Since I never give up...I planted AGAIN in March. This time I went to a gardening class specific for the desert. Aha! The secret is fertilizing EVERY week and way MORE water than I ever thought a plant would need. (Thus why the need to fertilize every week - with all that water the nutrients get washed out quickly - but without ALL that water - the extreme temperatures here quickly fry the poor plants.)
So here is my garden - ta da!!!
A few of the goodies we have harvested - yum!!
I have canned 30 quarts of tomatoes; 31 quarts pickles; 7 pints pickled peppers; 7 pints carrots; 14 pints of grape jelly. I have harvested 40 pounds of potatoes, 20 pounds of beets and made 6 apple pies.
And as an additional experiment I planted watermelon in June. It is doing great! Now the trick is figuring out when they are ripe ;-).
I have canned 30 quarts of tomatoes; 31 quarts pickles; 7 pints pickled peppers; 7 pints carrots; 14 pints of grape jelly. I have harvested 40 pounds of potatoes, 20 pounds of beets and made 6 apple pies.
And as an additional experiment I planted watermelon in June. It is doing great! Now the trick is figuring out when they are ripe ;-).
Oh, wow Toni! Your garden looks AMAZING!!! Way to go-- I am inspired by your refusal to give up! It gives me and my black thumb hope.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should share what you learned in a Georgics class for your homeschooling friends? Hmmm??? ;-)
WOW! I wish we had gotten here in time to start a garden. Our growing season is so much shorter than the valley. I love it and I'm jealous...the good kind of jealous where I'm inspired!
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