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Lookin good! And that halibut looks delicious. Have you read about building the soil up around potatoes to encourage higher yields? I can't remember what they call it...mounding? hilling? Here's a good description: http://www.growbetterveggies.com/growbetterveggies/2009/01/planting-potatoes-in-pots.html
Basically every hairy little bit of stem turns into roots if covered with soil (Same as tomatoes). So more roots equals more potatoes!
Yeah! I heard that people do that by stacking tires and adding new soil to each subsequent tire. I haven't gotten quite Fairbanksan enough to have a collection of old tires, nor to used tires as planters, though.
The basil and peas are from seeds. The tomatoes were started in a greenhouse at the local farm. I killed my tomato seedlings when I realized how much better my odds would be by buying greenhouse-started ones. The potatoes are from my own potatoes from last year, which were from the farmer's market. :)
So jealous. My plants are very grumpy due to long bouts of coastal fog and little sunshine. There's a few tomatoes (and I planted all "coastal friendly" heirlooms,) but overall they are still rather dwarf-like. And my sweet peas look nothing like those. Argh. Hasn't been the best year for gardening for me, lots of try again, fail again, fail better moments.
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Lookin good! And that halibut looks delicious.
Have you read about building the soil up around potatoes to encourage higher yields? I can't remember what they call it...mounding? hilling? Here's a good description:
http://www.growbetterveggies.com/growbetterveggies/2009/01/planting-potatoes-in-pots.html
Basically every hairy little bit of stem turns into roots if covered with soil (Same as tomatoes). So more roots equals more potatoes!
Yeah! I heard that people do that by stacking tires and adding new soil to each subsequent tire. I haven't gotten quite Fairbanksan enough to have a collection of old tires, nor to used tires as planters, though.
They look so deliciously good. They all were from seeds ? You have green thumbs like you know who.
The basil and peas are from seeds. The tomatoes were started in a greenhouse at the local farm. I killed my tomato seedlings when I realized how much better my odds would be by buying greenhouse-started ones. The potatoes are from my own potatoes from last year, which were from the farmer's market. :)
So jealous. My plants are very grumpy due to long bouts of coastal fog and little sunshine. There's a few tomatoes (and I planted all "coastal friendly" heirlooms,) but overall they are still rather dwarf-like. And my sweet peas look nothing like those. Argh. Hasn't been the best year for gardening for me, lots of try again, fail again, fail better moments.
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