Dafydd
2010-05-04 07:27:24 UTC
For a long time i was not allowed to grow vegetables at the front of
the house.
I sneaked in a couple of grapes a couple of years ago...
last year i put a whole heap of horse poo up against the front
of the house. The grand-kids were incredulous...'why is grand-dad
putting
horse poo up against the side of the house?
anyways i grew a succession of peas along the front.
Our house is made of schist and the front traps the sun.
A great place for growing things!
I let the kids eat the peas fresh... i reckon it teaches
them a lot about growing stiff.
60 years ago this valley was a dust bowl. the house and
everything else is sitting on 3 or 4 feet of sand dunes.
every year i dig a deep deep hole and fill it with everything the
soil needs... even fairly woody things. it really helps hold
the moisture. we get about 12" of rain here on any year.
The worms get cracking and really open everything up...
and mix everything in...much better than too much digging!
this year i am hoping to put in some early spuds
and a short row of early corn. More and more peas will come
up... pea straw costs a bomb these days!. So i just dug in what
was growing... and hopefully the seeds left in there will
germinate...!!!
last but not least.... this place is right at the edge of the growing
zone for feijoas.... I have my first fruits this year. An older
and much wiser gardener than me says to wait until
they actually drop before picking feijoas...
one day at a time-
david.
the house.
I sneaked in a couple of grapes a couple of years ago...
last year i put a whole heap of horse poo up against the front
of the house. The grand-kids were incredulous...'why is grand-dad
putting
horse poo up against the side of the house?
anyways i grew a succession of peas along the front.
Our house is made of schist and the front traps the sun.
A great place for growing things!
I let the kids eat the peas fresh... i reckon it teaches
them a lot about growing stiff.
60 years ago this valley was a dust bowl. the house and
everything else is sitting on 3 or 4 feet of sand dunes.
every year i dig a deep deep hole and fill it with everything the
soil needs... even fairly woody things. it really helps hold
the moisture. we get about 12" of rain here on any year.
The worms get cracking and really open everything up...
and mix everything in...much better than too much digging!
this year i am hoping to put in some early spuds
and a short row of early corn. More and more peas will come
up... pea straw costs a bomb these days!. So i just dug in what
was growing... and hopefully the seeds left in there will
germinate...!!!
last but not least.... this place is right at the edge of the growing
zone for feijoas.... I have my first fruits this year. An older
and much wiser gardener than me says to wait until
they actually drop before picking feijoas...
one day at a time-
david.