Well, another gardening season is coming, but not soon enough I fear. I have been worse than last year in wanting to plant something! So I helped myself and started planning for this year. A few things I learned from last year:
- 1/2 pound of any seed is a lot!
- 1/2 ounce of carrot seeds is even more!
- Weed your onions first, they'll thank you for it.
- Three good hills of buttercup squash will give you plenty for the winter. (I'm glad the other three didn't come up!)
- No matter how hard you try, some years you are just not supposed to grow cucumbers (I quit after getting 3 plants from nine hills and planting 5 more from the greenhouse only to have 1 die and 1 barely stay alive.)
- No matter how much you don't try, some years you will get more than enough. (We are eating alot of beans!)
A few things I learned for this year:
- Try wide beds instead of the classic rows. You can get more plants in the same space - think of planting 2 rows and then plant a third inbetween them, then walk around the outside.
- There are several plants that don't like to be planted by potatoes.
- Onions do not like to be planted by peas and beans. Where were my onions last year? Between the peas and beans.
- Always be willing to try something new. This year I am trying the Ornamental Rainbow Corn and the Broom Corn.
