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Saturday, December 27, 2003
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I've been so busy with work and Holiday stuff that I haven't posted at all. I'm already starting to think about what I want to grow next year. I'm starting to look at seed catalogs and take stock of what I already have. The one thing I am most concerned about is the tomatoes. This year, I lost almost all my tomatoes. It was horrible. So, that's where I'll be focused, but I've also got a couple of other things on my mind.
1. I've never had much luck with any root vegetables or any kinds of onions. Even radishes (which should be really easy) turn out crappy. I think the soil still is too clumpy and has too much clay in it. So, I'll be working to improve the soil overall, but I'm also thinking of building a double-high raised bed and dumping a bunch of good soil (that I'll buy) in it to grow carrots, onions, leeks, radishes, etc.
2. I saw this show today (I think it was Victory Garden) where this woman dug up a pepper plant toward the end of the season and then repotted it in a pot to bring inside. She staked it in the pot, then cut all the lower stems off (so it looked like a little tree) and then did some other trimming. She said in December, all the leaves will drop and it will look horrible and at that time, you're supposed to do a severe pruning (she said she calls it a deer antler). In the spring, it will get all the foliage back and then it will fruit again. I'm thinking of doing this to the 2 Thai Hot pepper plants that I grew on the porch in containers. Right now, they're in the solarium and they both still have tons of peppers on them. They were floweing as late as November! I will trim them, then grow them in the solarium until it's warm enough to put them back outside.
The only other news I have is that I really need to finish the Web site!!!
Posted by Yvette at 12/27/2003 10:15:00 PM
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