wyogardener
10-08-2008, 03:03 PM
Hi everybody!
I'm a backyard gardener working at being more self sufficient in Wyoming. The big challenge here is our very short growing season (90-100 days if we're lucky). And then of course there is the wind and the hail storms.
This year was my fourth year vegetable gardening and I planted 100 sq. ft. bio-intensively. I was really pleased with the results (even after we had severe hail and snow on one of the last days of May). I'm working on extending the growing season so I made a hoop house out of pvc pipe and plastic and I'm still going even though we've had several frosts here already. Unfortunately, the forecast is for lows in the high teens this weekend so that might be it for a lot of stuff.
My big plans are to construct raised beds in a sunnier part of my yard for next year and increase the area to 150 sq. ft. I'm really excited, but right now I seem to be doing more planning than constructing so I'd better get cracking. I'm hoping that using the hoop house in the Spring will let me plant a month earlier next year.
Okay, well this was long - thanks to anyone who cared enough to read it all.
Good gardening,
Annette
I'm a backyard gardener working at being more self sufficient in Wyoming. The big challenge here is our very short growing season (90-100 days if we're lucky). And then of course there is the wind and the hail storms.
This year was my fourth year vegetable gardening and I planted 100 sq. ft. bio-intensively. I was really pleased with the results (even after we had severe hail and snow on one of the last days of May). I'm working on extending the growing season so I made a hoop house out of pvc pipe and plastic and I'm still going even though we've had several frosts here already. Unfortunately, the forecast is for lows in the high teens this weekend so that might be it for a lot of stuff.
My big plans are to construct raised beds in a sunnier part of my yard for next year and increase the area to 150 sq. ft. I'm really excited, but right now I seem to be doing more planning than constructing so I'd better get cracking. I'm hoping that using the hoop house in the Spring will let me plant a month earlier next year.
Okay, well this was long - thanks to anyone who cared enough to read it all.
Good gardening,
Annette