Our formal kitchen garden is about 1300 sq ft of raised bed growing space but the fenced in area is about 60 ft x 60 ft. Three of the five main bed through the middle of the garden have hoops installed so we can provide some protect for the plants during winters and the heat of the summer. It is a mix of perennials and annuals with some herbs. We also grow fruit around the remainder of the cleared property (2 acres are wooded & will remain so), herbs near the house and the most of the tomatoes each year are grow near the porch for easy access! We grow heirloom and some hybrid, save our seeds and preserve...
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| Busy and productive summer Jul 16, 2012 | |
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We've been busy, in and out of the garden. We are into our summer garden which consists of mostly a variety of field peas, pumpkins and winter squash, okra, sweet potatoes and corn. We've not planted much corn this year. We are planning to move our corn to a new field next year so the kitchen garden can focus on less intensive... ...see more |
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My peas have just started forming. You have made my mouth water with the peas, bacon and fresh corn bread. The beds with the hoops, did you make the hoops yourself? If so, how? |
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I know what you mean. Just before we pick the first mess it
is about all I can think about to eat. My grandmother always had a pot of peas
on the stove through the summer. It was lunch and snack. I d... more » |
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| Maintenance, transplanting and Swallowtail kites Apr 24, 2012 | |
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Been busy working on getting old boxes down on the garden paths then covering with pine and leaf litter. My winter squash need some comfy places to run! And I need to not have volunteers popping up around my beds to be cut or pulled endlessly. It does make the garden look good and well groomed. Still have to fix up some... ...see more |
| Nice rain and a juvenile bald eagle! Apr 16, 2012 | ||
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Picked up our Beauregard sweet potatoes today. I'll be busy this week getting the beds ready and getting them in the ground. We had a good rain today, moderate for about 2 hours. This has been a really unusual winter and spring for us. Really mild and down right pleasant with low humidity. On the way to pick up the... ...see more |
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Beautiful day in the country for sure! lovely garden, lots of variety. I just started a Salad Garden outside my back door... gotta love the ease of it! Sweet pota... more » |
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I'm so impressed with all you are growing. We just moved away from Ft. Rucker. I couldn't get anything to fruit, not used to that heat! |
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Hi, thanks for visiting. I got some practice growing vegies in Houston so this heat doesn't seem so bad. We are on the edge of the national forest so we are usually a couple of degrees coole... more » |
| Kitchen garden Apr 13, 2012 | |
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You have a beautiful garden! |
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are those GIANT green bean towers i spy back there?! |
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Liz, thank you. I love to just stand and look at it sometimes but I confess I like to eat from it even better. Tallulah, yes it is bean towers you spy back there. We had green beans coming out ... more » |
| Busy 2012 garden so far Apr 13, 2012 | |
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We've about finished planting for spring. Our new tries this year are kohlrabi, fava beans and artichokes. Garden includes 5 varieties of tomato, summer squash, zucchini, 4 varieties of onion, garlic, 4 varieties of potatoes, zipper cream peas, sweet corn, 2 varieties of winter squash, pumpkin, mustard, turnips, broccoli,... ...see more |
| LandTender's Buzz Apr 12, 2012 | |
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