today is June 23, 2008. The beginning of posting of
Garden at Cathis. This year I bought seeds from a catalog that never sold seeds before, only organic garden products, Gardens Alive. My potatoes and tomato seeds did come from Johnny Seeds, though some potatoes came up in a different bed planted last year! PTL! I particularly like the dwarf snow peas, they are short only about 30" and have not stopped producing as of this date. As my pics will show, I do intense planting to get maximum yield in little space. Got the idea from Lazy Bed gardening years ago. It is fun and very easy, though you have to also take into account what plants are compatible with one another. My "new" bed this year is my Three Sisters bed, apparently it is how North American Natives planted their gardens. First plant the corn, after that is up about 2-3 inches, plant your squash in the same vacinity. Then plant pole beans after the squash appears. The beans grow up the corn, the squash then shades the beans and corn roots to hold in moisture. I hope it works, but I guess we'll all see in time. One more goal of mine is to seed save this year, time will tell...
A little about myself.
I am a Christian woman, a wife, mother, mother-in-law, sister, daughter, friend, a seamstress at trade. I dislike cities and love the open country of farmland, as well as our mountain retreat, and Long Pond. We have 1 dog and 2 cats, a few chickens, a drake and a duck.
2 comments:
Your garden is looking great! A friend and boarder of mine last year told me about the "Three Sisters" method of planting, when she did it here. Pretty good results. She is Native American (Cherokee) and taught us a lot of interesting things regarding gardening. Between what I learned from you and her, I should have a better garden than I do. Wish I had your green thumbs!
:-)
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