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St. Patrick’s Day Vegetable Plantings

Potatoes in Grow Bag

March 17th, traditionally known as St. Patrick’s Day, has always been the kick-off to spring vegetable plantings. Many times I have stood in the muck (Ohio Spring Soil) and planted my peas and potatoes in the mire. The problem with our weather is that we still have a little more winter to come and plenty Read More

Planting organic garlic in raised beds and grow tubs

Grow Tub Fall Garlic Research Farm 2014 1

I planted some of the Gardens Alive Organic Late Italian Garlic in some Grow Tubs and a raised bed at the Community Garden this past Wednesday. The Grow Tubs were 20 gallons and I planted about 20 cloves. This is pretty tight spacing, but I am always interested in trying to maximize yield in Read More

Onion harvest video

Square Foot Garden Onion Harvest

I harvested onions today – I’ve had great success with the root vegetables planted in our Grow Tubs, and have already pulled potatoes and carrots this year. I’d planted onions using our Square Foot Gardening Seed Mat. They’re a Cortland variety, and had a great harvest – I got about four pounds and 29 onions. Read More