next years garden

**marlas1too** · 09-25-2010, 03:26 PM

just got inside -had the neighbor come down with his front loader and first he cut down some huge trees in the back yard and laid them in a box about 70x30 and then dug out the inside down about 6 in - now all i have to do is get compost to put in-not a problem i have places that will give me horse,cow,chicken manure that will fill the garden for next year ill just have to turn it over several times this winter to get it ready for spring planting and with all the manure i wont have to use anything on the garden as it will be rich to plant in-i had 40 gals of diesel from when we had the diesel blazer and he did all the work for the fuel-its so nice to have neighbors likt that--cant wait to garden next year--going to run all the washer water to the garden to keep it moist--ooooo canning is going to be soooo good next year----hugs to all fv

**Natalie's Nesters** · 09-25-2010, 04:35 PM

Enjoy!!

**rosey7415** · 09-25-2010, 07:57 PM

good for you

now you have all winter to decide just what u want to plant

**norcalmommy** · 09-26-2010, 02:43 PM

Sounds good! I am already planning for next year and this years garden is still producing!

**Lady_V** · 09-26-2010, 03:33 PM

I am planning the garden for 2011... but I hope it did better than this years!

I got a whopping 5 cherry tomatoes and 2 peppers that failed to thrive and an eggplant that did little more than flower

**Trentt** · 10-05-2010, 08:23 AM

In 2011 I hope to have the semi-tidy front garden I'd planned for this year, which ended up being a wild mass of vines (morning glories, pole beans, gourds, and cucumbers) climbing and crawling over everything else, including the house and power lines, the neighbor's trees, and up onto the roof. I haven't figured out yet how I'm going to harvest gourds that are 25 feet above the ground.

**tigo** · 10-05-2010, 12:32 PM

My back yard garden did poorly this year - four pumpkins and only a handfull of tomatoes. The bell peppers didn't produce anything but little green balls. The potato plants all quit as well. I am trying to prep beds in a different area of the back as well as looking at ideas for the front of the house areas.

**KeithBC** · 10-05-2010, 07:05 PM

For the first time, I am ahead of the game going into fall/winter. I have put the rhubarb and asparagus to bed with a big feeding of seaweed for compost, covered with straw mulch. I have my garlic planted, and I have a big bed prepared with compost and a cover crop of fall rye, ready for next spring. That's the most organized I've ever been.

And I still have carrots, parsnips and kale growing for winter use.

Now, DW wants me to start developing new beds. *sigh* It's taken me five years to get caught up with the ones we have! She's right, though, it needs to be done if we are to meet our goal of producing most of our own food. But still... *grumble*

**frugalfranny** · 10-05-2010, 11:32 PM

I, too, am hoping for a little better garden next year than this year.

Have also decided I am really tired of getting plants that are marked wrong from the stores.(IE: one YELLOW cherry tomato that was supposed to be a RED regular size) Think I will do some of my own seeds next year to make SURE I get the right thing.

I still have some work to do but mainly just cutting things back. Digging up the final few garden plants and some 'enrichment' plus my lawn.

**VanVivCam** · 10-06-2010, 04:38 PM

We moved all summer so I didn't have a garden this year. My hubby wants me to do all raised beds next year and I am a little nervous about it. ( I am going to post an advise thread later). My backyard is pleanty sunny and I am excited about the posibilities.

**SuzanneTx** · 10-07-2010, 09:05 AM

Hi, I'm new to the site and starting on our frugal living. We did have a stockpile until DH had surgery and missed 6 weeks of work. It hit our food and our emergency fund. I was very thankful we had both.

Anyway, I've never had a garden and am interested in a raised bed garden as I'm disabled with 2 ruptured discs in my back. Any tips/ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Suzanne

**Russ** · 10-07-2010, 09:20 AM

Suzanne, Welcome to Frugal Village, thanks for joining.

Raised beds have good points and bad points.

Raised beds dry out faster and can have a high initial cost. (materials) If you can get cinder blocks (craigslist) they make good borders for raised beds.

Many people use cedar lumber for the longevity.

I used landscape fabric underneath mine to help keep weeds out.

Use quality soil with compost in it if possible.

That is just a start. I assume due to your disability, you can not get bend to do the weeding. While the raised beds do help somewhat, you will still have to bend down to tend the garden. Now, you can have elevated gardens built, different from raised beds.

**frugal is fun** · 10-07-2010, 11:50 AM

My garden was fabulous this year! It was a first year garden so the soil was "fresh". I had nine cucumber plants and I had cucumbers coming out of my ears. I was picking 10-15 at a time.

And tomatoes, lord help me with the tomatoes!! I had six plants and literally hundreds of tomatoes picking 40-50 at a time. (really, I counted). Last week when I was prepping to wash my fence I ripped out the tomatoe plants. I was going to toss the green tomatoes but there were so many of them! I got about a 1/2 bushel. So for the past three days my son and I pickled them. I got 17 jars!

They will make great Christmas gifts!

I also planted green bell peppers and this was the first time ever that I actually got peppers. Did a few green beans from seed which also did well. Next year I'm going to cut down on the number of plants (cucumber/tomato) and do more beans and maybe peas in the spring.

**Trentt** · 10-08-2010, 09:02 AM

SuzanneTx: One of my favorite spots to visit while in the Chicago area is the spectacular Chicago Botanic Garden. A good friend of mine volunteers there, and has been active in helping with its Enabling Garden. Here's a link (you can take a virtual tour of the Enabling Garden or any section of the vast Botanic Garden): Chicago Botanic Garden

Maybe it will spawn some ideas.

**marlas1too** · 10-12-2010, 04:17 PM

sorry i haven't posted much in the last 2 weeks as i have been busy with the garden for next year found a horse stable that will give me all the stall cleanup i want and so

far ive hauled 8 trucks full and now i have a friend thats going to be bringing me dump trailers full of cow mulch from his family's farm been turning it all over each day and mixing it all up. going to be a very good garden next year. also im running a line from the wringer washers to drums near the garden to catch the gray water from the washers and then to soaker hoses in the garden for next year-busy,busy--hugs to all of fv