Previous years' threads:
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- 2019
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- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
I wasn't here much last year, and didn't make a thread. I lost a bit of my gardening mojo, though I still did it. I was also just a bit burned out reading/talking about it. It wasn't a great year: the weather wasn't great, and my experiment in direct-seeding my cucurbits failed. They were just too late and succumbed to the usual downy and powdery mildew before producing much at all. So I'm going back to what worked: start them indoors around last average frost, transplant them. It may not seem like a few weeks should make a difference, but I guess it does.
I grew cilantro for the first time. I hate buying a giant bunch of it at the store - what the heck am I going to do with it all? (I do freeze it, but that's only good to add to cooking and I like some fresh on top.) I hear it self-seeds like crazy, so I'll be interested to see if that happens. I might start some in a different container, just in case that didn't happen.
My peppers and tomatoes did quite well. I did potatoes in a giant Rubbermaid container, just for the heck of it. It's probably kind of a waste, considering potatoes are nicer and cheaper from the store, but it was a fun experiment, and the plants were pretty. My sweet potatoes were about the same - not that great, but I guess I'm still waiting for a really nice long hot summer.
To be continued!
