tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post3349807119681824838..comments2023-06-23T00:44:56.058-07:00Comments on Sinfonian's Garden Adventure: September 8, 2008Sinfonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973076975622726383noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-43902082405202269112008-09-09T00:58:36.000-07:002008-09-09T00:58:36.000-07:00It's true! The vegetables we grow just taste ...It's true! The vegetables we grow just taste better than any others, don't they? I swear, my tomatoes taste better than my neighbor's....it's the LOVE that went into producing them.<br><br>GrannyAnnie's Grannyhttp://annieskitchengarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-41172728170162467032008-09-09T01:17:48.000-07:002008-09-09T01:17:48.000-07:00Hmmm. The Irish Eyes site gives instructions for t...Hmmm. The Irish Eyes site gives instructions for the wooden, tiered potato bins that aren't doing very well. The do recommend particular varieties though, and claim 100 pounds per bin. I still don't think 100 pounds in a 2'x2' bin is anywhere near possible. I believe the only way to get the plant to produce more potatoes is to have it grow more leaves to support those potatoes. And vertical bins don't achieve that. But I've been wrong before.Tim Stoehrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-10567160832729939802008-09-09T07:09:11.000-07:002008-09-09T07:09:11.000-07:00I have had my share of wasp problems in this house...I have had my share of wasp problems in this house, I have actually never seen so many wasp before I moved here. I some times brave it and kill them myself and other times forked out the $100 plus for the bee man to come. <br><br>The last hive was in the attic and they were coming into the house. I think this was because they were losing there entry path and finding new ones like through the closets. That hive was the responsibility of the bee man, to many thoughts of me running out of a house full of mad bees! <br><br>On topic of the potatoes what if you planted more potatoes as you filled the bin. Plant say 5 in the bin and then 10 more in one gallon pots. When you top up the soil in the bin for the first time then plant 5 more from the one gallon containers. Then the second top up add the remaining 5 plants. Then you will have more then one layer of tubers and they will be spread out enough that they will not compete with each other asides from the foliage.Danhttp://veggiegardenblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-43289917385708092262008-09-09T11:15:57.000-07:002008-09-09T11:15:57.000-07:00Hey sinfonian - Do you remember the little organic...Hey sinfonian - Do you remember the little organic potato experiment that I was contemplating doing in 4 squares of my fall garden? Well...they have sprouted! Yeah.... looking at my planting calender for my area - it looks like I may actually have time to produce something before it gets too cold. I'm planning on adding maybe 1 high rise level to the section, and hilling them. I'll let you know how it turns out. Any advice will be appreciated, because I don't know squat about growing taters! I figure between you and granny - I might be able to do this right.<br><br>EGengineeredgardenhttp://engineeredgarden.thegardenjournals.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-28083429416876895582008-09-09T20:46:16.000-07:002008-09-09T20:46:16.000-07:00If you don't see the actual nest, then you pro...If you don't see the actual nest, then you probably do have yellow jackets that live in the ground. We had to kill some of these this year too. They are hard to find... you have to just walk up slowly to the area and be very still (movement will trigger them to attack -- sound like a lawnmower will too). Then just watch and you will see them and watch where they are going.<br><br>They all return to their nest when the sun goes down. So you want to wait until then (or a couple hours after dark) to exterminate them (so you get ALL of them at once). Then you can "gas" them. Bring a flashlight so you can find the nest. DH poured 1/4 gallon of gasoline down the hole (the entrance to their underground nest) of the one that we had this year. It was huge. Something he learned while growing up on a farm in Kentucky (he said they had lots of yellow jackets there).Judyhttp://www.ft2garden.com/blognoreply@blogger.com