I think I did mention last week that I would love to read everyone’s gardening resolutions for next year. Other than spending more time in the garden, I am going to give up on green beans and just grow the Chinese long beans. Easier to pick and better flavor. Also will not plant so many radishes, got way more than I could eat and I love radishes. Also giving up on zucchini but will plant more broccoli. More lettuce and I may try beets again, my problem has been I don’t thin them out well enough. Also will keep the asparagus weeded, I did a much better job last year.
Those seeds fill a whole tablespoon. Will try making some seed tapes this year...and pass them around. We have a community garden in our apartment complex.
I will compost more....this winter I am saving all my egg shells and putting them in the freezer til the ground is thawed....
more cardboard covered with mulch on my garden paths.....
rotate crops...
more onions.....more peppers.....
I have been trying to establish red bee balm for yrs....maybe this year will be the year....
My Resolutions (although I just call them “plans”):
1. Grow 70 or more “Bigger Better Butternut” squash. This is a Carol Deppe variety, and was very hard to get hold of. She introduced it at about the same time she stopped filling orders. After much searching, I found someone who had bought a packet from her in-person and grew them out. They sent me over 100 seeds :) I hope to offer it to Baker Creek, as well as sharing seeds online next year.
2. Grow at least 20 plants from my pumpkin-breeding project. 2 of them last year were sweeter than sugar. I’m hoping to stabilize that trait.
3. Grow my own luffa gourds.
4. Try out 3 new melon varieties and see how they do.
5. Figure out a way to keep the weeds to a manageable level.
6. Build lots of trellises.