Comments on: How the garden grows http://chusonchow.com/2009/07/how-the-garden-grows/ A Pair of Enthusiastic Foodies in Syracuse, NY Wed, 02 May 2012 13:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rebecca http://chusonchow.com/2009/07/how-the-garden-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-152 rebecca Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:44:25 +0000 http://chusonchow.com/?p=526#comment-152 Que hermoso huerto! This year we started our own vegetable garden. My husband built the bed and with the help of the cool people from the Newell St. community garden (who gave us the tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno pepers, lettuce plants and advice about the soil) we just harvest some tasty vegetables. The only thing is that we planted four tomato plants so close together that they have taken over the whole vegetabe garden! We didn't think they were going to grow that big! Saludos! Que hermoso huerto!

This year we started our own vegetable garden. My husband built the bed and with the help of the cool people from the Newell St. community garden (who gave us the tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno pepers, lettuce plants and advice about the soil) we just harvest some tasty vegetables.
The only thing is that we planted four tomato plants so close together that they have taken over the whole vegetabe garden! We didn’t think they were going to grow that big!

Saludos!

]]> By: bibliochef http://chusonchow.com/2009/07/how-the-garden-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-137 bibliochef Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:02:01 +0000 http://chusonchow.com/?p=526#comment-137 The photos are almost as beautiful as gardens are right now -- the greens are great and . . . . make me want to run outside and weed The photos are almost as beautiful as gardens are right now — the greens are great and . . . . make me want to run outside and weed

]]> By: Lonnie http://chusonchow.com/2009/07/how-the-garden-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Lonnie Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:49:56 +0000 http://chusonchow.com/?p=526#comment-135 Keeping seeds growing is a challenge because the squirrels think freshly-dug earth is the best place to dig for nuts. I laid hardware wire screening over the beds, about 2-3 inches off the seeds, and removed it once the plants were touching it. They pretty much survive squirrels once they're big enough. To keep the woodchuck out of the lettuce (he at it all last year), I put chicken wire around the lettuce and that's kept him completely away and the squirrels choose that area last. So the lettuce is doing great. I've whacked a few Japanese beetles off the strawberries and picked just three or four worms off the cabbage. So far, so good! Keeping seeds growing is a challenge because the squirrels think freshly-dug earth is the best place to dig for nuts. I laid hardware wire screening over the beds, about 2-3 inches off the seeds, and removed it once the plants were touching it. They pretty much survive squirrels once they’re big enough. To keep the woodchuck out of the lettuce (he at it all last year), I put chicken wire around the lettuce and that’s kept him completely away and the squirrels choose that area last. So the lettuce is doing great. I’ve whacked a few Japanese beetles off the strawberries and picked just three or four worms off the cabbage. So far, so good!

]]> By: Paul Harris http://chusonchow.com/2009/07/how-the-garden-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Paul Harris Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:41:31 +0000 http://chusonchow.com/?p=526#comment-134 Nice garden! Any problems with deer or other critters? We just lost a bunch of beautiful heirloom tomatoes to hungry deer, and lettuce to a groundhog. Nice garden! Any problems with deer or other critters? We just lost a bunch of beautiful heirloom tomatoes to hungry deer, and lettuce to a groundhog.

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