How I Choose What to Grow in My Vegetable Garden
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Nadine Hartman Bourne on Mar 29, 2018
I've learned the hard way that not everything grown in summer. Lettuce for example I planted in April one year I was looking for a summer full of salads. By June my lettuce bolted and went to seed. I had no clue lettuce was a cool weather crop. end of summer is when you should plant things like cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, peas and winter squash. don't forget to save your seeds. If you bought heirloom seeds when those plants make seeds collect them to use next year. Don't bother with hybrid seeds you won't get the same plant. so like if you plant carrots leave a few still growing and let them flower and go to seed. somethings you can get free seeds for. for instance if you like acorn squash when you cut one open save the seeds to plant in your garden. It doesn't work with bell peppers those are usually hybrid. And with your kale you don't have to cut the whole plant, just daily snip off the leaves you need and the plant will keep growing. one of my stalks was about 8 feet long before it froze and died. you can do that with most of the leafy veggies. I do it with swiss chard too. That I have growing where ever the seeds landed when I pulled the plants, some are in the middle of the grass area. Oops LOL
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Renee Labrenz on Mar 29, 2018
Very practical, thank you. I like Pinetree Garden Seeds too. Smaller quantities of seed (so less expensive) and unusual and heirloom types. Very customer service oriented company.
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