Our 2011 garden season was by far the best to date.
What we did good:
Hanging tomatoes did pretty well.
We spaced our zucchini and yellow squash well.
Our basil was off the charts!
We got our first edible corn.
Room for improvement:
Our roma tomatoes were planted way too close together. We should follow the directions better.
We didn't know how HUGE tomato plants get and our cucumbers were crushed by hanging sweeties.
We need to find a faster more effective treatment for fungus and beetles, which decimated our zucchini plants after only 2-3 fruits each.
We must do weeding MUCH more and water religiously.
Overall, I'd give us a solid B for this years project. Here are some pictures. Keep in mind that I live in a townhouse. This was done using the common area behind my unit. There are two other units connected to mine but no one uses their space for relaxation or anything useful so we used ours for gardening. I also have a fairly large elevated deck which is where we hung the tomato buckets on the brick wall.
A glimpse into the life and mind of a "Black American Muslim woman" who cannot be totally defined by any combination of those four words.
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Showing posts with label garden 2011. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
2011 Garden Preview
We got off to a much better start this year. We have a living room full of seedlings that are strong and ready to go into the ground.
Of course, we've made a lesson out of the new garden. Doing a lot of predicting and estimating (math) and new vocabulary (words like germination, trellis) and learning about pollination. Last year we were pleasantly surprised to learn that ants pollinated as well as bee's. The ants hooked my cucumber plants up!
Happy Planting!
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