Hi, folks, sorry I have been absent for so long, but it has been a busy and worrisome time. Busy because my growing partner has been producing enough vegetables to keep us going (our small CAS) and worrisome because my garden has been in never never land!! However, I must say things seem to be turning around. Its a little late, but better late than never!! The peas planted early and late spring finally decided to make a showing-not all of them but quite a few at least. We also planted again last Wednesday, July 24th, using plants about 6 inches tall and they seem to have taken well. I am at this point planting for fall crops and hoping for better production than the spring crops did. While some things did very poorly, things like cabbage and Brussels sprouts just kept growing. We have added another 8' X 4' raised bed for more carrots and another is in the process of being made for beets.
Probably the biggest problem I have had with the wood chips gardening has been getting things to germinate. I have not solved this problem yet, but am improving. Seeds that are current (2013) and should have had no problem growing, did not germinate and then many germinated quite a while after they should have. Especially greens. Paul says he starts tomatoes in the doors as they will not have time to produce tomatoes otherwise and that he plants pretty much everything else in the ground. That's how I like to work, but this year I had no luck with the latter.
On the bright side, many things that did not do well to start with are now gaining strength and seem to making up for lost time. I have faithfully fertilized with fish emulsion, chicken manure and when I could afford it, Blood Meal. So I am hoping this has finally paid off. I'll keep you posted and hope you haven't given up on me! See you soon!
Oh! One other thing, my daughter and granddaughter have been helping me re-do my Blog template and we have been having some problems with the pictures not showing for some folks. We are working on getting this corrected, please bare with us!!
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