Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Gardening Goals

This year, I have some goals I would like to accomplish in my garden and yard. One is to scale back the vegetable portion of my garden, and to concentrate more on creating a small fruit orchard. I’ve found that my family won’t eat much of what I raise, and I can only eat so much veggies. I’m not doing away with veggies, just refocusing a bit on what I raise. Plants I will consider planting this year include:
Raspberries
Currants
Nectarines
Hardy kiwi
Grapes

Vegetables I still plan on growing include:

Tomatoes and peppers
Summer and Winter Squash
Green Beans (pole)
Kale
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Beets
Carrots

I overgrew winter squash last year, and I’ll never get all of it eaten. I plan on one hill of butternut, and that is it. Greens, beets and carrots can be planted together and don’t take up much room, and I’ve had good success with pole beans climbing large tomato cages with some twine added to the ribs. And tomatoes and peppers have got to be part of a home garden. Melons? I'm only succeeding 50% on those. I'll see how much room I've got after I've planted the rest.

1 comment:

  1. Kiwi? I had no idea we could grow kiwi here. I admire your plans. Mine only include flowers, maybe a couple more trees, and maybe some herbs. I do enjoy this blog, Obi, though I don't often comment. I always catch it via my reader.

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