Comments for Garden Fresno

Comment on 3rd Class Outline by Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:49:40 +0000

Ok, last try.

Compost.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4455961313_42586a4d76.jpg

Soil.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119899@N08/4455961313/in/set-72157623551560775/

Comment on 3rd Class Outline by Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:48:29 +0000

Ok, how bout this.

Comment on 3rd Class Outline by Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:47:43 +0000

Okay, so here is the latest few pics of the work we’ve done. I’ll get some seedling pics up soon as well.

Here is a pic of the compost I used to mend the manure. Not sure what format will work on here so here goes nothing.

[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4456739316_d61ca15ff2.jpg[/IMG]

Here is a pic of the mostly finished plot of soil. I finished the area I’m working right there but we took the pic before the sun went down completely.

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4455961313_42586a4d76.jpg[/IMG]

Comment on 3rd Class Outline by Leo

Leo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:55:52 +0000

HOLY MOLY!!! We got the first area prepped and ready. The most hard work I’ve done in a while, boy oh boy! This is our first row planting approach. All I can say is that we learned a lot. From the first rows to the last, the technique and style changed. Soon as we get the pics up on a hosting site we’ll post them. We have the seedlings going. Much to our dismay while we had the seedlings out getting some sun our baby found them and went to town acting like her mom and pop throwing dirt around. Our seedlings look like they got hit by a little godzilla. We took some damage but we’ll soon see what was left so we can replace what got hit. Some of the chili’s

Comment on 2nd Class Outline by kiel

kiel — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:20:26 +0000

Bjorn, we’d love for you to join the class.

Most all spring to Summer plants are ready to go now. The big determiner is the last frost, which has clearly passed. A great source for starter plants is Belmont Nursery. Generally all the local nurseries are stocked right now. I just try to avoid the big home garden stores like Home Depot, Lowe, etc. They will tend not to have any heirlooms or interesting selection.

Comment on 2nd Class Outline by Bjorn Nilson

Bjorn Nilson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:33:32 +0000

Hi,

May I join the class tomorrow? Location?

Am pulling up most of my winter garden and mulching for upcoming season. Have been gardening off and on in Fresno for 20+ years. Want to get serious this year.

Questions: What to start now? Best source of starter plants, etc..

Cordially, Bjorn Nilson, Sunnyside

Comment on 2nd Class Outline by Leo

Leo — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:03:04 +0000

Great day of learning. I think my favorite part was when everyone was laying out how their prospective gardens will be set up for use of the sun. So funny in our back yards’ instance we only have maybe 3 locations where we have enough sun for some kinds of garden veggies.

Towards the end of the day as well we kicked around the idea of coordinating our gardens since I’m sure we’ll all at some point have an abundance of veggies that we’ll not be able to consume ourselves. So for this purpose I’ve composed a list of what we’ll be attempting to grow in our garden.

Carbon Tomato
Celebrity Tomato
Berkeley Tie Dye Pink Tomato

Orange Manzano
Naga Dorset/ Nova (S)
Mustard Habanero

Barakpore 7 pot (S)
Pequin (couldn’t get these to germ last year)
Fresno
Tequila Sunrise
Orange Habanero
Aji Lucento
Slow Bolt Cilantro
Sweet Basil
Thai L Hot

I used the modifier (S) to indicate that that plant is a super hot. Not that the habanero is not hot, but the (S) plants will produce a burn on much higher level. The seven pot/pod in particular I believe got it’s name because it’s powerful enough to heat up pots of food. From what I have read as well, it lives up to it’s name. Much care must be taken when cooking with those. We’ll get to talk more about that at a later time.

Last year I planted a limited amount of basil and cilantro thinking the plants would be much more robust that they turned out to be. I’ll be planting much more of those this season.

I don’t know how hearty the tomato varieties are for seed saving, as I’m quite interested in the tie dye tomato and keeping it’s seeds. The other tomatoes we picked based on the summers of Fresno. The carbon tomato in particular is said to really like a hot summer. Looking forward to seeing it grow.

I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention that yes indeed there is a chili called Fresno. Neat looking and in heat scale of the jalapeno.

Looking forward to sharing the bounty as I’m sure we’re going to have much more chili’s than we’ll be able to consume. Most common especially for the super hots is to dehydrate and make secret powders, as well as making secret sauces. (we’ll have some awesome tomatoes too for our hot sauce) Looking very forward to this season.

Will we be able to share pictures at any point here?

Comment on 1st Class Outline by Leo

Leo — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:24:12 +0000

Great first day. Looking forward to next week and getting some potting done.

Comment on Course Update by Pook

Pook — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:34:19 +0000

Dang it. I would have loved to take some classes to bone up on my gardening skills. But alas I’m in the Rogue Festival during the beginning of March. If you’re free, you should come check out the show. We’ve got at least one date on a Sunday. http://redtriangleproductions.com/apocalypsehoedown.html

Comment on Last Season by kiel

kiel — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:09:23 +0000

Andra, I’m glad you’re gardening to and reducing your lawn size. I hope your yard care guy can get on board with sustainable landscapes. It is definitely a different approach to maintenance, but there is plenty of work to do.