Comments on: The clueless gardener http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Tread Softly http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37445 Tread Softly Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37445 Getting carrots to sprout seems to be tricky business, but Darling found a trick online that seemed to help. For the first week after we planted ours, we covered the area with newspaper and kept it moist. Most of them came up. As for when they're ready, too late is better than too soon. Our, after a couple of months, are still quite tiny (five inches long, maybe a centimeter thick), but they taste delicious in salads. Getting carrots to sprout seems to be tricky business, but Darling found a trick online that seemed to help. For the first week after we planted ours, we covered the area with newspaper and kept it moist. Most of them came up.

As for when they’re ready, too late is better than too soon. Our, after a couple of months, are still quite tiny (five inches long, maybe a centimeter thick), but they taste delicious in salads.

]]> By: Mom @ Wide Open Wallet http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37441 Mom @ Wide Open Wallet Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37441 wow... I think you are doing wonderfully. Your inspiring me to think about gardening. Maybe when the kids are a bit bigger I'll have more time to devote to it. wow… I think you are doing wonderfully. Your inspiring me to think about gardening. Maybe when the kids are a bit bigger I’ll have more time to devote to it.

]]> By: boots586 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37434 boots586 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:57:06 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37434 When the carrots are ripe depends on what kind they are. The really big ones take longer than the shorter ones. Sometimes you can see the orange tops just at the edge of the soil. You can pull one up carefully to see how it looks. If it is too small, sometimes you can tuck it back in the ground for a little longer. Do you still have the seed package? It will tell you how long until harvest. Potatoes grown here (in northern Illinois) aren't ready until late summer or early fall. But we don't put them in until the end of May. They rot if the soil is too cold. They are really fun to grow. You don't know how many you will get until you dig them up. When the carrots are ripe depends on what kind they are. The really big ones take longer than the shorter ones. Sometimes you can see the orange tops just at the edge of the soil. You can pull one up carefully to see how it looks. If it is too small, sometimes you can tuck it back in the ground for a little longer. Do you still have the seed package? It will tell you how long until harvest. Potatoes grown here (in northern Illinois) aren’t ready until late summer or early fall. But we don’t put them in until the end of May. They rot if the soil is too cold. They are really fun to grow. You don’t know how many you will get until you dig them up.

]]> By: Lynn Taylor http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37433 Lynn Taylor Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:30:31 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37433 I am having the same potato adventure you are & the greenery coming from them is beautiful. My sister in Iowa said when the vines die the potatoes are ready to harvest. I am having the same potato adventure you are & the greenery coming from them is beautiful. My sister in Iowa said when the vines die the potatoes are ready to harvest.

]]> By: bluntmoney http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37430 bluntmoney Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:01:57 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37430 Oh, I put a lot of money into it. I'm definitely not doing this to save money! (Although that will *eventually* be a nice side benefit if we live here long enough. I spent about $250 altogether, including $72 for very long drinking water safe hose. I wanted to give gardening a try though because I'm tired of the really yucky veggies that we get down here to eat. I'd also gotten food poisoning from some grocery-store strawberries. I don't like not knowing where my food has been. Maybe I'll write a post detailing the costs a little later. Oh, I put a lot of money into it. I’m definitely not doing this to save money! (Although that will *eventually* be a nice side benefit if we live here long enough. I spent about $250 altogether, including $72 for very long drinking water safe hose. I wanted to give gardening a try though because I’m tired of the really yucky veggies that we get down here to eat. I’d also gotten food poisoning from some grocery-store strawberries. I don’t like not knowing where my food has been. Maybe I’ll write a post detailing the costs a little later.

]]> By: basicfinancial http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37425 basicfinancial Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:59:03 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-clueless-gardener/#comment-37425 How much was your initial investment in your garden? I am considering doing this and wonder how long the return on my investment (not including time) would be. How much was your initial investment in your garden? I am considering doing this and wonder how long the return on my investment (not including time) would be.

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