Farmama has gone offline for a while, but I think I will continue the Thursday postings for a while. It is so much fun...
We have hit a momentary lull in the vegetable harvesting this week. Our green beans are not producing quite as fast or as much as they did a couple of weeks ago, neither is our lettuce, our strawberries are decidedly done, and the birds are getting to our blueberries faster than we can.
Each year I am learning more about growing our food. Last year was my first real year in the garden. I learned spacing, and hilling, and staking, and so much more. This year I am dabbling with companion planting--I just underplanted carrots by our tomatoes. Our strawberries, too, are going to have to get friendly with another round of beans due up soon.
Last year I planted all seedlings and this year most of what we are growing was started from seed. This season I have also done second (and third) plantings of some veggies. Next year? Oh the list of what I want to learn/know/practice goes on and on and on. Think I'll start with extending the season with a cold frame.
What are you doing differently in your garden this year?
4 comments:
This year my garden is filled almost exclusively with tomatoes. I waited so long for summer to get here that I was afraid to plant much more. Our growing season is so short and my garden not that large. So, I prioritized, and tomatoes it is!
Blessings, Debbie
Everything is new to us this year! It's all an experiment that we're hoping with work out for us.
Your garden is looking great - too bad about the blueberries!
I'm hoping to get some cold frames in this year. I just planted my first-ever fall/winter seeds. Glad you're continuing with the Around the Farmette--think I'll join you, I've been enjoying it, too!
Wow, you have done so much planting! This is my first year of a real vegetable garden. I do love it but it is so much more work than my ornamental garden. I hope I get the hang of it someday.
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