tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post3927462352891225934..comments2024-03-22T17:11:42.609-04:00Comments on World Turn'd Upside Down: Vegetable GardeningStephanie Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-53330209569676917032020-06-28T09:50:55.694-04:002020-06-28T09:50:55.694-04:00Hi, I'm a devoted organic gardener Elizabeth V...Hi, I'm a devoted organic gardener <a href="https://billlentis.com/home-office/vegetable-garden" rel="nofollow">Elizabeth Valdez</a> and am known by my friends whilst the recycling queen. I live on a small country property in South Australia.<br />Endri_Frasherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325398478352302964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-19200880267754724622011-01-11T07:08:37.270-05:002011-01-11T07:08:37.270-05:00Well, ours, in our little, untended garden, is mor...Well, ours, in our little, untended garden, is more like a forest soil, I guess, due to the two big spruce trees that have been in our garden for years and years. (One of them we had cut down last year.) We get lots of moss...Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-86277734453158268472011-01-10T15:51:46.857-05:002011-01-10T15:51:46.857-05:00Hana, I had to look up what a marten was. They loo...Hana, I had to look up what a marten was. They look really cute. <br /><br />How lucky that your soil is dark. Ours is mostly clay here. I've only been to Canada once, and all I saw was snow!Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-35744665669957581912011-01-10T06:19:48.706-05:002011-01-10T06:19:48.706-05:00I have no idea about rats... We've had a compo...I have no idea about rats... We've had a compost pile for all my life and all we've seen was a marten... but then, our situation is probably very different from yours. Czech Republic is different from the USA in terms of climate and soil and all such... We actually live in an old town (dating back to Middle Ages) near the black soils of the Labe river, so it's all different. :-)<br />I'm mostly interested because I'm in the process of writing an essay about Prairie farming in Canada, and now I'm reading a Manitoban schoolbook on agriculture which was probably written in late 1890s-1910s (no publication date :-( ), and with all this am now looking into something I've never studied before, so it's all new and exciting. :-)Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-90825687440932845212011-01-09T20:16:00.486-05:002011-01-09T20:16:00.486-05:00I don't compost, my parents have heard horror ...I don't compost, my parents have heard horror stories about compost piles attracting rats. We used to use the bunny waste and that used to work really well.Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-57738465336666528492011-01-08T12:36:40.516-05:002011-01-08T12:36:40.516-05:00I have absolutely no experience in gardening, ousi...I have absolutely no experience in gardening, ouside of childhood memories of picking carrots and such, but I wanted to ask - do you compost?Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-46970983525042904932011-01-05T22:08:48.883-05:002011-01-05T22:08:48.883-05:00Thanks so much woodsrunner, I thought that might h...Thanks so much woodsrunner, I thought that might have been the problem too. Last year I moved my beds to a place I had never used before and got new dirt but it took so long to get everything together that I planted really late and didn't get much from it. Our native soil is practically orange from clay. I'd like to get some heirloom seeds from around my area but really don't know where to look.Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-53315839872413422542011-01-05T21:50:55.532-05:002011-01-05T21:50:55.532-05:00I just started sending requests for catalogs. The ...I just started sending requests for catalogs. The garden is going to be really scaled back this year. After ten years of intensive raised bed gardening our soil is starting to play out. We will be planting lots of cover crops to try and replenish things. We are hoping to find someone nearby that maybe can't garden anymore, then we can garden thier plot for them on shares. My main advice is don't over plant, that is what we've done wrong the past few years. Go slow and be very careful picking seed variaties. Often a good hierloom variety will do better if they are a variety that originated in your area.woodsrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109845761879199895noreply@blogger.com