dyk I think I am going to take the plunge and help Abigail plant a garden - vegetables and maybe some strawberries?
dyk she has for years now (and yes I do mean years even though she's only 5) wanted to grow and eat food that she can pick
dyk she's our woodland creature remember?
dyk so we have TONS of space, Sean can rent a tiller to get us started... but how to decide what to plant and when? I have a link to www.dinnergarden.org and there is a cool chart of how to plant, depth, distance, germination temps.... but I am not sure what our weather is good for?
a. These crops need daytime temperatures above 60 F degrees, and nighttime
temperatures no colder than 50 F degrees. They like temperatures between 70 to 90 F
degrees. Frost will kill them, and cold wind can damage or kill them. In areas where
temperatures exceed 95 F degrees regularly during the summer, plan on planting crops like
summer and winter squash, melons, okra, and amaranth, as they like really hot weather.
Plants like beans, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, and peppers don’t grow well in
extremely hot weather.
dyk so, a spring garden for us (planted in March-June) would be the beans, corn, tomatoes, cucmbers, eggplant and peppers that don't grow well in extremely hot weather - which is our summer
dyk so then in summer, (mid-June to September) we plant the squash, melons, okra
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dyk I think I am going to take the plunge and help Abigail plant a garden - vegetables and maybe some strawberries?
dyk she has for years now (and yes I do mean years even though she's only 5) wanted to grow and eat food that she can pick
dyk she's our woodland creature remember?
dyk so we have TONS of space, Sean can rent a tiller to get us started... but how to decide what to plant and when? I have a link to www.dinnergarden.org and there is a cool chart of how to plant, depth, distance, germination temps.... but I am not sure what our weather is good for?
dyk okay, I think I understand this part:
3) Warm weather crops
a. These crops need daytime temperatures above 60 F degrees, and nighttime
temperatures no colder than 50 F degrees. They like temperatures between 70 to 90 F
degrees. Frost will kill them, and cold wind can damage or kill them. In areas where
temperatures exceed 95 F degrees regularly during the summer, plan on planting crops like
summer and winter squash, melons, okra, and amaranth, as they like really hot weather.
Plants like beans, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, and peppers don’t grow well in
extremely hot weather.
dyk so, a spring garden for us (planted in March-June) would be the beans, corn, tomatoes, cucmbers, eggplant and peppers that don't grow well in extremely hot weather - which is our summer
dyk so then in summer, (mid-June to September) we plant the squash, melons, okra
? yes ?
dyk if we plant in the next 2-3 weeks we can do:
Early Spring Garden
brocolli (65 days to harvest)
carrots (70 days to harvest)
peas (65 days to harvest)
spinach (65 days to harvest)
dyk then we would plant:
Late Spring Garden
corn (70 days to harvest)
tomatoes (65 days to harvest)
eggplant (60 days to harvest)
peppers (70 days to harvest)
beans (snap) (60 days to harvest)
dyk and then the summer garden would be:
summer squash (50 days to harvest)
watermelon (85 days to harvest)
melons (85 days to harvest)
okra (60 days to harvest)
DYK where is everyone, digging out from the snowstorm?
DYK we have a snow emergency here and are not supposed to be out on the roads.
dyk I'm in Northern NJ too.....and no snow
dyk I can't remember if I asked this before (probably), where do you live?
dyk I am in Rockaway Twp (but more the Boonton Twp area)
dyk I don't know if I am happy or disappointed with no snow
dyk I am alone at home tonight
dyk I am always tempted to eat junk food, drink martinis and watch movies when this rare situation occurs
dyk I should go to the store and stock up on the ingredients for GOOD food
dyk I am in Park Ridge, very close to the Rockland County, NY border.
dyk, there are flurries but they melt before they even hit the ground
dyk, it's a little unusual for us to get nothing when the Delaware/Pennsylvania area to gets hit bit time!
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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