The Garden...

YEAH!!! DH finally got done getting the garden ready for me! That means I can start planting the things that need to go in the ground now. I will be putting English Peas in on the 25th & 26th of this month (going by the Farmer's Almanac) and will get my Carrots & Potatoes in the ground on March 12th-16th.



I'm going to be trying to plant potatoes in old tires. Sounds wierd, I know, but from what I hear, it's a great way to do them! You start out with one old tire. Fill it with your planting medium, and plant your seed potato. Once the plant has grown to about 12-18 inches above the soil, flip another tire on top of the first and fill with mulch. o this till you have 4 tires on top. Once the plant flowers, you should have some pretty decent "new" potatoes. If you want them to grow bigger, just leave them in longer. When you are ready to harvest, you just flip all the tires off. By using mulch instead of soil for the upper 3 tires, most of the potatoes will be clean of dirt. From what I hear, you can get about 30# of potatoes with just ONE of these setups! I can't wait to try it! I already have 2 old tires, and the guy I got them from told me to come back and get as many as I'd like.



Other things that will be going in this year are corn, squash, cukes, sunflowers, pumpkin, green beans, blackeyed peas, sweet potatoes, and of course my tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants that are already started in the house.

I'm really looking forward to this year's gardening season!