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Post by Jolly on Apr 22, 2015 12:22:39 GMT
Almost every year, I'll try something new in the vegetable garden. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This year, I spent $50 and built a new raised bed to grow asparagus. I've never grown asparagus, so this is definitely a learning situation.
Anybody trying anything new this year? Or is there something in the garden you've never tried, but would like to?
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Post by solargeek on Apr 22, 2015 13:40:09 GMT
I did the same thing!!! I put asparagus into a 17'x 5' raised bed. Nothing coming up yet. Let me know how yours does. I am in Central WI
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Post by Rustaholic on Apr 22, 2015 13:53:10 GMT
This is year 18 on my asparagus bed. I love that stuff. Make it a practice to clean it up each Fall and put down a layer of mulch to feed it.It will treat you so good if you treat it well.
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Post by jassytoo on Apr 22, 2015 14:08:27 GMT
We like to try new things too. Last year it was egg plant. That worked out well so we'll plant more this year. I'd like to try a tea plant this year. There is a farm in the valley that grows some tea so if they can I can. ( I hope). When my kids were little we lived in California for awhile and I grew some peanuts for them. I'd like to try to do that for the grands but don't know if that will fly here in the rainy PNW. I thought in pots in the greenhouse might work.
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Post by siletz on Apr 22, 2015 14:32:02 GMT
We try to grow something new each year as well. It makes it fun to add something new and just experiment to see how it goes. Last year was sweet potatoes and a short season watermelon (we have cool summers so most heat loving plants don't mature here). They both did well so will be planting them again this year. We also grew a garbanzo bean for the first time last year. This year I'm giving buckwheat and hulless barley a try. We'll see how they do.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 14:37:18 GMT
I want to start using raised beds also.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 14:37:30 GMT
I want to start using raised beds also.
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Post by Calfkeeper on Apr 22, 2015 20:21:55 GMT
Oh, I love to experiment every year as well.
Last year I experimented with not ridging my sweet potatoes. I got a great harvest without having to do so much work. I likely will never ridge them again.
Last year I also experimented with flowers. Ha! I'd actually deliberately grown so many before.
I am not sure what I will experiment with this year. Some new type of veggie I think.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 20:43:17 GMT
Oh yes, I love experiments!
This year, I will try and grow watermelon in zone 6. I think I will let it grow across the rock garden, so the rocks can store the heat and release it at night. Hm, we'll see.
I also tried getting slips from sweet potatoes, but I failed. The sweet potatoes all just started to rot.
My third experiment will be to grow about 20 different kinds of winter squash and 20-30 different tomato varieties to see which ones we like best.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 13:43:25 GMT
Be sure and put down a nice deep layer of compost/composted manure/what have you, in the Fall because asparagus is a quite heavy feeder, and chop down/clean up the "ferns" at the same time. A well maintained 'gus bed will last a nice long time.
I'm trying Goji berries for the first time this year. We'll see how it goes....
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Post by horseyrider on Apr 25, 2015 22:12:19 GMT
You'll laugh at me new thing. Lima beans. I've never grown them before, not in almost 40 years of gardening. I've done all sorts of other things, but never lima beans. It was because the picture in the seed catalog looked delicious. I've had plenty of asparagus before, but a couple of years back I put out purple asparagus. It's incredibly sweet and crunchy! It does turn green when cooked, but the sweetness and tenderness stays. I can vouch for this stuff. Trying something new brings adventure to the routine! And extra fun in the harvest and winter, having something novel in the pantry.
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Post by claytonpiano on Apr 25, 2015 22:41:36 GMT
Our new thing is permaculture. We are trying to see if we can truly hold more water on our five acre hillside and make fruit trees grow without having to water them so much.
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Post by Awnry Abe on Apr 26, 2015 3:35:18 GMT
You'll laugh at me new thing. Lima beans. I've never grown them before, not in almost 40 years of gardening. I've done all sorts of other things, but never lima beans. It was because the picture in the seed catalog looked delicious. I've had plenty of asparagus before, but a couple of years back I put out purple asparagus. It's incredibly sweet and crunchy! It does turn green when cooked, but the sweetness and tenderness stays. I can vouch for this stuff. Trying something new brings adventure to the routine! And extra fun in the harvest and winter, having something novel in the pantry. You stole my thunder! Every year at this time I remember that I should have planted Lima beans, or fave beans, or.... a month ago. Asparagus us is wonderful stuff. I hip you all get plenty.
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