Steve's guide to starting your own organic veggie garden

[motorcyclegiant]

Score!!
Thing about it is youll be surprised how many people will say they wished they started one, but waited too long.
Once you start chowing on that organic gooodness, you'll be pleased.
did you get starter plants, or seed?

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[stevesmi]

we've had 2 days of frost where i live the entire winter and the way things are going doesn't look like we will get another one. its been a mild winter all over the country. anyone who lives in the south should definately get started NOW. because once summer rolls around your garden will fry away from what is supposed to be hotter and hotter weather.

u guys in the north are gonna have a sensational growing season soon. i would start setting up the boxes and picking a spot that gets good sun and is easily accessable so you can water daily, dont put down the soil until you are ready though.

i'm eating chard, lettuce, kale from the garden daily. my strawberries, broccolli, and brussell sprouts should be ready in a month.. carrots in probably 6 weeks. can't wait

 

[nelson_303]

Steve, you are right on again. With fresh organic vegetable prices up 15% just this past year. It is so cheap and easy to do. Maybe a little fun too. And free tan. My little spread is only 10x15 but, it really is all I need. Will have to post some pics. I have a special way to grow watermelon using coco as the dirt. It rocks out 5 lb melons for me and kids 1 a day. Thanks for making me go work in the garden today.

 

[motorcyclegiant]

assesment of my back yard today tells me im going to need to break out my sons 1250fps pellet rifle.
Damn rabbits chewed up landscape plants, and started on my wifes bulbs as they have emerged. Hate to do it, but there are mininal natural predators around, and Ill be damned if Im going to plant veggies for them.

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[stevesmi]

all you need is a fence around the plants like i have in my pic above. something was laying down in my garden or walking in it.. could of been a cat or a opposum as i've seen both around. so i put up that fencing and now they stay away.

rabbits will eat up your garden.. i have a pet rabbit and put her in the garden to let her graze, she ate my lettuce plant in one gulp.. the whole thing. those things have voracious appetites

 

[stevesmi]

Steve, you are right on again. With fresh organic vegetable prices up 15% just this past year. It is so cheap and easy to do. Maybe a little fun too. And free tan. My little spread is only 10x15 but, it really is all I need. Will have to post some pics. I have a special way to grow watermelon using coco as the dirt. It rocks out 5 lb melons for me and kids 1 a day. Thanks for making me go work in the garden today.

was not aware they were up 15%.. a lot of that is seasonal.. right now is the worst time of year to buy produce cause nothing is in season except maybe potatoes which will always be cheap.

and i do expect organic items to keep going up in price because its a small margin business and farmers/corporations would rather have conventional farms. plus you've got a re-birth of people buying organic especially among the young and college educated crowd. and a lot of us are now in our 30's now and have that disposable income to spend extra on it. the older crowd doesn't give a shit and just will buy the cheapest thing they can find, they don't know the difference unless they taste it. so that is a good thing for us atleast.. let others keep buying conventional

 

[nelson_303]

Due I live in Beverly Hills CO, and it is seasonal. But 15% is on the cheap side. When the farmers market opens in a week the prices go back down. I eat a lot of odd veggies and fruit. That is why this year I am canning food. Sounds old fashion but, I but half a cow at a time and throw it in the freeze.

 

[nelson_303]

Oh and if you live somewhere that ey don't have the lockdown on seeds that reproduce.

 

[motorcyclegiant]

scratch two rabbits, sniped from my office window. was worried someone would see me and call swat...lol
Glad its trash day tomorrow.

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[stevesmi]

^^^ that is pointless. if there are 2 rabbits, there are dozens more in your area that will replace them. put up a fence around the garden and problem solved. its not just rabbits that you have to worry about anyway.

birds, opposums, even cats will get in there too.