt, add compost and manure and cover with straw.

I start a bunch of seedlings and just throw a bunch out there and hope something sticks.

We live in a rental in town, so not much space. The garden is on the perimeter of the yard and a couple of beds in the middle.

We had a drought last year so couldn’t grow much. It usually turns out to be salsa and spaghetti sauce, salad and squash in a good year. Gotta have home grown maters. We usually have cilantro, basil and chives and parsley. Oregano and mint are in there for good.

Mmmm. Fresh herbs are nice.

I can’t grow beets or onions. I think our dirt is too hard or something. Lots of clay.


54 posted on 02/11/2016 9:52:21 PM PST by Califreak (Madeleine Albright says I'm going to hell)
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