Gardening 2023

[EastenerWesterner]

Gophers have been decimating our late harvest. Think
Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd. Literally plants disappearing overnight.Took them all year to find it.

Going to have to empty the raised beds, put down screen. Chicken wire might last 5 years. I do have a roll of 1/4 screen

 

[Cindyd]

Has anyone left some of their potatoes in the ground all winter and had them grow in the spring? Just an idea I’m going to test out.

Dug these SWs up cple/few wks. Ago. Been in ground quite a while. Not sure what they turned into. Ignore the onion in the pic.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Dug these SWs up cple/few wks. Ago. Been in ground quite a while. Not sure what they turned into. Ignore the onion in the pic.

Did the onion photo bomb you?

 

[Cindyd]

Yeah, somehow larry pulled an onion out of raised bed with the 2 leftover sweet pot. That was the harvest after he had handy man clean out the raised beds.

 

[Survivor_316]

I FINALLY got all my grains in and processed. I still have some garden cleanup to do, but I am finally mostly caught up!

 

[Psalm7]

Digging sweet potatoes today .

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Nice Psalms7! So much bigger than mine. You did great! I still have sweet potatoes to harvest. Been working on my fall garden.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

For those who want to plan how much they will need to plant when the stores go unstocked, here are some examples.

Wide rows planted like this grow more produce! These rows are 36” wide.

Here are some plants and their normal yield. Of course this will vary according to location and weather.


Artichoke. Grow 1 to 2 plants per person. Yield 12 buds per plant after the first year. Space plants 4 to 6 feet apart.

Arugula. Grow 5 plants per person. Space plants 6 inches equidistant apart.

Asparagus. Grow 30 to 50 roots for a household of 2 to 4 people. Yield 3 to 4 pounds of spears per 10-foot row. Space plants 12 inches apart equidistant.

Bean, Dried. Grow 4 to 8 plants per person. Yield in pounds varies per variety—space plants 1 to 3 inches apart equidistant or in rows 2 to 3 feet apart.

Bean, Fava. Grow 4 to 8 plants per person—space plants 4 to 5 inches apart equidistant or in rows 18 to 30 inches apart.

Bean, Garbanzo, Chickpea. Grow 4 to 8 plants per person. Yield 4 to 6 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 3 to 6 inches apart equidistant or in rows 24 to 30 inches apart.

Bean, Lima. Grow 4 to 8 per person. Yield 4 to 6 pounds per 10-foot row. Space bush lima beans 3 to 6 inches apart equidistant or in rows 24 to 30 inches apart; increase distance for pole limas.

Beans, Snap. Grow 4 to 8 plants total of each variety or several varieties per person. Yield 3 to 5 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 1 to 3 inches apart equidistant or in rows 2 to 3 feet apart.

Beans, Soy. Grow 4 to 8 plants per person. Yield 4 to 6 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 2 inches apart equidistant or in rows 2 to 3 feet apart.

Beets. Grow 5 to 10 mature plants per person. Yield 8 to 10 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 3 inches apart equidistant for roots–1 inch apart for greens.

Broccoli. Grow 2 to 4 plants per person. Yield 4 to 6 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart equidistant or in rows 3 feet apart.

Brussels sprouts. Grow 1 to 2 plants per person. Yield 3 to 5 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart equidistant or in rows 36 inches apart.

Cabbage. Grow 4 to 8 plants per person. Yield 10 to 25 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 24 to 30 inches apart equidistant or in rows 30 to 36 inches apart.

Carrots. Grow 30 plants per person. Yield 7 to 10 pounds per 10-foot row. Thin plants to 1½ to 2 inches apart equidistant or in rows 12 inches apart.


If you want me to post more plants, just let me know!

 

[Psalm7]

Nice Psalms7! So much bigger than mine. You did great! I still have sweet potatoes to harvest. Been working on my fall garden.

Beauregard sweet potatoes . They always seem to do good .

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Beauregard sweet potatoes . They always seem to do good .

That is the same type I grew. Our weather was cool here up until the middle of July. Then was hot for a few weeks, but got cool again. We just didn’t get the heat required for sweet potatoes. Unusual for here. I noticed Tennessee had lots of hot days this summer. Did you?

Robin did yours grow well?

 

[Psalm7]

That is the same type I grew. Our weather was cool here up until the middle of July. Then was hot for a few weeks, but got cool again. We just didn’t get the heat required for sweet potatoes. Unusual for here. I noticed Tennessee had lots of hot days this summer. Did you?

Robin did yours grow well?

We had some above average temperatures but mostly a mild rainy summer then drought started in September .

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Whew! Spent the day in the gardens and greenhouse. Placed row covers over my growing brussel sprouts, green and red cabbages, and mustard greens. Finished harvesting my potatoes. Removed the still growing tomato and pepper plants in the greenhouse. Put the heater in there and plugged up the heat pads under all my growing plants. Hubby collected my citrus trees and brought them in. Those babies are heavy! Watered all my greens growing in there. Kale, Romain, spinach and Swiss chard. I’m feeling really good!!

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

 

[Survivor_316]

Got the garlic all in a little late, but at least it's in. Hopefully it is okay this year. I wish I had gotten it all in a month ago.

I also skipped church this morning and slept in really late. I feel much better!

 

[Psalm7]

My winter garden is now in question . I planted , it was growing , a fall drought killed . Now I may plant again on my next day off or just cover with compost and let it set all winter and wait for spring .

 

[Cindyd]

Try a little of both?

 

[Survivor_316]

My winter garden is now in question . I planted , it was growing , a fall drought killed . Now I may plant again on my next day off or just cover with compost and let it set all winter and wait for spring .

You're a step ahead of me. I only planned half of what I meant to plant so now all we have are winter greens. I doubt there's time for anything to grow enough now, but I'll try to just get things in the ground early next spring.

 

[Robinjopo1]

Got a tomato catalog today. Earliest ever for me.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Most of us might need a backup…for various meats or grains. Make connections now as you want these farmers to already know you!

Here is a searchable map of organic growers.

https://organicconsumers.org/regenerative-farm-map/

 

[Robinjopo1]

I still haven't finished cleaning my Summer garden. Time is getting away from me thisnyear.