Thursday, July 9, 2009
How Does Your Garden Grow?
This year, it's growing very well! We've got four tomato plants that are full grown and the fruit is starting to turn red. One of the beefsteak tomatoes is about 5 inches wide and is nearly ready to pick. We're planning on burgers this weekend...it will be a fitting finish to such a beautiful tomato. We also recently put in some peppers, cantaloupe, Armenian cucumbers, and three more tomato plants. We still plan on doing more planting. Unfortunately, Daron has had to take the garden by section and add peat moss and cotton burr compost and turn it all by hand, which is easier said than done considering the clay soil and the triple digits we've been experiencing most days here!
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Heather, I'm so impressed with your garden! We have struggled here in Beaumont (land of clay) to grow anything except weeds! I've seen a few successful gardens this summer and have a renewed determination to try, try again!! :)
We were instructed to mix in cotton burr compost and peat moss to the soil, plus we removed the largest clumps of clay. That has worked much better. Each year, we'll add some more and hopefully in a few years our soil will be much more nutritious.
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