Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Notes for 2014
Haven't been blogging, but I have been farming (a little, at least). Notes for myself for next year:
Need to figure out how to prevent/treat blight better. So frustrating to lose yet another crop of tomatoes.
Start the eggplant seedlings earlier and transplant earlier. This year's plants were so stunted that they've only just flowered. Protect the seedlings from flea beetles.
Row covers/some kind of row cover type protection for cauliflower/brussels sprouts to protect from cabbage moths. Also, apparently starting the seedlings when I did in 2013 gives you a fall crop. Not bad.
Take a break from winter & summer squash. Squash vine borers win this round.
More edamame, garlic, and onions!
Kale was awesome, next year do a mix and be sure to get some purple kale for color.
The perpetual spinach swiss chard is awesome.
Mexican sour gherkin cucumbers were tasty and lovely, but not productive.
Don't plant the poor peppers and eggplants in a bed where they'll be shaded and outcompeted.
Staggering green bean plantings does, in fact, make a big difference.
Red noodle poles beans are cool and worth growing again, Fortex is overrated.
Staggering carrot plantings is also a great idea. Planting April & July worked well.
Stagger fennel, too. A spring and a fall crop would be much better. Direct seeding fennel is fine.
Direct seed the cauliflower/broccoli and eggplants in the coldframes in late spring. Once it's warm enough to take off the covers, attach hooped row covers over the coldframes to protect from bugs (pvc pipe with fabric clothespinned to the pipe to stay attached).
Need to figure out how to prevent/treat blight better. So frustrating to lose yet another crop of tomatoes.
Start the eggplant seedlings earlier and transplant earlier. This year's plants were so stunted that they've only just flowered. Protect the seedlings from flea beetles.
Row covers/some kind of row cover type protection for cauliflower/brussels sprouts to protect from cabbage moths. Also, apparently starting the seedlings when I did in 2013 gives you a fall crop. Not bad.
Take a break from winter & summer squash. Squash vine borers win this round.
More edamame, garlic, and onions!
Kale was awesome, next year do a mix and be sure to get some purple kale for color.
The perpetual spinach swiss chard is awesome.
Mexican sour gherkin cucumbers were tasty and lovely, but not productive.
Don't plant the poor peppers and eggplants in a bed where they'll be shaded and outcompeted.
Staggering green bean plantings does, in fact, make a big difference.
Red noodle poles beans are cool and worth growing again, Fortex is overrated.
Staggering carrot plantings is also a great idea. Planting April & July worked well.
Stagger fennel, too. A spring and a fall crop would be much better. Direct seeding fennel is fine.
Direct seed the cauliflower/broccoli and eggplants in the coldframes in late spring. Once it's warm enough to take off the covers, attach hooped row covers over the coldframes to protect from bugs (pvc pipe with fabric clothespinned to the pipe to stay attached).
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