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I know the weather is just beginning to warm up for many and that winter gardening may be the furthest thing from your mind, but I wanted to share a little information about a group of hardy varieties of leafy greens for those that are …
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Question: I seem to have a problem growing root crops such as beets and carrots in my garden. Everything else grows fine. Any suggestions?
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Quality drops fast once overwintered root crops, such as carrots and parsnips, resume growth in spring. Harvest and use them now before warm weather gets them growing again.
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Sowing cole crops & other March gardening tipsFranklin County Courier, VT - 28 minutes agoSowing cole crops, forcing pussy willow twigs indoors, and fertilizing houseplants are some of the gardening tips for this month. …
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From a gardening standpoint, we have three seasons here in Florida: We have an … Anyway, I've really been into the whole veg gardening thing. … I expect to switch over to warm-weather gardening soon, pulling up the brassicas and …
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Question: I have a small raised-bed garden. What can I plant in the space where I had leeks last year? I know there are certain vegetables that should not follow others, and I do not want to risk a bad crop in my small garden.
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Plant radishes, beets and carrots when soil thaws, usually a few weeks before the last frost. Sow seed in rows or broadcast them. Gently press into soil, and keep moist.
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In warm areas, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage seedlings should be transplanted into the garden. Before transplanting, place seedlings in a cold frame or under a floating row cover for 5 days to acclimate to the outdoor environment.
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Crop Rotation For Vegetables
QUOTE: This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.
And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
- Alan Watts
When growing vegetables in the garden most people tend to grow the same crops year after year.
This is not surprising really, as we grow the crops that we prefer to eat and we also tend to grow the plants that we have the most success growing.
One thing that most gardeners seem to do is grow the same vegetables in the very same place in the garden each year.
You will tend to have a spot for your tomatoes and a spot for your pumpkins and so on.
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The problem with planting the same crops in the same place each year is the effect it has on the nutrients in the soil.
Plants will extract the nutrients that they need from the soil for their specific requirements each season. By planting the same crops in the same places you can get nutrient deficiencies.
This is where crop rotation can enhance the value of your soil. By rotating where you plant your vegetables each season you will be giving the soil the opportunity to produce better results as there won't be the same demands on the nutrients in the soil when there is a different plant growing their from last season.
To improve the soil quality even more, you should dig in the remains of the crops once the season has finished allowing some of those nutrients to be put back into the soil. In the off-season you can also grow cover crops in the garden. These are crops that are grown specifically to add nitrogen to the soil. These crops have high nitrogen value in their roots and when they are ready, you dig them into the soil.
In doing this you can expect a better harvest each year as the new planting of vegetables will have more nutrients to feed them.
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Thanks,
Annie
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Life in the garden slows down as winter approaches. The autumn plantings of root and green leafy vegetables are powering along espcially now we've had a bit of rain. So the time is now spent on maintenance and planning for the spring …
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