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Re: Seed companies can't keep up as more Americans turn to growing their own food 

By: capt_nemo in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (2)
Wed, 15 Apr 20 7:07 AM | 28 view(s)
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I gardened all my life DE. Just not here where I live in the woods. LOL I love fresh veggies for sure. I grew purple potatoes for a while and put sheep manure into the soil. MAN those purple tatters got as big as grapefruits. Beets and other such root plants.. Corn is a real waste of space and time......




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Re: Seed companies can't keep up as more Americans turn to growing their own food
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Wed, 15 Apr 20 6:49 AM 		Msg. 58913 of 62138

Nemo:

Re: "Quite a few are starting their gardens. I built a small one yesterday"Well done! Now you'll have to learn how to manage the crops. What I'm referring to is figuring out how long it takes various things to ripen, and when you should pick them. Lettuce, for instance, grows pretty fast. If you find that you've got all the lettuce coming in at the same time, then you won't know what to do with it all and you probably will let some of it sit. But, I found last year that when I did that, the lettuce turned bitter. When I picked it late, it was inedible. Some varmint ended up eating it all.

What you (and I) need to do is to plant some things repeatedly so that we get a few of them every so often and don't get overwhelmed.

After that, our challenge will be to get everything canned. The eventual goal should be to ensure that we have plenty to eat in the winter and spring, not in the summer and fall when vegetables are abundant.

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