Comments on: Garden Planning http://homesteadgeek.com/2010/02/26/garden-planning/ Modern Homesteading - Blending past, present and future. Sat, 12 May 2012 20:17:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Erin D. http://homesteadgeek.com/2010/02/26/garden-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Erin D. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:06:41 +0000 http://homesteadgeek.com/?p=56#comment-5 I think I'll be spending a ridiculous amount of time tending the garden and doing Stuff with the produce coming out of it - but I hope it will be worth while. :) I'm hoping with good planning, the weeding and pest control will be minimal - I'm planning to use mulch over the rows, straw on the walkways, et cetera. We'll see how it goes. If it's too much, it will all just go back into the ground as compost for next year's (smaller) garden. :D I think I’ll be spending a ridiculous amount of time tending the garden and doing Stuff with the produce coming out of it – but I hope it will be worth while. :) I’m hoping with good planning, the weeding and pest control will be minimal – I’m planning to use mulch over the rows, straw on the walkways, et cetera. We’ll see how it goes. If it’s too much, it will all just go back into the ground as compost for next year’s (smaller) garden. :D

]]> By: Erin D. http://homesteadgeek.com/2010/02/26/garden-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Erin D. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:05:14 +0000 http://homesteadgeek.com/?p=56#comment-4 Hi Jeremy - Thanks for letting me know of the upcoming features! Tracking varieties would be fabulous, and is something I'd forgotten to mention here, and I hadn't even thought to use it to track succession plantings. Nice! Thanks for the comment. :) Hi Jeremy – Thanks for letting me know of the upcoming features! Tracking varieties would be fabulous, and is something I’d forgotten to mention here, and I hadn’t even thought to use it to track succession plantings. Nice! Thanks for the comment. :)

]]> By: Jeremy Dore http://homesteadgeek.com/2010/02/26/garden-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jeremy Dore Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:44:19 +0000 http://homesteadgeek.com/?p=56#comment-3 Hi Erin, You will be pleased to know that we are just about to release a new version of the GrowVeg.com Garden Planner software that does automatically label everything and track varieties as well. Plus you'll be able to add notes and organize succession planting. For bees and attracting benificial insects I would recommend phacelia which is also a good ground cover crop. Good luck! Hi Erin, You will be pleased to know that we are just about to release a new version of the GrowVeg.com Garden Planner software that does automatically label everything and track varieties as well. Plus you’ll be able to add notes and organize succession planting.
For bees and attracting benificial insects I would recommend phacelia which is also a good ground cover crop.
Good luck!

]]> By: The Other Erin http://homesteadgeek.com/2010/02/26/garden-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-2 The Other Erin Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:21:48 +0000 http://homesteadgeek.com/?p=56#comment-2 My dad had a similar sized garden when I was a kid. Before he retired, I can remember him coming home from work during the week in the summer and spending at least a couple hours outside in the garden, and pretty much all day Sat and Sun doing things like fertilizing, watering, weeding, etc. He had also set up a separate well and sprinkler system so he spent a good deal of time maintaining that too. What I don't remember very well is how much yield there actually was. I know he gave a lot of stuff away and my mom canned, but it seems like a lot of the canned stuff never got used. :/ My dad had a similar sized garden when I was a kid. Before he retired, I can remember him coming home from work during the week in the summer and spending at least a couple hours outside in the garden, and pretty much all day Sat and Sun doing things like fertilizing, watering, weeding, etc. He had also set up a separate well and sprinkler system so he spent a good deal of time maintaining that too.

What I don’t remember very well is how much yield there actually was. I know he gave a lot of stuff away and my mom canned, but it seems like a lot of the canned stuff never got used. :/

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