Recent content by Lettuce Lady

I get my onions from Dixondale Farms their site has lots of info. Generally you want short day in the South, long day in the North and Intermediate Day Onions in between.

They've been fine in the past. I'm sure they'll come around. I need to start taking notes so I know what's normal for my yard. I was concerned since I bought the seed potatoes at a different store this year. Wondering if they were of lesser quality or if the fact that they were stored inside the...

I think it's convenience as much as cost. My town's median income is three times Huntington, WV and our schools still serve junk. Chicken nuggets nearly everyday. They still serve the grilled cheese with tomato soup and salad as they did when I was a kid once a week, otherwise I don't recognize...

Thanks for the advice, glad to hear I'm not alone. Since potatoes have grown in my worm bin, compost pile and storage drawer I figure potatoes are quite invincible but it was just too cold this Spring. I took the temp yesterday and the soil was just over 45F after warming up all day in the sun...

Normally potatoes won't not grow but this year they aren't looking too good. I planted near St. Patrick's Day as usual and so far nothing. Is it the weather? We had a warm, snow less Winter until yesterday when we got the first snow. It's been chilly since they were planted and the store that I...

After I finished reading the whole article I saw that he says "do not use hydrated lime" lime.org is where I got the "the term agricultural lime, or "aglime," usually refers to limestone". That's fine but where do I get aglime/limestone? Also make sure the gypsum is mined. I heard that...

Last year I read two books authored by the man featured in this article. Today I went to a farm store to pick up the ingredients I'm missing, seed meal and agricultural lime. I didn't see agricultural lime displayed so I asked for it. The lady said "oh you're reading Solimon's book" I said yes...

Just got the book "The One-Straw Revolution" from the library yesterday after waiting on hold for over a year. I'm a third of the way through it and absolutely love it! Has anyone else read it? Mr. Fukuoka does things that seem so obvious but that people are told not to do. I think a lot of...

According to the NY Times Eleanor Roosevelt was the last one to have a veggie garden at the White House. Now gardens are going to become even more trendy. :/ I don't want to be trendy I'm just too lazy to go to the store.

I got mine on ebay. Been going strong for about two years.

I had mine tested by UMass. Their soil testing is much less expensive than our local labs. $9 for PH, nutrients and heavy metals. It took less than two weeks and they gave recommendations on how to improve the soil. I would of never guessed that our soil is great in everything except phosphorus...

Steve Soloman's Gardening when it counts is my favorite. It just covers veggies and assumes you're gardening to save money so he doesn't tell you to buy a bunch of stuff. I just finished reading it cover to cover. I also like The garden primer as a general reference.

Raintree Nursery had blueberries for less than $15. We got our there so did my parents. They got berries the first year, we didn't until the second. My parents have better weather and fewer birds.

They're gone.

I thought the Topsy Tuvey was a scam then I drove by a house with a huge beautiful veg garden and they had several of these things hanging from a tree so there must be something to them. If I can make my own out of buckets that would be even better.