Yeah, but with such a nice summer season of over 4 months here, I'd get tired of the same veggies and crave something different hence the switch to fall crops. Of course everyone would manage it differently, which was part of the reason I specified this is just how I'd do it. There's no right way.
I picked paste over slicing tomatoes because they're more difficult to find around me locally and offer more canning options for the recipes I like to use.
I was considering peas in the spring but I didnt think I had enough space to get a big enough harvest to justify the use of space.
This is really fun because we picked most of the same plants but the differences are very distinctive and reflect the gardener personally. I love it!
Same. It's fun to see what everyone would choose and why. I'm just grateful I have more than one bed and don't have to narrow down my selections that much. 😅
Have you taken into consideration the crops sown after the summer solstice take two weeks longer to mature because the days consistently grow shorter? I think everyone would manage one bed differently, depending on what they like to eat. I would tend to prioritize crops that I can't get in good quality from the grocery store and not grow crops that store well and are typically fine from the grocery store. I wouldn't grow root crops or brassicas. I'd have heirloom slicing tomatoes, green beans, eggplant, parsley, cilantro, swiss chard, scallions, a couple of serrano plants, and zinnias. In the spring I'd have shelling peas. I'd keep the summer crops going until the killing frost and put the garden to bed, succession planting as needed. I'd keep my parsley, chard, and scallions under a little insect net.
That looks like very healthy production out of a 3 square metre bed - and I like the way you've divided the crops. On succession sowing just a few seeds each time per crop? It is something I am trying to be a bit more deliberate about - albeit across several smaller, irregular shaped plots. I'd also be thinking about succession sowing the lettuces, beans and, especially, the pak choi.
Thanks! Yeah, for succession sowing, I would divide the allotments in thirds and sow one third every week (or every other week) until it's filled up and then let it ride out from there. That way I don't have too many radishes at once and the harvest extends through the season. I wouldn't do more just because I want to make sure I can get plants out in a timely manner for the next season's crops. Lettuce and beans for sure. For the pac/pak choi I didn't write to succession sow it just because I don't technically have time for it, but the season would probably play out slightly different in real life. If I had time to succession sow those I definitely would, as well.
Let me give you a different way to think of this. Create a nibble garden. You growfood that you can pick and eat, while checking your plants. You don't grow anything with an eye towards preserving. I have 10 2x4' beds, with some containersfor berry bushes. I was able to keep the garden going when I had shingles last year, right after planting.
This is a great idea! I'm doing a lot of preserving right now but I don't think I always will want to or be able to. Which plants or varieties do you think are best for a nibble garden?
Sugar snap peas, lettuce, carots, radishes. I grow stir fry greens too. I tried filet beans last year but they didn’t do well. Oh and tomatoes of course! The idea is either to graze as you check things out, or to harvest something for dinner. I will grow some cukes for pickling and fresh eating too.
Last year, I grew Cherokee Purple tomatoes. They went into transplant shock and didn’t produce until late. I let them go till October, pinching off blossoms and tiny fruit. Harvested when first frost was predicted. Every one ripened inside and I had tomatoes in the fridge until Christmas! Pretty good for one plant
Yeah, but with such a nice summer season of over 4 months here, I'd get tired of the same veggies and crave something different hence the switch to fall crops. Of course everyone would manage it differently, which was part of the reason I specified this is just how I'd do it. There's no right way.
I picked paste over slicing tomatoes because they're more difficult to find around me locally and offer more canning options for the recipes I like to use.
I was considering peas in the spring but I didnt think I had enough space to get a big enough harvest to justify the use of space.
This is really fun because we picked most of the same plants but the differences are very distinctive and reflect the gardener personally. I love it!
Same. It's fun to see what everyone would choose and why. I'm just grateful I have more than one bed and don't have to narrow down my selections that much. 😅
Same!! 😆
Have you taken into consideration the crops sown after the summer solstice take two weeks longer to mature because the days consistently grow shorter? I think everyone would manage one bed differently, depending on what they like to eat. I would tend to prioritize crops that I can't get in good quality from the grocery store and not grow crops that store well and are typically fine from the grocery store. I wouldn't grow root crops or brassicas. I'd have heirloom slicing tomatoes, green beans, eggplant, parsley, cilantro, swiss chard, scallions, a couple of serrano plants, and zinnias. In the spring I'd have shelling peas. I'd keep the summer crops going until the killing frost and put the garden to bed, succession planting as needed. I'd keep my parsley, chard, and scallions under a little insect net.
That looks like very healthy production out of a 3 square metre bed - and I like the way you've divided the crops. On succession sowing just a few seeds each time per crop? It is something I am trying to be a bit more deliberate about - albeit across several smaller, irregular shaped plots. I'd also be thinking about succession sowing the lettuces, beans and, especially, the pak choi.
Thanks! Yeah, for succession sowing, I would divide the allotments in thirds and sow one third every week (or every other week) until it's filled up and then let it ride out from there. That way I don't have too many radishes at once and the harvest extends through the season. I wouldn't do more just because I want to make sure I can get plants out in a timely manner for the next season's crops. Lettuce and beans for sure. For the pac/pak choi I didn't write to succession sow it just because I don't technically have time for it, but the season would probably play out slightly different in real life. If I had time to succession sow those I definitely would, as well.
Let me give you a different way to think of this. Create a nibble garden. You growfood that you can pick and eat, while checking your plants. You don't grow anything with an eye towards preserving. I have 10 2x4' beds, with some containersfor berry bushes. I was able to keep the garden going when I had shingles last year, right after planting.
This is a great idea! I'm doing a lot of preserving right now but I don't think I always will want to or be able to. Which plants or varieties do you think are best for a nibble garden?
Sugar snap peas, lettuce, carots, radishes. I grow stir fry greens too. I tried filet beans last year but they didn’t do well. Oh and tomatoes of course! The idea is either to graze as you check things out, or to harvest something for dinner. I will grow some cukes for pickling and fresh eating too.
Last year, I grew Cherokee Purple tomatoes. They went into transplant shock and didn’t produce until late. I let them go till October, pinching off blossoms and tiny fruit. Harvested when first frost was predicted. Every one ripened inside and I had tomatoes in the fridge until Christmas! Pretty good for one plant
Sounds delicious 😋