Organic Gardening. RogersPlants. Gardening and Homesteading. 7 Habits of Successful Gardeners. Originally published January 2009 Or is it the Seven Pillars of Horticultural Wisdom? As everyone's resolutions remind us, we love attaching a number to advice, a number smaller than the one I regard as most realistic: The Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-Two Things It's Important to Remember Before Getting Out of Bed. So be warned: I haven't really honed it down to only seven; these are just the first seven essentials that came to mind when I decided to do this. And not in order, either. Make CompostUse CompostPlant Crops in Wide BedsMulchFeed the Soil, Not the PlantsShare SomethingBe There Photo: The compost bins at Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, N.Y. 1.
Short version: Mother Nature never throws anything away. Longer version: Composting is the rare silk purse from sow's ear, something for nothing, win-win. It's easy to fall into thinking that compost's last name is bin, and that careful layering and turning are part of the deal. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Got seeds? 7. Tips for Gardening. SproutRobot! Choosing Perennials | Gardening Tips. Organic Gardening Tips. Grow plants from your groceries, like ginger root and pineapple! - StumbleUpon. 2008 market garden crop listing. You can’t grow everything, but there’s no harm in trying! That’s my production planning philosophy, till further notice. Here’s the preliminary crop list for 2011, as of early February. It will be undergoing some major changes!
(Here are the lists from 2007, 2008 and 2009—there’s none for 2010) The selection is evolving. One factor is seed cost. Another factor is variety selection: I’ve tended to favor the more compact and shorter season varieties, especially with beans and peas, where I almost exclusively grow bush rather than climbing. Anyhow, here’s this year’s plan-in-progress: Veggies, Herbs, Flowers, Mulch…! Vegetables amaranth, grain arugula – “rocket”, Skyrocket – Grown here for the first time last year, arugula did fairly well: the plants thrive, but the flea beetles LOVE it, so protection has to be pretty intense (well-anchored row cover) to avoid flea-beaten harvests. bean, snap – Derby, Indy Gold, Jade, Royal Burgundy bok choi – Joi Choi, Mei Qing Choi collard - Vates kohlrabi -