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greyhoundgirl:
Should we maybe have a running thread for this as we do with financial, grocery, and Christmas topics?  What do you think?

Anyway, whether or not we do it perpetually, is anyone else working on your garden plans?  I haven't done a formal "plan" the last couple of years but, with the removal and addition of garden beds this year, I think will organize it a bit more than usual on paper to make sure I do enough starts.  Baker Creek catalog came, maybe 10 days or so ago, so I've been browsing through that and circling varieties I'd like to try this year.

Also, back in the fall when the Farmer's Market still was happening regularly, I had a long talk with an old-timer there who is friendly and loves to talk gardens.  He gave me some suggestions that may prove to be helpful for this year's garden, and told me where to buy buckets of worm castings fairly inexpensively.  He recommended some tomato and green bean varieties that do well for him here so I will give them a whirl with mine not having done well in the past.

gaggleofseven:
Catherine, we did not have a garden last year, and I've already purposed that we will grow something in 2015. I am looking forward to the seed catalogs starting to arrive in the mail. I know for sure we'll have tomatoes, lettuce, and green onions. Not sure beyond that. Cabbages have done very well for us, but they take up a lot of space in my small raised beds. I'm trying to think of what's expensive at the grocery store and plant those things.
Jennie

greyhoundgirl:

--- Quote from: gaggleofseven on December 17, 2014, 09:57:04 AM ---Catherine, we did not have a garden last year, and I've already purposed that we will grow something in 2015. I am looking forward to the seed catalogs starting to arrive in the mail. I know for sure we'll have tomatoes, lettuce, and green onions. Not sure beyond that. Cabbages have done very well for us, but they take up a lot of space in my small raised beds. I'm trying to think of what's expensive at the grocery store and plant those things.
Jennie

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That's a wise move, Jennie.  Same here.  Carrots and cabbages are cheap to buy and not on the dirty dozen list either (though we like to plant some purple carrots for fun), but organic lettuce and cherry tomatoes are not cheap and ARE usually Dirty Dozen.  If we had room for a large garden, I'd love to grow loads of things, but with space at a premium, it makes sense to grow with finances in mind.

Cheryl:
I can't wait til garden time! 

This coming year I'd like to grow my salad ingredients - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions and we always have green beans, okra, peppers, and squash.  We'd like to try some new varieties of all of those.  My walking onions must've walked away because I can't find them.  :)  I'd like to replant them, expand my garlic and asparagus beds, and maybe grow some shallots.

I ordered my Baker Creek catalog weeks ago but haven't received it yet.

gaggleofseven:

--- Quote from: Cheryl on December 17, 2014, 10:59:06 AM ---I can't wait til garden time! 

This coming year I'd like to grow my salad ingredients - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions and we always have green beans, okra, peppers, and squash.  We'd like to try some new varieties of all of those.  My walking onions must've walked away because I can't find them.  :)  I'd like to replant them, expand my garlic and asparagus beds, and maybe grow some shallots.

I ordered my Baker Creek catalog weeks ago but haven't received it yet.

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Cheryl, I've had good luck with okra. I think I'll add that to my list. What are walking onions?

Jennie

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