Friday, 16 August 2013
Here's another blog post that i should have published back in 2012. This was back when i had more time on my hands and hopes that i could grow plants in my garden. Unfortunately i learned that there isn't enough sun light to grow the majority of plants. Only things like beans and peppers grow in the shade.
This coming fall Karrie and i plan on cutting a lot of branches from the main tree, not to grow anything in the garden, mainly so that the pool next year will get more sun light.
But back in 2012 i got out the roto-tiller and it did a great job to soften up the soil.
Actually before i use the tiller, Karrie came over and pulled more than a garbage can full of weeds that grew. Then i was able to dig the rows. I think i ended up planting tomato's,4 types of peppers, some of the seeds i sent back from Italy, beens, corn, onion, etc.
Then i took the mulch from the compost bin and spread it over the whole area.
Karrie brought home 3 tomato plants from her work, so i planted them in the sunniest part of the garden.
Surprisingly the onions were already growing from the year before. I just had to clean off the dirt from on top of them.
Then like i said nothing ended up growing because of insufficient sun light. Although i did plant some pumpkins at the other end of the yard. There's no tree in the way there and one pumpkin did grow well.
I doubt if i will even try next year to grow anything. If i do it might just be corn, but i will plant it by the fence or in an area that gets lots more sun, otherwise there's no point in trying to grow it in the shade.
This coming fall Karrie and i plan on cutting a lot of branches from the main tree, not to grow anything in the garden, mainly so that the pool next year will get more sun light.
But back in 2012 i got out the roto-tiller and it did a great job to soften up the soil.
Actually before i use the tiller, Karrie came over and pulled more than a garbage can full of weeds that grew. Then i was able to dig the rows. I think i ended up planting tomato's,4 types of peppers, some of the seeds i sent back from Italy, beens, corn, onion, etc.
Then i took the mulch from the compost bin and spread it over the whole area.
Karrie brought home 3 tomato plants from her work, so i planted them in the sunniest part of the garden.
Surprisingly the onions were already growing from the year before. I just had to clean off the dirt from on top of them.
Then like i said nothing ended up growing because of insufficient sun light. Although i did plant some pumpkins at the other end of the yard. There's no tree in the way there and one pumpkin did grow well.
I doubt if i will even try next year to grow anything. If i do it might just be corn, but i will plant it by the fence or in an area that gets lots more sun, otherwise there's no point in trying to grow it in the shade.
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