From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 3/20/19 11:42 PM, songbird wrote:   
   >   T, think of where you were 5yrs ago with your gardens   
   > and where you are at today?  how is it going?:)   are   
   > you seeing improvements in green cover for your gardens   
   > and growing spaces?  is production improving are your   
   > costs for water decreasing?  etc.  tell me how it's   
   > going and what you'll be growing this year.   
      
   Hi Songbird,   
      
   Well, when I look back on how dismal my results were, I   
   am a bit shocked that I have gotten to successful now that   
   I have had to cut back by 1/2 this next year on what I plant   
   because I can't physically keep up with it.  My freezer is   
   still packed with frozen vegis that I wonder if I will have   
   eaten before my new crop comes it.   
      
   Last year what the first year I gave away produce. It was   
   a proud moment and a rite of passage of sorts.   
      
   Water cost was never really an issue as I use a watering   
   wand and only spot water.   
      
   As far a ground cover goes, I have yet to get purslane to   
   cover the open spaces.  Right now, my whole back yard is   
   green with weeds, mostly the grass that would not grow when   
   it was a lawn and some wild carrot.  I have a bunch of   
   vinegar waiting to spray everything, but it keeps raining   
   and snowing and vinegar won't work until the ground dries   
   out.   
      
   My list for the garden this year:   
      
   2019 proposed:   
      Row 1, 10 Holes:   
          6 anaheim peppers (1 per hole).  Note: Blossom Rot !!!!!   
          4 tomantillos   
      
      Row 2, 12 holes   
          5 ron-d-nice   
          3 golden zukes   
          4 tomantillos   
      
      Row 3, 7 holes:   
          ichibon eggplant   
      
   Elipse:   
        bogatyr garlic   
        Scallions (green onions)   
        3 cherries x - x - x (sweet 100's only)   
      
   Basket:   
       4x cherries (sweet 100's only)   
      
   Small Bed:   
       Walmart onions   
      
   Large Bed:   
        onion-transplants-merlin-yellow   
      
   Also may try "a" traditional pumpkin   
      
   Add to that, I am still trying to get billberries,   
   Arapaho black berries, and choke berries (not cherries)   
   to grow.  My Goji's are loving all the attention and   
   if last year is any indications, I am going to be   
   inundated with them.   
      
   I think the biggest lesson I had to learn was that I   
   had to grow/nurture the soil first before expecting   
   to get any results from things growing in it.  Soil   
   is actually alive.   
      
   You do realize you had a lot to do with this?  Thank you!   
      
   -T   
      
   You do realize these plants have made slaves out of us!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)