Posted on 04/13/2018 8:31:30 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I have never dealt with Spring Wheat. I plant winter wheat generally in October. Wheat has to be planted after the first frost here to avoid fly eggs. Then it can be harvested at the end of May.
That means current season veggies are planted in June and harvested august-oct.
Thanks for the pics. Beautiful Flowers. I admire the fortitude of Northern gardeners.
You have lettuce already?
oh so you use the same garden area for both?
I think it was Burgess. But I’ll try to remember to find out by next Friday. Remind me if I don’t post it then.
Thanks for the Pics. It is so good to see them.
Yes. That way I get maximum out of my garden for veggies, and still get some wheat to use. I also rotate my crops. Once every 3-4 years, I plant one or two beds in hairyvetch, rye, and/or clover to turn under in spring to refurbish the soil.
lol, that’ll take less work too!
cute!
we planted a deer garden last year. they had their own corn behind our garden. darned if they didn’t eat every single kernel out of their garden,but didn’t touch ours!
we’ll try it again this year.
Can you delete a couple of them Jim?
Thanks very much !
We have an extra layer of covers on the covered beds.
It got down to 30 last night !
I’m almost afraid to look inside but the frost blankets are usually good for a 10 degree bump.
Those raised beds with the covers on look really cool. As for my area, western Pennsylvania has had two 85 degree days with the night temps going down to 65. My forsythia bush is in full bloom - hope it lasts because temps will drop Tuesday with some type of snow forecast, who knows what that means.
sounds like a great plan!
i’ll I have to look for rye seeds. I didn’t realize it was good for the soil.
i “try” to rotate but it can get so complicated! it’s not for someone with OCD tendencies, lol. It never fails that after I’m done figuring out what was there the year before, what goes now, then I end up putting two crops together that don’t like each other. Then I have to start all over!
Now I just try to do a reasonable job and leave it at that.
I use a simple plan. Legumes, Leaves, Fruit, Roots.
Leaves need nitrogen, so they follow the legumes. Fruit-stuff like corn, tomatoes etc. Roots are carrots onions etc.
I also do a little companion planting beans with corn or potatoes. Basil with tomatoes.
I have a diagram of my beds-1 page for each year. Just write down the date and what was planted on the diagram, and keep them stapled together in a folder that I can just glance at to see what I did when.
Whatever works for you.
i like your LLFR plan. i can try that, but i have more leaves and fruit and root plants than legumes each year. that’s been my problem.
I didn’t know basil and tomatoes got along well. They do on the plate! I’ll put some together this year then in the garden.
I’ve had that problem too, but the beans or peas are very good to put nitrogen in soil and save on fertilizer.
You could try planting a fall/winter legume/cover crop as well as fall/winter garlic. That leaves lettuce -quick crop followed by the fruits. Size your winter garlic to match the amount of beans and peas you want.
What do you use for clips to hold the cloth to the hoops Erick?
The clips are from local big box store called Menards.
They’re spring-loaded to stay closed, like a big plastic clothes pin.
Squeeze em to open and apply. They stay in place even in windy conditions.
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