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Comment on Raised Bed Trials by Dirt to Dinner

Dirt to Dinner — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:41:07 +0000

Thanks, Garden Freak. I haven’t heard the toxicity issue before. Now we take up the sod for our beds and it makes wonderful compost. We lay it grass-side down and cover it with a layer of coffee grounds and spent straw. The worms love it!

Comment on Raised Bed Trials by Garden Freak

Garden Freak — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:39 +0000

Always dig up the grass, it will toxify your roots and soil as it off gases and sometimes fertilizer is still present which will throw false numbers.

Comment on New Year in Potatoes by Dirt to Dinner

Dirt to Dinner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:08:31 +0000

Hi Patricia,

The potatoes in the grow bags on the patio are doing much better here than the ones I planted a few weeks later in a raised bed. The tops of the raised bed plants were killed in a frost, but the grow bag plants were unharmed. Maybe the patio tiles kept them warmer?

Can’t wait until I can report on yields! When will you get to plant your potatoes? Have you decided which varieties to grow this year?

Comment on New Year in Potatoes by Patricia Moore

Patricia Moore — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:48:38 +0000

Hi:
I’ve never grown potatoes during the winter but this last summer I did try the bags. I had three different varieties of potatoes – yukon golds, a new red potatoe Cecilia (?) and one that I don’t remember the name of. They were going great, however, I think at some point I got the watering wrong and the tops wilted well before the potatoes grew. I did get some good sized ones but I think the result could have been better. I loved using the growing bags. You can put them anywhere and the potatoes didn’t take up half the garden. I’m more than ready to give it a try in the 2012 summer. I’d be very interested in finding out how you made out. Please let me know.

Comment on Beaning In the New Year by Bren

Bren — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:44:23 +0000

Love these seed picks … you inspire me to start digging mine out of storage for 2012! Great to connect with you on #gardenchat