Post by FrostyTurnip on Nov 18, 2022 13:04:11 GMT -6
This years garden was toast, literally, for soft edibles above ground. Nothing made it except 1/3 of the strawberries. Even Rick's butter beans succumbed though they did not die completely.
Sweet potato harvest was excellent. Irish potatoes yielded an enormous amount of potato seeds. They were all perfectly sized and healthy for next years planting. They didn't reach harvest size but persisted and I will work with them harder next year.
Backfilling the beds with seasoned tree trash and using hard mulch (Johnson grass stalks and the like and tree trash) was exceedingly helpful. The Backfilling is hard work and my body will only allow intermittent progress.
We are categorically still in extreme drought. I m on a slope and count this as exceptional drought for me.
I looked at what did come out okay and let that be my focus. So I planted three beds of wheat this fall. Almost half my main garden area. The other half will be Irish and sweet potatoes.
The kids and I continue to pull Bermuda and slowly expand.
Brassicae likes my soil and is good at scavenging. The kale -all of it survived.
Wheat and grains
Irish and sweet potatoes
Brassicae
Tomatoes
Peppers
Corn isn't reliable with the weather but Ill keep trying.
Bon
Sweet potato harvest was excellent. Irish potatoes yielded an enormous amount of potato seeds. They were all perfectly sized and healthy for next years planting. They didn't reach harvest size but persisted and I will work with them harder next year.
Backfilling the beds with seasoned tree trash and using hard mulch (Johnson grass stalks and the like and tree trash) was exceedingly helpful. The Backfilling is hard work and my body will only allow intermittent progress.
We are categorically still in extreme drought. I m on a slope and count this as exceptional drought for me.
I looked at what did come out okay and let that be my focus. So I planted three beds of wheat this fall. Almost half my main garden area. The other half will be Irish and sweet potatoes.
The kids and I continue to pull Bermuda and slowly expand.
Brassicae likes my soil and is good at scavenging. The kale -all of it survived.
Wheat and grains
Irish and sweet potatoes
Brassicae
Tomatoes
Peppers
Corn isn't reliable with the weather but Ill keep trying.
Bon
