The garden.

The Garden. Well, I call it a garden. Some people call it a graveyard for vegetables. 

Hi gang.

 

We all know I have a black thumb. Like, I can kill a plant before it gets home from the shop. 

But being prepared for any sort of disaster is more than just  buy a few boxes of this or that. It is preparing for any kind of disaster, including difficulties in the food supply chain.

 

I have spent the last 2 days researching gardening and working on why we had such a poor result last year.

I think the number one reason is that the planter box is in partial sun. It only gets sun about 5-6 hours a day, and is in shade the rest of the day.

 

So, what grows in partial sun?

 

Ummm…

 

I think greens do—lettuce and chards and spinach. We shall see as I experiment this year.

 

According to Garden.com, lettuce prefers full sun, but partial shade extends the season.

I should also plant my garden of lettuces in mid-late March through early-mid April.

I am going to also try a couple of buckets of potatoes in a different corner that gets more sun, and that should be planted in March.

 

Planting schedule for Virginia, according to Garden.com:

https://garden.org/apps/calendar/?q=23225

 

Read up on lettuces at: https://garden.org/plants/group/lettuces/

Read up on potatoes at: https://garden.org/plants/group/potatoes/

Read up on sweet potatoes at: https://garden.org/plants/group/sweetpotatoes/


 Jason

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