Comments on: Food Storage Lessons Learned From Gardening

By: Deejay Bratsch

Deejay Bratsch — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:21:11 +0000

I only harvested tomatoes this year. Here is crossing my fingers for garden 2010.

By: Deejay Bratsch

Deejay Bratsch — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:21:00 +0000

I only harvested tomatoes this year. Here is crossing my fingers for garden 2010.

By: Deejay Bratsch

Deejay Bratsch — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:21:11 +0000

I only harvested tomatoes this year. Here is crossing my fingers for garden 2010.

By: Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:50:00 +0000

One of my favorite gardening websites is http://www.douggreensgarden.com/ his newsletter answers tons of questions from readers and has tons of great info. If you search around on his different sites you will find some tips on growing fruit and pruning. I haven’t done much with fruit trees yet so I haven’t found all the best resources for info yet I’m afraid. Hope that helps a bit though!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:47:00 +0000

This past spring I planted 2 apple, 2 crabapple, & 2 pear trees, I would like to make sure I am taking proper care of them so they will one day produce delicious fruit. Can anyone tell me where to find this kind of information?
Also, I am not a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, so I hope you don’t mind that I follow your food storage baby steps, and follow you on facebook. With the economy this way it is, I believed we must be prepared for whatever we are faced with, and I think your site is great and very informative.
Thanks Lisa

By: Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:50:18 +0000

One of my favorite gardening websites is http://www.douggreensgarden.com/ his newsletter answers tons of questions from readers and has tons of great info. If you search around on his different sites you will find some tips on growing fruit and pruning. I haven't done much with fruit trees yet so I haven't found all the best resources for info yet I'm afraid. Hope that helps a bit though!

By: lisafortner

lisafortner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:47:13 +0000

This past spring I planted 2 apple, 2 crabapple, & 2 pear trees, I would like to make sure I am taking proper care of them so they will one day produce delicious fruit. Can anyone tell me where to find this kind of information?
Also, I am not a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, so I hope you don't mind that I follow your food storage baby steps, and follow you on facebook. With the economy this way it is, I believed we must be prepared for whatever we are faced with, and I think your site is great and very informative.
Thanks Lisa

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:52:00 +0000

Our cherry tomatoes were devoured by fruit rats , but my basil and rosemary have held up. TIP: When the basil or rosemary stems start to get “leggy” (all the leaves are near the top), I weight them down in the dirt to root. Within a few weeks fresh “starts” pop up along the stem producing another round of fresh basil or rosemary. I use this method to get starts for friends too. After well rooted, clip, pot up, and give as a green gift.

The fruit rats also liked my eggplant. But we are blessed with a long hot summer so it looks like I have a second chance with them. Our citrus trees had a good bit of die back and had to be trimmed back a lot. Hopefully they will be encouraged into some new growth, same with the avocado (large green alligator pear that) . Our banana trees finally have a couple of hands , so we have those to look forward to in the next month or so.

August and September are the beginning of our planting season. So I’ll have to try again for some greens, and some cooler weather crops like kale that can be picked a few leaves at a time and last through the winter.

By: kdonat

kdonat — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:52:21 +0000

Our cherry tomatoes were devoured by fruit rats , but my basil and rosemary have held up. TIP: When the basil or rosemary stems start to get "leggy" (all the leaves are near the top), I weight them down in the dirt to root. Within a few weeks fresh "starts" pop up along the stem producing another round of fresh basil or rosemary. I use this method to get starts for friends too. After well rooted, clip, pot up, and give as a green gift.

The fruit rats also liked my eggplant. But we are blessed with a long hot summer so it looks like I have a second chance with them. Our citrus trees had a good bit of die back and had to be trimmed back a lot. Hopefully they will be encouraged into some new growth, same with the avocado (large green alligator pear that) . Our banana trees finally have a couple of hands , so we have those to look forward to in the next month or so.

August and September are the beginning of our planting season. So I'll have to try again for some greens, and some cooler weather crops like kale that can be picked a few leaves at a time and last through the winter.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:38:00 +0000

my garden looks pretty good. BUT for next year – I MUST raise my plants (around here – folks don’t even bother to try selling plants until May – I’m talking about cold weather hardy plants btw!) Next year want to start with cold weather hardy plants about mid-March – reserving beans and corn (NOT happy with cold weather – seed will rot in ground) and of course, hot weather thriving seeds until May. Also want all garden beds READY to go by spring – as in dug, etc. AND have compost in place ready to go as well! Mulch? yup – definitely needed although with intensive garden bed raising – not as much