As I mentioned in Food Solutions this year we tried our hand at gardening. It was a lot of fun mixed in with hard work and a lot of learning. A lot of our plants did not yield the results we were expecting because we really had no clue what we were doing. We got lucky on carrots and had an abundant harvest but we did not get to save any because they were eaten before then could be preserved in any way.
Potatoes were another story. Out of twenty-eight plants we managed to get six potatoes. Only two were bigger then a brussel sprout. Our harvest of knowledge:
~Carrots planted in cinder blocks do really well.
~Potatoes plants are much loved by bugs.
~Do not underestimate the size of zucchini and cucumber plants.
~A large tub is not large enough to grow three pumpkin plants.
~Lettuce is actually really good.
~Everybody loves peas but the rabbits get there first unless they are protected.
~Watermelons will take over but taste so good.
~Cucumbers are very hearty.
~Kohlrabi will prosper no matter how incompetent the person tending the plant.~Radishes will reseed themselves and will produce two crops a year with out any help.
~Sometimes onion just doesn't grow.
~Tomatoes started late do not have as good a yield.
~Green worms are hard to get rid of.
~The adventure is in the process
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