Recent content by Neko-Chan

I am experimenting with the potato bag thing too: Bag #1: Bag #2: It seems to be doing very well. We'll see what they come up with in yield later on this year.

Very nice!

I just planted four potato onions. I have no idea if they'll be successful at all, so we'll see. I may have planted them at the wrong time.

I'll be giving some sugar baby watermelons a try this year, so wish me luck! I've never grown them before. :P BTW, that tomato is awesome. :D

I have some Evening Sun sunflowers to start, and sunchokes to plant. I hope that maybe I can use them to shade part of the house this summer. I can't see the picture either, though. :/

Chook food. :P I wish I had chooks, I had collected a jam jar full of snails when I was at the garden yesterday.

...to plant to feed yourself? 2 people? 4-5 people? It's me, hubby, and FIL, no children (for the time being), and I'd like to grow enough for use to not need to buy veg for as long as possible, as well as have some extra for selling. What would you suggest? What do you do?

Hand pollination would be a good thing. Use your fingers, or a soft brush. That should solve the no zuke problem.

My garden is small, but promising to be quite a bit bigger, as our season is just starting to warm up properly. :D

Cool! The only thing I don't know is how to calculate the values. Do you know how to calculate what the values are?

We're a fairly comfortable Zone 8, and some things will grow rampant in the winter here. We have snow peas, rocket, radishes, onions, broad beans, leeks, garlic, german chamomile (of all things!) and swede (rutabaga). Oh, and some Brussels Sprouts, but mine are looking fairly sickly. You should...

Looking good! I think the idea behind braiding ropes of onions and garlic is to pull them up and wind the stems together and then hang them to cure. I hope to give it a try as well when mine are ready.

Indeed! Sounds like you need to ditch that particular seed provider, and get some seeds from more reputable companies. :P I mean, year after year of mixed up seeds? Sounds fishy. I have no idea what it is, but hopefully it survives long enough for you to find out!

Jelly I always thought was a waste of time. :P Okay for grape jelly but then... I don't really like grape jelly. I mean, what about all the brilliant pulp and fiber bits? :P Jelly: made from strained juice with sugar/pectin (or not, as it depends) Jam: made with sugar and whole fruit that has...

Well, I've unblocked the vent openings, removed the bottom vent panels (I have no idea what they're for, they're too small for shovels and not high enough to allow for proper turning, they're just useless), and I've cleared a space next to the bin, which i'm going to turn into a lasagne-style...