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rjsurfs:
Steve,

Your garden sounds great...  we've always done the pumpkins... we did watermelons as well last year but didn't have a lot of success... they seemed so fragile on the vines... but that could of been because we had such a drought.

I had never considered the greens you mentioned in the fall... I would love to try the collards and maybe kale or some other leafy plant after some of the others are harvested.

We've decided to try and freeze this year... canning sounds a little complicated to the wife and I.

Bobby

cherokee:
Here is a great link for those of you who may need a refresher course in canning and for those just getting started. ;)

http://www.freshpreserving.com/pages/home/1.php

Suzie

steve:
Bobby, now you have all you need to start canning. It's intimidating until you do it. You do need a few things to start, but some stuff you can find in yard sales and junk stores.

Here in Virginia most of the brassica's, these are the cabbage families like broccoli, kale, collards, and brussels sprouts stuff grow real well in a fall garden. It doesn't hurry to flower like in a summer garden.
Kale will grow into spring.

The differences I see in pumpkins and watermelons are kind of like this from what I have seen in my own gardens. Pumpkins like warm days and cool nights. Watermelons like hot days and warm nights. I think pumpkins like heavier soil than watermelons too.

Can someone tell me how to attach a picture to a post?

Steve

Kat:

Hi Steve,

This should help you upload a picture http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,4619.0.html

Your garden really sounds nice.  And your right it's better to start small and not get over whelmed.

I'm going to try to do a little canning this fall.  I've been reading up on it and I think it's like you say, "intimidating until you do it."  But I think I want to dry a few things too.  I just want o try all the different ways and learn what works best with what.  Maybe I can teach my girls how to do it one day  :)

Mercy, peace and love
Kat

Stevernator:
Today I went to home depot and bought some soil for vegetable gardens and some potted plants that include 2 cucumbers, 1 bell pepper, 6 pack of sweet potatoes, 1 squash and 1 watermelon. Then I picked all of the pinestraw out of an area of my yard that was being used for landscaping and took out some of the plants. We live in GA so the dirt is hard red clay so I tried to soften it up and mixed it with the soil. Then I placed the biodegradable pots in the ground and spread the soil around them and tried to space them far enough apart. Lastly, I respread the pinestraw around to protect the moisture. The next step is to convince my mom to let me tear up the rest of the lawn haha.

It is kind of a crazy experiment but next Saturday I might go to the local farmers market for some advice. Also, I may fertilize it sometime this week. Even though I got bit like crazy (it looks like there is a golf ball protuding out of my arm!!) it was well worth it. Maybe I will post a pic later.

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