September 10 , 2009
From Linda: cool-season vegetables
Yahoo ! The 1″ of pelting last Friday convey out the oxblood lily , including this pedestal near the patio turks cap . Rose Marie Pavie is superintend the two camp . I ’ve make my fingers crossed that some of the neighboring deluges strike east Austin , which will put a smile on Marie ’s face , too .
This week on CTG , get ready for coolheaded conditions vegetables ! dip and winter are really the easy season to grow food crops here . Many of them are softheaded - easy in containers , too . In fact , it ’s so sluttish so that you ’ll never need fund - bought lettuce or parsley again . With cut - and - add up - again lettuce , you could dress some on Sunday to take you through the week . In our case , as big salad eaters , my lucre thread maker gets another physical exercise on Wednesday Night , too .
I ’m composting and fertilise the future lolly bottom to get ready . Lettuce seeds I ’m cull up : freckle , Speckles , Tango , Salad Bowl , Parris Island Cos , Black - seed Simpson , and Buttercrunch , to plant at two - week intervals .
Also , more arugula and cilantro seeded player , along with Petroselinum crispum and chervil graft . Of naturally , I ’m planting extra cilantro , Petroselinum crispum , and chervil for the bunny rabbit . This will make unnecessary a few bucks a workweek at the food market store !
I may really invest in tone textile , too , since the trick is get the seeds going in heat . That ’s one of the john that Jo & John fromAngel Valley Organic Farmshare withTomand us this workweek .
They also explain how to bend PVC tobacco pipe , what vegetables to embed , and how to fend off insects . Along with their kelp / molasses fertilizer ( one of my favorite , too ) , they told us about a yucca infusion they really wish . If you want to try it , explore for Yucca Extract atPeaceful Valley . It ’s expensive , but will last for class , since you do n’t require much . Jo order they apply 1/4 teaspoon per Imperial gallon of pee .
Have you ever debate a straight metrical unit garden?On emplacement , John Dromgoolegives us part one of how to do Mel Bartholomew’ssquare metrical foot garden technique . Next hebdomad , part two !
For even more breathing in , you’ll sure enough get it from the mythic adolescent we met last summertime as they harvested theirUrban Rootscrops they go in spring .
And this calendar week , suffer Daphne Richards!The law was n’t after her , but she left El Paso for Austin , anyway , to be our new Extension Agent - Horticulture . Actually , she was beloved by El Paso gardener and Master Gardeners as their AgriLife Extension agent for nine year . Their personnel casualty is our gain .
We ’ll miss Skip , but we love Daphne already , and I have intercourse you will too !
Until next workweek , Linda
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