Comments on: The Gentle Art of Non-Gardening http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/ Organic Grocery Market, Shop Local, Small Farms, Family Farms Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jboy http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5653 Jboy Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:24:02 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5653 Well, from my experience, onions is one thing that don't like to be tended very much. It seems that if you don't worry them too much they do better. They'll hold their own against weeds pretty good. It don't seem like the weeds bother them so much as somebody going out there and stirring around with them. Some other people have tried this and it seemed to work for them too. I don't think I'd try it with sweet potatoes though. Well, from my experience, onions is one thing that don’t like to be tended very much. It seems that if you don’t worry them too much they do better. They’ll hold their own against weeds pretty good. It don’t seem like the weeds bother them so much as somebody going out there and stirring around with them.

Some other people have tried this and it seemed to work for them too.

I don’t think I’d try it with sweet potatoes though.

]]> By: Gene Logsdon http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5317 Gene Logsdon Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:26:36 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5317 Leigh, what a delight! I vote for you. Write a book and call it Slop Gardening. Gene Logsdon Leigh, what a delight! I vote for you. Write a book and call it Slop Gardening. Gene Logsdon

]]> By: Leigh http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5316 Leigh Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:55:07 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5316 Cool term, "slop gardening". Get some faith, Gene! I've been doing this with a lot of plants for many years in zone 3/4. I don't have a cold frame, or greenhouse. I do admit that I still save seeds from the volunteers, but I very seldom have to sow them, except to get succession plantings. I think the trick is to have a really wide variety of stuff in the garden, you know, a scattershot approach. Even here, fall planted potatoes are pretty reliable, tho I always keep back-up for spring planting. We've had quite a few potato varieties survive in the ground for 10 years and counting. I don't machine till at all, just flame weed and fork... and yes, you have to do a lot of hand weeding, but it's not too bad, as long as the witchgrass is kept out. I love Small Scale Grain Raising, by the way! Cool term, “slop gardening”. Get some faith, Gene! I’ve been doing this with a lot of plants for many years in zone 3/4. I don’t have a cold frame, or greenhouse. I do admit that I still save seeds from the volunteers, but I very seldom have to sow them, except to get succession plantings. I think the trick is to have a really wide variety of stuff in the garden, you know, a scattershot approach. Even here, fall planted potatoes are pretty reliable, tho I always keep back-up for spring planting. We’ve had quite a few potato varieties survive in the ground for 10 years and counting. I don’t machine till at all, just flame weed and fork… and yes, you have to do a lot of hand weeding, but it’s not too bad, as long as the witchgrass is kept out.
I love Small Scale Grain Raising, by the way!

]]> By: Granny Miller http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5223 Granny Miller Thu, 28 May 2009 14:10:47 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5223 Connecticut Field Pumpkins and Yellow Crook Neck Squash volunteer here. They always come true to type. That said, I'd be crazy to absolutely trust nature to supply my food needs. The good Lord gave me a brain and 2 hands. I'll continue to use them and put my trust in Him and the cold frame and sunny window sills :-) About 10 days ago we had a killing frost that blacken the concord grapes on our 125 year old grape arbor. On this farm it doesn't look so good for grapes this year. If I want grapes I'll be driving to Erie to pick grapes this year. Maybe nature was a little kinder there. Connecticut Field Pumpkins and Yellow Crook Neck Squash volunteer here.
They always come true to type.

That said, I’d be crazy to absolutely trust nature to supply my food needs.

The good Lord gave me a brain and 2 hands.
I’ll continue to use them and put my trust in Him and the cold frame and sunny window sills :-)

About 10 days ago we had a killing frost that blacken the concord grapes on our 125 year old grape arbor.
On this farm it doesn’t look so good for grapes this year.
If I want grapes I’ll be driving to Erie to pick grapes this year.
Maybe nature was a little kinder there.

]]> By: Paul in NC http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5209 Paul in NC Sat, 23 May 2009 23:11:47 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5209 By the way. Just about finished with "The last of the Husbandman" and just started "All Flesh is Grass". I really enjoy your books and I refer to them often. Thanks. Paul By the way. Just about finished with “The last of the Husbandman” and just started “All Flesh is Grass”. I really enjoy your books and I refer to them often. Thanks.

Paul

]]> By: Paul in NC http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5208 Paul in NC Sat, 23 May 2009 23:08:52 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5208 Gene, Thanks for the insight. I have been giving them a little sheep feed and that quieted things down considerably. I'll have to watch that they don't get fat on it. It seems they like to snack a little on the feed and then graze going back and forth between the two. thanks again for the information. Paul Gene,

Thanks for the insight. I have been giving them a little sheep feed and that quieted things down considerably. I’ll have to watch that they don’t get fat on it. It seems they like to snack a little on the feed and then graze going back and forth between the two. thanks again for the information.

Paul

]]> By: Doug http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/05/20/the-gentle-art-of-non-gardening/#comment-5203 Doug Fri, 22 May 2009 13:22:41 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2965#comment-5203 My best and most predictable volunteer has been my zucchini. My plants are different from the original as they start to turn golden when about 10". But they are delicious. I just bury part of a mature zucchini in the summer or fall and then thin or transplant in the spring. I also get lettuce, volunteers. I've always wondered about a garden that would seed itself. My best and most predictable volunteer has been my zucchini. My plants are different from the original as they start to turn golden when about 10″. But they are delicious. I just bury part of a mature zucchini in the summer or fall and then thin or transplant in the spring. I also get lettuce, volunteers. I’ve always wondered about a garden that would seed itself.

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