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Crafty Angler · 03-20-2009, 07:40 AM

We're gonna expand our garden to about 5 x 30' this year -

We got enough tomatoes last season (4 different varieties) to harvest by the 5 gallon bucket, give 'em away and still can 4 cases for the winter - my bride is a midwestern farm girl, she does it all...

Gonna do cukes too for homemade sweet & dill pickles - she's got her mom's old recipes -

Hell, last year we had beefsteaks the size of cantalopes, too - plus red peppers, jalapenos and Italian, and those little Portuguese peppers I used to call firecrackers - the ones my grandma, mom and aunts used to make a relish out of and can - plus the usual herbs - a massive basil bush, fresh dill, thyme and oregano...

This year we'll do lettuce, snap peas, green beans, kale (ya gotta have curvsh for the soupesh), tomatoes, peppers & herbs - I wanna see how we can max out the sq. footage production in a small space -

Figure next week I'll start working the beds - the first rite of spring...

Plus real veggies are a treat, not like the crap you get in supermarkets...

03-20-2009, 07:40 AM	#24
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	We're gonna expand our garden to about 5 x 30' this year - We got enough tomatoes last season (4 different varieties) to harvest by the 5 gallon bucket, give 'em away and still can 4 cases for the winter - my bride is a midwestern farm girl, she does it all... Gonna do cukes too for homemade sweet & dill pickles - she's got her mom's old recipes - Hell, last year we had beefsteaks the size of cantalopes, too - plus red peppers, jalapenos and Italian, and those little Portuguese peppers I used to call firecrackers - the ones my grandma, mom and aunts used to make a relish out of and can - plus the usual herbs - a massive basil bush, fresh dill, thyme and oregano... This year we'll do lettuce, snap peas, green beans, kale (ya gotta have curvsh for the soupesh), tomatoes, peppers & herbs - I wanna see how we can max out the sq. footage production in a small space - Figure next week I'll start working the beds - the first rite of spring... Plus real veggies are a treat, not like the crap you get in supermarkets...
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.