A friend has remarked that he was concerned that I might forget
the garden in my blog. His concern was that other things (subjects) might distract
from the news about what is going on in the garden. I had started a personal reply
but as I began to type and explain what is and what was to happen with the garden and such I
thought perhaps others would like to know what was in the planning so here is
my reply to him and to all.
The primary reason for the blog
is the garden which right now has most everything removed waiting for me to get
new plants sprouted so I haven't said much about it.
The seeds for bell peppers turned
out to be something else, sort of like a jalapeno, just maybe hotter,
they turned red instead of staying green which maybe jalapenos do but being
that I have never raised them I don't know. The okra never did much of
anything. The tomatoes weren't pruned and grew way too big
again. Which was more plant than tomatoes. The new tomato plants will be pruned to 4 main stalks and constantly
suckered and trimmed for height. I did a lot of reading about trimming and
pruning tomatoes and now know how much more I can do to keep them from getting
too big. When we had tomatoes in a regular garden their height and size was no problem
so they were left to grow as big as they wanted and they did in the well
prepared soil back in CA and when I was a kid.
Also the little raised beds are
an experiment too. As many plants don't like their roots wet for a long time I
am trying these little raised beds with different plants to see which ones
improve and do well during the rainy season. These little raised beds will have
to be watered during the dry season (for which I’ve been planning a water system for,
mostly a drip system), perhaps they'll end up with different plants in them as
well, it’s all an experiment. I'm thinking of doing one little one for one
tomato plant to see just what can be done with them during the dry season (maybe two, one trimmed and pruned and the other just suckered).
What I don’t want and would have
a hard time with is a regular type garden where I would have to bend over to
tend to it properly; the ol’ back just won’t allow me to do that.
I have planned to start my tomato
seeds next month in my window greenhouse for the garden so I’ll also start one
for the little raised bed as well. By the time the rains have slowed down they’ll
be good size, ready for transplanting. What I’m doing now will give me good
large tomatoes so I can save seeds for myself and for those who have asked for
saved seeds. My plan is to save seeds from the best of the best, nice shaped
and good size tomatoes.
I’m thinking of planting some
lettuce, radishes and carrots now just to see how well they can do this time of
the year.
I’ll install my water system this
week. I will post photos of before and after and also with the system on so
folks can see how it works.
I will continue to post about all
that is happening around here as well as the garden. I email folks about this
and that all the time which as all of you know, can get very time consuming so I’ll
post more often to the blog instead of doing single emails about things. Some post
may contain only information about the garden and plants while other post will
contain everything.
Today is bright and shiny, no
rain (yet). Have already been in the garden and worked in the yard, time for
lunch.
Art
So much to do so
little time!
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