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Dojo Garden?
Post your dojo garden comments (see 'Sensei's Garden' above) here!
I will be happy to help get it started, that is help break ground and get it planted, though I can't promise a lot of time to care for the garden, and they do need to be tended to. I will, of course, also be available to eat stuff harvested from the garden!!! :)
I'd be happy to help out. I think we should figure out what we want to grow and plan on starting to sprout the first couple weeks of March.We should also figure out how big the plot(s) are going to be and then plan on getting some mulch or local compost for the beds. We should try to get the beds tilled and the soil prepared for April plantings. Post what you want grown. Thanks Bob
I would like to help also, but I am not familiar with which items would be good to grow from an organic/macrobiotic standpoint. I grow tomatoes, green peppers, basil, thyme, dill, parsley, and when I have space, zucchini. In my experience, most of these can be grown organically with little effort (except for the one year that the cutworms and/or rabbits got my peppers - not sure what was up with that; I do have to build cages around the parsley too). Oh, and hot peppers are easy. Not much competition for those! Organic tomatoes are not too hard - you just have to watch for hornworms, or use Bt (I just pick the caterpillars). Last year I had indeterminate (constant growing) cherry tomatoes, and we had tons of harvest even though the plants were so big I'm sure I missed some of the caterpillars. With rabbit exclusion, we should be able to do some lettuce; although we'd need to be seeding that really soon. I get plants for the rest of it from the nurseries right now, since I don't have space for seedlings.
PS. (Sandra again) I will be at the dojo for this coming Saturday morning's class (3/3); I may forget to announce after class, but why don't interested persons at class on Saturday group up and discuss this a little - we need to get started if we are going to do it!
I talked to Eric's dad, who has a large (40' x 40') home garden, for advice on when to start. The earliest planting date he shoots for is April 15; typically, by then the soil has dried out and warmed up enough for tilling, and he can plant peas and lettuce (which are frost resistant). He said that the key factor for germination and growth is soil temperature. The raised beds will probably only warm up a day or two sooner than a regular bed. May 1 is the planting date to aim for for most other plants. If the garden will nclude early plants like lettuce and peas (which are easy to grow as long as they are protected from rabbits), then the bed preparation should occur prior to "tax day." Otherwise, there is a little more time.
I will be happy to help get it started, that is help break ground and get it planted, though I can't promise a lot of time to care for the garden, and they do need to be tended to. I will, of course, also be available to eat stuff harvested from the garden!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy to help out. I think we should figure out what we want to grow and plan on starting to sprout the first couple weeks of March.We should also figure out how big the plot(s) are going to be and then plan on getting some mulch or local compost for the beds. We should try to get the beds tilled and the soil prepared for April plantings.
ReplyDeletePost what you want grown. Thanks Bob
I would like to help also, but I am not familiar with which items would be good to grow from an organic/macrobiotic standpoint. I grow tomatoes, green peppers, basil, thyme, dill, parsley, and when I have space, zucchini. In my experience, most of these can be grown organically with little effort (except for the one year that the cutworms and/or rabbits got my peppers - not sure what was up with that; I do have to build cages around the parsley too). Oh, and hot peppers are easy. Not much competition for those! Organic tomatoes are not too hard - you just have to watch for hornworms, or use Bt (I just pick the caterpillars). Last year I had indeterminate (constant growing) cherry tomatoes, and we had tons of harvest even though the plants were so big I'm sure I missed some of the caterpillars. With rabbit exclusion, we should be able to do some lettuce; although we'd need to be seeding that really soon. I get plants for the rest of it from the nurseries right now, since I don't have space for seedlings.
ReplyDeleteOops, forgot to sign...previous comment posted by Sandra Kosek-Sills.
ReplyDeletePS. (Sandra again) I will be at the dojo for this coming Saturday morning's class (3/3); I may forget to announce after class, but why don't interested persons at class on Saturday group up and discuss this a little - we need to get started if we are going to do it!
ReplyDeleteI talked to Eric's dad, who has a large (40' x 40') home garden, for advice on when to start. The earliest planting date he shoots for is April 15; typically, by then the soil has dried out and warmed up enough for tilling, and he can plant peas and lettuce (which are frost resistant). He said that the key factor for germination and growth is soil temperature. The raised beds will probably only warm up a day or two sooner than a regular bed. May 1 is the planting date to aim for for most other plants. If the garden will nclude early plants like lettuce and peas (which are easy to grow as long as they are protected from rabbits), then the bed preparation should occur prior to "tax day." Otherwise, there is a little more time.
ReplyDelete--Sandra K-S