So.. I'm curious. Who among those of you reading this garden? Decorative or edible, it doesn't matter. Do you have any favorite blogs or resources you'd recommend?
Last year, I wanted to start a vegetable garden, and I hemmed and hawed and didn't do my research until the growing season was well under way. THIS year, I want to start reading now while everything's still frozen. So! If you have any recommendations, they'd be much appreciated!
Last year, I wanted to start a vegetable garden, and I hemmed and hawed and didn't do my research until the growing season was well under way. THIS year, I want to start reading now while everything's still frozen. So! If you have any recommendations, they'd be much appreciated!
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I'd love love love to get some hydrangea bushes going, as they are beautiful year round, and produce such gloriously profuse blossoms... perfect for cutting and having fresh flowers in the house. >.>
But I haven't figured out yet if they thrive in our zone or not.
Find a sunny patch and grow grape tomatoes. Instant and abundant healthy snackfood
I want to plant tomatoes, most definitely. I had ambitious plans of an asparagus bed (mmmm. asparagus) and lots of basil and other cooking herbs. But doing some reading, the asparagus may be a wee bit tooo ambitious, depending on what I can find. I'll have to do more reading on that.
I like this guy, http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/, he is in PA and a zone warmer than us but has a reasonable out look on things.
Your problem is going to be making the beds as I don't remember you saying you had any already, I think that the easiest way (if slightly more costly) is Raised Beds. Plug that into Google and read away. If you are like me and like actual books your local library probably has lots.
The best advice I have ever found about gardening is "if you cannot eat it, drink it, or lick it with out hurting yourself do not put it in the garden". This is not to say that stuff might not be gross, but just make sure it is not poison.
As for what to grow: I grow tomaotes, various fresh herbs, raspberries (easy but invasive), and dwarf apple and peach trees. The peach trees are marginal this far north, but the fruit is very tasty.
We have a raised bed in the backyard that has been seriously overgrown, so as soon as the ground thaws, we're going to rototill it, and start mixing in compost. :)