We're in serious transition mode in the garden so I thought I'd show you what we hope to be eating this winter. While many gardeners around the country will rely on the food they canned during summer and fall, in San Diego, we should be able to eat fresh food from the garden all year long. If you are looking to plant a new garden now, these are some things you could consider growing.
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| Gidget is exhausted from watching me work |
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| We've got nasturtiums that will bloom soon and provide tasty flowers to add to salads |
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| We also have some fall planted tomatoes on the roof, the warmest and sunniest spot in the garden |
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| Here is cauliflower and broccoli |
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| And we have some Green Arrow peas starting to bloom |
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| If you have curious cats that you want to stay out of your newly planted beds, I suggest this product |
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| It's completely natural and our cats get the hint if we apply it once. |
Soon the newly planted seedlings will be bigger and take up most of the surface area of the raised bed. While there is exposed dirt, cats will get in and rummage around but this powder does the trick to keep them out.
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| Here we have Cauliflower and Bok Choy with some cat repellent around the new plants. |
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| We still have some eggplants that are growing nicely so we'll wait before pulling this plant out |
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| The Lemon Boy tomatoes are doing a nice job of ripening up. I will replace this plant soon. |
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| This was full of peppers yesterday but I pulled them out |
The new plants I am putting in the garden consist primarily of:
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Peas
Carrots
Nasturtiums
Violas
Cool tolerant tomatoes
Broccoli
All types of lettuce
Collards
Onions
Cauliflower
Question ---- When switching out your plants/crops, do you need to prep the soil? Is there concern of cross contamination?
ReplyDeleteAlso, does the cat repellent keep out chickens? :) --Andy
Hi Andy, I do prepare the soil with a little powdered milk to help reduce fungal disease, a little corn meal for the same and to help kill any little grubs that may be in there, some worm castings, compost and a bit of organic fertilizer such as the one Dr. Earth makes.
ReplyDeleteI do rotate crops to the best of my ability in this small space, for instance I only grow tomatoes in the same spot every 3 years (not that our garden is even that old yet but that's the plan). the rotation will help reduce disease.
I don't know if the cat repellent keeps out chickens, the package does say birds but does not elaborate. I like it for the cats because they have a pretty good memory and will only smell it once a season - I wouldn't like to use it if they were going to it every day because the pepper is harsh and peppermint is bad for their liver...I have no idea about chickens. Sorry.