Vegetable Gardens 101
Monday, September 21st, 2009 at
5:02 am
Marvin Cervantes asked:
Planting vegetable gardens can be a very rewarding endeavor, not to mention that it's good for your body because of all the exercise you will get, and the vegetables that you'll get to eat. These days, it's really ideal if you can plant your own vegetables to make sure that they're pesticide free, but a lot of people feel intimidated by the idea of planting vegetable gardens especially in a city.
Vegetable gardens are typically easier to maintain than flower gardens because vegetables are more resilient, especially in different types of weathers. Flowers are typically more delicate to changes in the weather, and don't adapt as easily. Planting vegetable gardens usually demand a lot of space, although some vegetables can also survive in plant boxes. It really depends on what kind of vegetables you will plant, and what you expect out of your vegetable garden.
Planting Styles The more traditional way of planting vegetables is laying them out in straight, organized lines. Some people prefer to plant alternating rows of different types of vegetables so that when one type of vegetable is about to be harvested, the rows in between them have vegetables that are not yet in season. The soil structure quickly becomes ruined because gardeners have to walk between rows, though.
A popular way of planting vegetable these days is planting them in beds rather than the traditional rows. The beds have to be small enough in size so that you can reach into it and pull out the weeds that will grow among your plants. Beds can also be raised a bit higher off the ground so that the heat will be kept inside longer during cold weather. It also makes for a good drainage system around the beds.
Another planting style that is popular is potager which combines vegetables with flowers and herbs and are planted in a way that is aesthetically pleasing.
For people who have constrained living spaces (especially those who live in the city), vegetables and herbs can grow in smaller plant boxes and containers. Vegetables will need a lot of sunlight and open spaces. If you want to reap a lot of vegetables, you should invest in bigger real estate.
Preparing the soil A very important aspect of planting vegetable gardens is preparing the soil. It doesn't matter whether you plan to raise vegetables in a small plot of land or in a plant box. Soil preparation is an essential step. Soil can be categorized as sandy or clay-like, with silt being a fine mixture of both sand and clay. Clay particles in sand help retain water longer as well as make the soil absorb water faster. Sandy particles in soil makes the water flow through it easily and lets the air in so that the roots can breathe.
The best way to go when preparing the soil for your vegetable garden it to make try and make the soil be a good balance of clay, silt, and sand. Ideally, it should be 40% silt, 40% sand, and 20% clay. To test it, you can scoop up soil and form it into a ball using your hand. It should not be too hard as to not crumble when you poke at it, but it should also be sticky enough that it retains its shape even if you don't press it too hard with your hands.
Planting vegetable gardens require a lot of patience. You have to find what works for you, and experiment on getting the right type of soil for the right type of vegetables. All the hard work will be worth it, though, once you experience eating something that grew from a garden that you planted yourself.
Planting vegetable gardens can be a very rewarding endeavor, not to mention that it's good for your body because of all the exercise you will get, and the vegetables that you'll get to eat. These days, it's really ideal if you can plant your own vegetables to make sure that they're pesticide free, but a lot of people feel intimidated by the idea of planting vegetable gardens especially in a city.
Vegetable gardens are typically easier to maintain than flower gardens because vegetables are more resilient, especially in different types of weathers. Flowers are typically more delicate to changes in the weather, and don't adapt as easily. Planting vegetable gardens usually demand a lot of space, although some vegetables can also survive in plant boxes. It really depends on what kind of vegetables you will plant, and what you expect out of your vegetable garden.
Planting Styles The more traditional way of planting vegetables is laying them out in straight, organized lines. Some people prefer to plant alternating rows of different types of vegetables so that when one type of vegetable is about to be harvested, the rows in between them have vegetables that are not yet in season. The soil structure quickly becomes ruined because gardeners have to walk between rows, though.
A popular way of planting vegetable these days is planting them in beds rather than the traditional rows. The beds have to be small enough in size so that you can reach into it and pull out the weeds that will grow among your plants. Beds can also be raised a bit higher off the ground so that the heat will be kept inside longer during cold weather. It also makes for a good drainage system around the beds.
Another planting style that is popular is potager which combines vegetables with flowers and herbs and are planted in a way that is aesthetically pleasing.
For people who have constrained living spaces (especially those who live in the city), vegetables and herbs can grow in smaller plant boxes and containers. Vegetables will need a lot of sunlight and open spaces. If you want to reap a lot of vegetables, you should invest in bigger real estate.
Preparing the soil A very important aspect of planting vegetable gardens is preparing the soil. It doesn't matter whether you plan to raise vegetables in a small plot of land or in a plant box. Soil preparation is an essential step. Soil can be categorized as sandy or clay-like, with silt being a fine mixture of both sand and clay. Clay particles in sand help retain water longer as well as make the soil absorb water faster. Sandy particles in soil makes the water flow through it easily and lets the air in so that the roots can breathe.
The best way to go when preparing the soil for your vegetable garden it to make try and make the soil be a good balance of clay, silt, and sand. Ideally, it should be 40% silt, 40% sand, and 20% clay. To test it, you can scoop up soil and form it into a ball using your hand. It should not be too hard as to not crumble when you poke at it, but it should also be sticky enough that it retains its shape even if you don't press it too hard with your hands.
Planting vegetable gardens require a lot of patience. You have to find what works for you, and experiment on getting the right type of soil for the right type of vegetables. All the hard work will be worth it, though, once you experience eating something that grew from a garden that you planted yourself.
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Tagged with: Changes In The Weather • Containe • Soil Structure • Weathers
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Sooo funny, idk how they kept from laughing…..
Winter gardening tip: Minimize salt near plants – Repeated use of salt can damage plants and soil structure
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Cohesive soils are rather rounded and cemented homogeneous sediments than cohesionless ones which are rather heterogeneous.
Tarte au Sucre
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cup maple syrup
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 unbaked 10" single pie crust (1 bottom only)
METHOD:
Dissolve baking soda in maple syrup. Place in pie crust (first).
Mix flour, brown sugar and butter with your fingertips. Place in pie crust (last).
Bake at 350*F for 30 minutes.
YIELD: 1 pie.
SERVING:
Serve plain, "a la mode" (with ice cream – vanilla), or with not-too-sweet whipped cream.
NOTE:
You can use half-half maple syrup and corn syrup if, well, 1 1/2 cup cup maple syrup is too expensive.
Sucre a la crème
INGREDIENTS:
250mL of 35% cream
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
a lump of butter the size of 1/2 an egg
more or less 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (the alcohol-free kind, of course)
METHOD:
Boil cream and sugars together until a spoonful dropped in a glass of icy water forms a ball.
Add butter and vanilla.
Remove from heat.
Beat with a wooden spoon until it thickens.
Spread in a greased pan big/small enough to make a ~ 2 cm
thick layer. Chill until firm. Cut into not-too-big pieces.
YIELD:
A pan of delight.
NOTES:
Beating the mixture might tire you out. You can help the thickening process by placing the pot in a sink that has some cold water at the bottom.
For baking dessert squares and the like, I learned to line my pans with foil and then oil the foil, so that I later just have to lift the foil out for cutting the food – especially with non-stick pans.
Store your sucre a la crème in the fridge.
Best Pie Crust
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups flour (usually all-purpose flour)
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup solid vegetable shortening (the "blue package" kind is what I prefer, to not name any names…)
2 tablespoons ICY water
1 egg
1 tablespoon white vinegar
METHOD:
Combine flour and salt
Add solid shortening, "cutting it in" with a pastry knife or 2 knives in a criss-cross manner.
Stir icy water, egg and vinegar together in a separate glass/bowl, then mix into the flour mixture until all is moistened (it will happen, just keep stirring).
Make 2 balls with the mixture, to be rolled out one at a time.
Rolling the dough (the less you handle the dough, the flakier it will be, insha Allah!):
Place 1 large square piece of wax paper on counter. Dust it lightly with flour.
Place 1 ball of dough in center, and another square of wax paper on top.
Flatten the ball by pressing down on the top sheet of paper with your hand.
Roll out the dough (with a rolling pin or – if you don't have a pin yet – a bottle) into a circle, so that it will fit your pie plate and still drag over its edges.
Carefully remove the top sheet of wax paper and invert the circle into the pie plate.
Carefully adjust its position.
Carefully remove the bottom (now on top) sheet of wax paper.
If all these "carefully"s were not sufficient, patch up any tears.
Follow your pie recipe from here.
YIELD: 1 double pie crust (1 bottom + 1 lid or 2 bottoms)
NOTE:
When using the second ball as a lid, cut some short slits into the lid, to allow steam to escape.
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Temperatures will increase a lot and summer temperatures will be difficult to tolerate. There will be warmer winters too. The area could be subject to more storms blown in from the Pacific ocean however these would weaken significantly before hitting Fresno but then this depends on the size and intensity of the storm before hand.
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