Fall Garden Planning Time!

[dalthauser]

This fall I'm going to do a second planting of tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, and squash.

I'm also going to be putting in a permanent bed of perrenial onions and sorrell.

I'm going to try a new seed company  SOUTHERN EXPOSURE because they sell heirlooms and they offer almost everything I want (except for Mache lettuce - which Marcel wants to grow - I can get that from another source). 

Here is my planned order (still need to check with my garden partner to see if he wants to add or modify)

Bush Beans	Contender	13103	$2.15
SoyBeans	Asmara	11501	$2.50
Cucumber	Suyo Long	51701	$2.35
Garlic (1/2lb)	Inchelium Red	65102	$11.50
Shallots (12oz)	French Red	66701	$9.50
Onions (Wild)	Egyptian Walking	66604	$9.95
Swiss Chard	Rainbow	32951	$2.45
Kale	Dinosaur	25106	$2.35
Spinach	Bloomsdale Long Standing	67102	$2.10
Vetch (1/4LB)	Hairy Vetch	78203	$4.95
Sorrel	Garden Sorrel	71246	$1.99
Radish	Daikon	28201	$2.45
Radish	Misato Rose	28109	$2.45
Parsley	Italian Plain Leaf	37101	$1.99
Shipping $6.50			$66.50

Southern exposure doesn't carry a Mesculin Mix (you have to buy each variety separate), so I'll also be getting that from another source. 
Must have gourmet greens!

That's it for now :-)

Comments

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Looks good, nice mix of things. Since you bring price into the discussion, and i know you utalize what you grow; do you feel you break even? Not that money is the only factor; there is also quality (you know how your garden grows!)

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

In the summer I don't break even (partly because of the water needed), but the winter makes up for it. In the winter my spinach and Lettuce production pays for the whole garden (organic fresh spinach $5.99 a lb - and I go through one a week just on that - not to mention organic lettuce which I eat about the same in a weeks time).

Overall - I'd say I break even (even if I was buying crappy stuff from Walmart). Plus there is the pride and pleasure of tending to it all.

[time-on-fire.livejournal.com]

Wow! you are already thinking of fall and planning. I've never quite gotten that concept... I'm always at the last minute.

I'm going to plant a few more squash this month (if this heat wave/drought lets up a little bit) and also plant a ton of pink eye purple hulled peas as a cover crop for the empty spots in the garden.

Do you ever participate in seed swaps?

Man, I wish you lived closer - you'd be the coolest neighbor.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking of filling in with a cheap legume cover crop too - usually I just cover the rows with leaves, but I know planting something is better for the soil. It's just so damned hot and dry in July/Aug/Sept. I might buy a sack of black eyed peas or pinto beans from the grocery store and sow them.

I don't know of any seed exchanges in my area. I wish gardeners were more sociable - - everyone in my area who has a garden really keep to themselves.

I know! - I wish I lived out there where you were. I'd be in seventh heaven!

[walksbeauty.livejournal.com]

Looks great! I am just heading out to plant more squash and cukes! Need to put in more corn and beans soon! My melons are doing well (first time I'm seriously trying 4 different ones... we'll see...)

You're still getting things to eat, right? The heat hasn't goofed everything up, yet, right?

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

This time of year everything generally starts to slow down to nothing. The chiles still grow, but they won't bloom again until it cools down a little. The only thing that will bloom in this heat is Okra. Here - at this time - once I harvest I pull up everything but the chiles and begin to prepare to replant for fall and winter.

You are lucky to live in a milder climate. Sometimes I hate how hot it gets here - but when I'm growing all winter long - I figure it's worth it :-)

[walksbeauty.livejournal.com]

Jack says he was able to get tomatoes to continue in TX by putting down a light colored straw mulch under the plants and it kept the soil temp cool enough to continue to produce (dejavu.. have I told u this before? hahaha) Anyway, better to not have to 'garden' in the heat!

Your winter growing is really nice! I almost died when I was in Texas in May once. It was so humid and hot I just wanted to cry. I was born and raised in humidity and it doesn't agree with me. But you can grow amazing peppers, tomatoes, okra and eggplant!