Comments on: Planning My Fall Garden http://www.greensahm.com/planning-my-fall-garden/ Trying to live green at home Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JEANNE http://www.greensahm.com/planning-my-fall-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-123028 JEANNE Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:10:08 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=487#comment-123028 You're so lucky... up here in BC we have a really short growing season. My tomatoes are just now starting to ripen (omg, yum :-) I'm going to try garlic and onion outside over the winter, and hope the freezing doesn't kill them. Meanwhile I'm growing herbs indoors and trying carrots as well... we'll see how that goes! You’re so lucky… up here in BC we have a really short growing season. My tomatoes are just now starting to ripen (omg, yum :-) I’m going to try garlic and onion outside over the winter, and hope the freezing doesn’t kill them. Meanwhile I’m growing herbs indoors and trying carrots as well… we’ll see how that goes!

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.greensahm.com/planning-my-fall-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-122870 Stephanie Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:28:36 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=487#comment-122870 We got squash this year from a friend who had excess. Pretty nice since ours didn't work out. We had given her one of the excess tomato plants from when we bought them, but it just didn't thrive. Her yard gets really poor sunlight, so her produce came from yet another friend. I always say the San Diego area has two seasons, wet and dry, with the dry being much longer than the wet. We got squash this year from a friend who had excess. Pretty nice since ours didn’t work out. We had given her one of the excess tomato plants from when we bought them, but it just didn’t thrive. Her yard gets really poor sunlight, so her produce came from yet another friend.

I always say the San Diego area has two seasons, wet and dry, with the dry being much longer than the wet.

]]> By: Ash http://www.greensahm.com/planning-my-fall-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-122856 Ash Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:28:42 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=487#comment-122856 There's nothing like a homegrown tomato. We sit around the dinner table and say it tastes like candy. Unfortunately, Colorado only has a short time for growing-- about April/May until the middle of October (and we're praying for a long summer!) We eat salad from our garden from about July until maybe mid October. My favorite greens to grow are rainbow chard-- it has the density of spinach, and is pretty colorful (green with red veins, etc). We also grow a lot of cherry tomatoes, which are bursting with flavor. This year we also have garlic chives, broccoli greens (still no broccoli flower yet), carrots, tomatillos, jalapenos, and cucumbers. Thankfully we have friends who donate squash to our cause-- our butternut squash isn't ready yet, either. :) Being able to provide food from the garden is really a blessing to our family. We love every bite! There’s nothing like a homegrown tomato. We sit around the dinner table and say it tastes like candy.

Unfortunately, Colorado only has a short time for growing– about April/May until the middle of October (and we’re praying for a long summer!)

We eat salad from our garden from about July until maybe mid October. My favorite greens to grow are rainbow chard– it has the density of spinach, and is pretty colorful (green with red veins, etc). We also grow a lot of cherry tomatoes, which are bursting with flavor. This year we also have garlic chives, broccoli greens (still no broccoli flower yet), carrots, tomatillos, jalapenos, and cucumbers. Thankfully we have friends who donate squash to our cause– our butternut squash isn’t ready yet, either. :)

Being able to provide food from the garden is really a blessing to our family. We love every bite!

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