#1Mar 17th, 2010
The vegetable patch
#2
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 17th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
I won't plant anything till end of april, unless weatherWhen do you start planting your garden, what do you grow and what's favourite vegies?
is unusually warm, but soil needs to be nice and warm for
veggies to germinate.
I have to make myself be patient, love playing in the dirt, and
have planted things too early many times, I don't do that any more.
A few potatoes, pole beans, corn, mixed salad, (can be
planted soon, or even now, and peas too, but I don't plant
them), carrots, a few beets, if I have room.
I am cutting down on garden work this year, so that my
sciatica doesn't flare up again, and I am retiling my
bathroom, and have some painting to do as well.
I'm kidding myself, cause the retiling of the floor is harder
than gardening, so I'm not being nice to myself at all.
#3
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
Yeah, you don't gain much by rushing it. After April 1. I'll probably put in lettuce, SWiss chard, green onions, parsnips, turnips and peas. Those things can stand a little frost with no problem. Swiss Chard is one my favourite vegetables.I won't plant anything till end of april, unless weather
is unusually warm, but soil needs to be nice and warm for
veggies to germinate.
I have to make myself be patient, love playing in the dirt, and
have planted things too early many times, I don't do that any more.
A few potatoes, pole beans, corn, mixed salad, (can be
planted soon, or even now, and peas too, but I don't plant
them), carrots, a few beets, if I have room.
I am cutting down on garden work this year, so that my
sciatica doesn't flare up again, and I am retiling my
bathroom, and have some painting to do as well.
#4
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
Swiss Chard, OK, I'll plant some too, my daughter eatsYeah, you don't gain much by rushing it. After April 1. I'll probably put in lettuce, SWiss chard, green onions, parsnips, turnips and peas. Those things can stand a little frost with no problem. Swiss Chard is one my favourite vegetables.
it all the time, I've never tasted it, I must be missing
something good.
#6
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by #juan
I've never tried growing it, but if you find out let me know - I like asparagus.What do we know about growing asparagus?
#7
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
It's probably the easiest vegetable to grow, it's not fussy about soil conditions, you can break leaves off plants to your heart's content and it just keeps growing. You can eat it raw but I'm not fussy about it that way, much tastier boiled for five minutes. It's also one of the healthiest vegetables, much like spinach, but doesn't go to seed like spinach does.Swiss Chard, OK, I'll plant some too, my daughter eats
it all the time, I've never tasted it, I must be missing
something good.
#8
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
asparagus is wierd to grow, but not hard. If I rememberI've never tried growing it, but if you find out let me know - I like asparagus.
correctly it takes a long time to begin to come up out
of the ground, then you just cut each one off when you
want to eat them, a new one will come up from same root
and they are all continuous shoots.
#9
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
OK, thanks, I'll buy some tomorrow, I've got all of myIt's probably the easiest vegetable to grow, it's not fussy about soil conditions, you can break leaves off plants to your heart's content and it just keeps growing. You can eat it raw but I'm not fussy about it that way, much tastier boiled for five minutes. It's also one of the healthiest vegetables, much like spinach, but doesn't go to seed like spinach does.
others veggies allready, I like the west coast seed co.
product, and they get sold out early.
#11
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
I've never bothered much with spuds, they take a lot of room, and you can buy them cheap enough that it's hardly worth while. Netted Gems used to be popular, there's literally hundred of different varieties. I like red potatoes.what are your favourite potatoes to plant.
#12
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
they make the soil better, so I even plant some in betweenI've never bothered much with spuds, they take a lot of room, and you can buy them cheap enough that it's hardly worth while. Netted Gems used to be popular, there's literally hundred of different varieties. I like red potatoes.
flowers and shrubs sometimes, just here and there.
And, their greenery look nice in between the shrubs and
flowering plants/trees, keeps the weeds from growing in
those bare places. Yeah I like red ones too.
#13
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
Yep, and I've heard peas do the same thing as far as improving the soil- maybe boost the Nitrogen.they make the soil better, so I even plant some in between
flowers and shrubs sometimes, just here and there.
And, their greenery look nice in between the shrubs and
flowering plants/trees, keeps the weeds from growing in
those bare places. Yeah I like red ones too.
#14
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
My neighbor grows it. She said something about taking years (3 maybe?) for the plants to really start producing. Last year, they went on a cross-Canada trip and I was "in charge" of their garden. Her asparagus patch was 3 years old...jeez, I harvested fresh asparagus every day and it wouldn't quit coming. By the end of the season, I was full of it (asparagus, that is)...I've never seen anything grow like that in my life. Good stuff, but I think it takes patience for things to get started.When do you start planting your garden, what do you grow and what's favourite vegies?
#15
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy
I am visualizing asparagus sticking out of every windowMy neighbor grows it. She said something about taking years (3 maybe?) for the plants to really start producing. Last year, they went on a cross-Canada trip and I was "in charge" of their garden. Her asparagus patch was 3 years old...jeez, I harvested fresh asparagus every day and it wouldn't quit coming. By the end of the season, I was full of it (asparagus, that is)...I've never seen anything grow like that in my life. Good stuff, but I think it takes patience for things to get started.
in your house, and piled up in the back yard, and boiling
on the stove, and a sign in the yard 'asparagus for sale'.
and you running back and forth, picking and piling.
lol
Yeah, I knew it took a while to get started, but forgot
just how long.
#16
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
A strange side effect of eating too much asparagus is that you end up with very strong smelling urine (yeah, I know...a bit graphic)...another neighbor lady warned me about that, and she is quite up to speed on food...she claims it's due to the body becoming more acidic because of the asparagus. I'd say it's true!I am visualizing asparagus sticking out of every window
in your house, and piled up in the back yard, and boiling
on the stove, and a sign in the yard 'asparagus for sale'.
and you running back and forth, picking and piling.
lol
Yeah, I knew it took a while to get started, but forgot
just how long.
I was giving it away to anyone I could find, but ended up blanching and freezing a lot of it.
Don't quote me on the 3 year "start-up", but I know it's quite a while. After that, stand back...it just won't quit.
#17
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy
The urine thing makes sense, just the type of veggie it is,A strange side effect of eating too much asparagus is that you end up with very strong smelling urine (yeah, I know...a bit graphic)...another neighbor lady warned me about that, and she is quite up to speed on food...she claims it's due to the body becoming more acidic because of the asparagus. I'd say it's true!
I was giving it away to anyone I could find, but ended up blanching and freezing a lot of it.
Don't quote me on the 3 year "start-up", but I know it's quite a while. After that, stand back...it just won't quit.
and the threadiness and flavour, it has attitude.
#18
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
Sure does, but it is really delicious when it's that fresh...I overdosed on it but regained my taste for it about 2 months later. After it was all gone.The urine thing makes sense, just the type of veggie it is,
and the threadiness and flavour, it has attitude.
I think I prepared it every possible way in an effort to "get rid of it"...best and easiest way was a simple oven roast method with a bit of oil. Also steamed and chilled a bunch for salads, and even made a few asparagus and shrimp pizzas! I figure I likely ate about $500 worth of it during the season. Yum.
#19
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010
Up here in the frozen north, Ontario, planting doesn't happen until May. I grow potatoes, turnips, Swiss chard, peas, green onions, and tomatoes. I buy a seed potato from the grocery for a quarter and cut it in fourths. I got 16 potatoes that way last year. I'd like to try some beets this year.
I do believe that if the stinky hits the fan, like some say it will, I could survive on what I grow. With the occasional fish, of course. Otherwise, I just love eating food that fresh. It's the best.
I do believe that if the stinky hits the fan, like some say it will, I could survive on what I grow. With the occasional fish, of course. Otherwise, I just love eating food that fresh. It's the best.
#20
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy
Tell me about it. Several years ago my wife's niece gave her a jar of pickled asparagus. Well she opened it up and tried one (well the rest is history the wife not being too disciplined when it comes to delicacies she really likes). She woke up the next morning with excruciating pain in her foot. I had to take her into the doc and was informed he suspected gout. I don't remember whether it cleared up on in own accord or whether a prescription was necessary, but she's learned not to go chomping down pickled asparagus.A strange side effect of eating too much asparagus is that you end up with very strong smelling urine (yeah, I know...a bit graphic)...another neighbor lady warned me about that, and she is quite up to speed on food...she claims it's due to the body becoming more acidic because of the asparagus. I'd say it's true!
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#21
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by hermite
Me too Hermite, beets are excellent and can be prepared in different ways. They are easy to grow. Plant them at the same time you plant the carrots.Up here in the frozen north, Ontario, planting doesn't happen until May. I grow potatoes, turnips, Swiss chard, peas, green onions, and tomatoes. I buy a seed potato from the grocery for a quarter and cut it in fourths. I got 16 potatoes that way last year. I'd like to try some beets this year.
I do believe that if the stinky hits the fan, like some say it will, I could survive on what I grow. With the occasional fish, of course. Otherwise, I just love eating food that fresh. It's the best.
#22
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010
Started peppers (all kinds) earlier this month. Will put them in the garden at the end of May.
#23
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010
Scarlet Runner Beans are very easy to grow. The beans are best when picked quite small and cooked like any green bean. They will get to be almost a foot long but big ones tend to be a bit woody.
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#24
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by #juan
You got that right #Juan. Sinewy is a good description.Scarlet Runner Beans are very easy to grow. The beans are best when picked quite small and cooked like any green bean. They will get to be almost a foot long but big ones tend to be a bit woody.
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#25
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010
Well, most of the people posting here are on the Warm Weather Wet Coast, but in Alberta the rule of thumb taught to me by my parents and grandparents was you can plant hardier stuff at the end of May but anything that is vulnerable to light frost you don't put outside until the full moon in June.
#26
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by wulfie68
Yep, growing things like tomatoes and cukes is out of the question in Calgary.Well, most of the people posting here are on the Warm Weather Wet Coast, but in Alberta the rule of thumb taught to me by my parents and grandparents was you can plant hardier stuff at the end of May but anything that is vulnerable to light frost you don't put outside until the full moon in June.
#27
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
Yep, beets are great. I once overdosed on those as well and in the morning, I had my first experience with "red pee" syndrome! (Hate to keep bringing up urine) Jeez, that was an eye-opener!Me too Hermite, beets are excellent and can be prepared in different ways. They are easy to grow. Plant them at the same time you plant the carrots.
I think your wife and I share a bad habit of "overdoing it" a bit on favourite foods.
#28
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by Walter
I used to really enjoy growing hot chilies when I lived in Toronto. Unfortunately, they don't grow well up here in the BC Interior.Started peppers (all kinds) earlier this month. Will put them in the garden at the end of May.
#29
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010
We moved to Winnipeg three years ago.
Since I always had a vegetable garden, I wanted to have one again.
I have NEVER seen soil like I have to work with here. Black as tar and sticks to your boots like glue. But boy, is ever fertile!
This spring I will start my garden by the third week of May, although I might start peas somewhat earlier, depending on the weather. I plan to grow tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, zuccini, radishes, lettuce, beats and carrots. Also, will put up a fence to keep the rabbits out.
I hope I will be able to give away all the fresh vegetables and the preserves that are too much for just my wife and me.
Since I always had a vegetable garden, I wanted to have one again.
I have NEVER seen soil like I have to work with here. Black as tar and sticks to your boots like glue. But boy, is ever fertile!
This spring I will start my garden by the third week of May, although I might start peas somewhat earlier, depending on the weather. I plan to grow tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, zuccini, radishes, lettuce, beats and carrots. Also, will put up a fence to keep the rabbits out.
I hope I will be able to give away all the fresh vegetables and the preserves that are too much for just my wife and me.
#30
Re: The vegetable patch
Mar 18th, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
No its not. Yep, growing things like tomatoes and cukes is out of the question in Calgary.
My parents have grown tomatoes and cukes for years, north of Edmonton, so did my grandparents... especially pcikling cukes: we rarely bought a jar of pickles when I was growing up. Sure a late or early frost can hurt you but in the regular season, but weather fluctuations can wipe out all types of crops all over the place.
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