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Patti Moreno
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Planning Next Year’s Edible Harvest
Just as soon as the leaves start falling off the trees and the days become noticeably shorter. I begin planning my garden next year. There are those things that I grow every year like lettuces asian greens, herbs, cucumbers, eggplants, onions, and too much to list here. There are also new veggie delights I want to try like Peppercorn, vanilla, Figs, Dragon Fruit, and kumquats. That’s just a preliminary list of course. I place my seed order the end of January, so I have time to start my seeds indoors at the appropriate time. This is when I also figure out how much more room I need. I seem to expand my growing space every year. I’ve got plenty of room in my container garden to add quite a few containers and I’ve finally built up enough soil in 4 raised beds so I’ll be able to bring 132 square feet of growing space on line this spring.
Here are some tips for you to follow when you’re planning next year’s edible Harvest.
- Assess the year. What worked, what didn’t, and why?
- Decide what vegetables you want to grow again and how much of it.
- What are some new things that you want to try to grow next year.
- Sketch a plan on paper of what you will plant and where keeping I mind that you don’t want to plant the same things in the same place year after year. Happy Planning!
