KeeperAtTheHomestead's 2019 Garden

[KeeperAtTheHomestead]

Thanks for the encouragement!!!

@thistlebloom it's the truth though, right?

@baymule an abundance of squash sounds like a good problem to have!

 

[baymule]

I picked several hundred yellow squash that year. Neighbors liked it. I perfected a squash fritter recipe and my husband loved it.

 

[KeeperAtTheHomestead]

I brought home another pack of seeds .


My husband just shakes his head.


I'm planning these as backdrop in aaphoto of all my "sweet peas." Thats kiddos. My sweet peas (kiddos) by my sweet peas (flowers).

 

[thistlebloom]

I love sweet peas. (kiddos and flowers)

My garden class kids grew an heirloom variety last year, Dorothy something, it did miserably. It grew but only produced a few flowers in the fall right before a freeze.

 

[KeeperAtTheHomestead]

I love sweet peas. (kiddos and flowers)

My garden class kids grew an heirloom variety last year, Dorothy something, it did miserably. It grew but only produced a few flowers in the fall right before a freeze.

Bummer!! Sorry! Maybe this year will work better? Or another variety?
A garden class for kids is intriguing! I must know more! Do y'all get together weekly? Just plant a garden and study each plant independently?

 

[thistlebloom]

Bummer!! Sorry! Maybe this year will work better? Or another variety?
A garden class for kids is intriguing! I must know more! Do y'all get together weekly? Just plant a garden and study each plant independently?

I teach a summer garden class for the neighborhood kids.
Here's a link to the 2016 class, I think it was the second or third year I did it.
https://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/kids-garden-class-2016.19258/

 

[KeeperAtTheHomestead]

@thistlebloom that is awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!!! Do you have repeat kiddos each year? Do you charge for the classes or do you view it more as, "knowledge is priceless"?

 

[Collector]

@KeeperAtTheHomestead . I was thinking you would have some huge ,outlandish, undoable, pipe dream list. Look what you have there is mainstream around these parts lol. I have tried some of the things on your list, one of them is the golden bantam improved corn. It did good it was the first year we had a corn harvest that was not lost to bugs. Last season the weather here was cold in the early season so things were slow to take off. By the time frost was coming we were able to pick the corn to freeze but none was really mature enough to save seed from. Also tried the rainbow mix carrots last season, we are doing back to the Nantes that grow better here. I think you are wise to plant a few varieties of each group, that way you can figure out what works best for you and your climate. What grow zone are you in? It help if you post it. Welcome from Washington sounds like you will fit right in here. Glad you joined

 

[thistlebloom]

@thistlebloom that is awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!!! Do you have repeat kiddos each year? Do you charge for the classes or do you view it more as, "knowledge is priceless"?

It all started with 7 neighbor kids from 2 families. Then another family joined us, and another, and another... the 2018 class had 15 kids. The original kids continued on and were still with me last year. I finally did start charging, because I buy all the seeds , journals, experiment materials and popsicles. Gets to be quite an investment with that many kids.
We meet weekly through the summer and attendance rises and falls with vacations and family stuff. We end the summer with a family potluck at our house and the kids give a short presentation, and we have a treasure hunt and somebody always organizes a human pyramid with parents and kids and we are generally hilarious.

 

[KeeperAtTheHomestead]

@Collector thank you for the encouragement and hearty welcome!!! I'll be planting all this in zone 8.

@thistlebloom awesome!!! You've planted seeds that you're unaware of.