Soil Finding sales on soil preps for next year

[seraphima]

Went to Walmart today, and their peat moss was reduced to $6 from $13. Bought six bales- great soil conditioner. The large amount of rainfall here beats the heck out of the soil structure and collapses the height of soil in the beds, so additions ar needed every year. I just can't make enough compost!
Also bought 3 bags of the organic granulated fertilizer, as it never comes in early enough for planting. Also, I'll need some for planting the garlic this fall, as it is a heavy feeder.
Got my seeds for next year already, yup.

 

[AlaskaSue]

I am with you my friend! I joined Marion Owen’s compost class this year and still feel far behind. I would love to get more perlite and hope to get my hands on some of that Kodiak sea peat…

Happy to hear you are ready for next year; I know you must have a gorgeous garden this year by God’s good grace. Hope to see you next trip out to the Rock! <3 Let me know if I can bring out anything from the mainland..I’m planning on taking the Tusty with my car.

 

[seraphima]

Gosh, Sue, could you pick me up two containers of Slug-go? I will reimburse you!
It has been so wet this year that it has turned into a literal slug-fest!

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

Are you folks looking to end your gardening efforts for the year ?

What about a fall garden? Maybe it wouldn’t work in the most northern parts, but for most of the nation, there is still time to plant a fall garden.

There are short lived, small headed lettuce and even leaf lettuce varieties for those of you who will see first frost soon. There are even Quick Start cabbages for those of you who do not have much time, and greens are always quick to grow. If you get some floating row cover and heavy wire to make “ribs” to form the skeleton for a growing tunnel, you can grow vegetables under that cover and extend your growing season that way.

I am in Zone 7 (Tennessee), so I still have 4 months even without utilizing row covers or other “heroic” measures to grow a fall garden. But you northern folks do have options.

Why not make this year the one you try your hand at growing a fall vegetable garden?

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

Gosh, Sue, could you pick me up two containers of Slug-go? I will reimburse you!
It has been so wet this year that it has turned into a literal slug-fest!

Want something good for slugs?

Try beer!

Honestly.

Put some beer in a shallow saucer, one that they will climb into but not be able to climb out. The smell of the beer will attract them, and entice them into the saucer. The beer itself will disintegrate their bodies in a few days.

Problem Solved.


Oh, yeah - you are allowed to drink any beer that remains after you bait your saucers.

 

[Border Collie Dad]

Tomorrow I plan to plant some carrots, beets, green beans and zucchini.
Western Pa.
I think I'm now classified Zone 6

 

[packyderms_wife]

Are you folks looking to end your gardening efforts for the year ?

Nope, I'll be planting kale, chard, and radishes sometime this week.

 

[Chicken Mama]

We've got about 65 days til the first potential frost in southern Ohio. Could do some lettuce and spinach but...

 

[seraphima]

Already have fall crops coming up- turnips, lettuce, peas, cut-and-come-again kale, radishes. The main garden is still very productive, and haven't yet harvested the potatoes, onions, soup peas, favas, etc. Raspberries not yet ripe.

Regarding slugs, sugar water with yeast works just as well as beer. Both smell foul when there are dozens of drowned slugs in them, and i don't like disposing of them. (I'm the type who spills, too!) Slug-go works great.

There are many who would say that using beer to drown slugs is a waste of good beer!

 

[philkar]

We have started planting the Fall garden also. At present we still have corn for grinding, peanuts, and sweet potatoes to harvest.

 

[AlaskaSue]

Gosh, Sue, could you pick me up two containers of Slug-go? I will reimburse you!
It has been so wet this year that it has turned into a literal slug-fest!

You’ve got it, and I’ll bet the slugs were bad, it was a rainy summer for you! I’m going to help Mary harvest some beach peat for her beds while down; let me know if you’ll want some too Will let you know when I get my tickets.

 

[AlaskaSue]

Are you folks looking to end your gardening efforts for the year ?

What about a fall garden? Maybe it wouldn’t work in the most northern parts, but for most of the nation, there is still time to plant a fall garden.

There are short lived, small headed lettuce and even leaf lettuce varieties for those of you who will see first frost soon. There are even Quick Start cabbages for those of you who do not have much time, and greens are always quick to grow. If you get some floating row cover and heavy wire to make “ribs” to form the skeleton for a growing tunnel, you can grow vegetables under that cover and extend your growing season that way.

I am in Zone 7 (Tennessee), so I still have 4 months even without utilizing row covers or other “heroic” measures to grow a fall garden. But you northern folks do have options.

Why not make this year the one you try your hand at growing a fall vegetable garden?

I‘m in zone 3 and the trees are turning yellow now, as the days are cooling. Forties at night so not really going to be able to start anything new at this late date.

After 5 pickings of green beans I think they’re about done. Time to pull one pot of potatoes, getting ready soon for second harvest of kale, collards, radishes and beets now. Letting turnips, onions, leeks, cabbages, carrots, celery and the rest of the spuds get bigger. As well as the squash and pumpkins! Still hoping the tomatoes will finally get ripe too.

About 3-4 weeks to first frost, but temps are def cooler. While I can’t find perlite anywhere, most other amendments are in stock.

Not much time for anything else but more radishes, and I am up to my ears in greens.…yet my peas are just now getting ready to pick, very slow year. . But a great one for the most part.

 

[seraphima]

After the rain yesterday all the rows of seedlings have little green leaves. Such a nice contrast to the mature kale, onions, chard, and the blooming calendula rows interspersed among them.