A Summary Of Our Kitchen Gardening in 2018
We live in South-East Wisconsin, USA, in USDA Zone 5B. Our winters are too cold for growing anything; however, we get four months a year, from June till…
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Every crop profile, high-density raised-bed technique, cattle-panel trellis build, and indoor winter microgreen guide from our 2018 kitchen garden in USDA Zone 5B.
18 storiesPublished December 30, 2018 · South-East Wisconsin (Zone 5B)
Growing In Raised Beds
We grow root vegetables and small leafy greens on raised beds. The beds are made with 'construction lumber'. Being not chemically treated makes construction…
How We Use Trellises In Gardening
We prefer to grow vining or climbing varieties of vegetable plants, as opposed to bush varieties. Pole beans, indeterminate tomatoes, cucumbers, Asian gourds…
Tomatoes
We plant around 30 tomato plants every year. This year we had 16 varieties of tomatoes. Most of them produced well. We plant them about a foot (30 cm) apart.…
How We Grow Microgreens
We grow several varieties of microgreens indoors during our long winters. Fenugreek, mustard, chia, amaranth, onion, cilantro, arugula and kale are some of the…
Our Garden Fences And Grape Trellis
We have a lot of wild rabbits, ‘Eastern Cottontail’, in the area. In the first year of gardening we thought we could do without fences. Instead we used garlic or…
Seeding Templates And Stamps
We plant our vegetables much denser than usually recommended. The root vegetables and leafy greens we plant in raised beds are only 2 inches (5 cm) apart. Though…
Asian Gourds
Bitter gourd, snake gourd, ash gourd, hairy gourd, luffa and tindora are vegetables we love. They need a longer growing season than what we have. So, we start…
Pole Beans
Every year we plant three or four varieties of pole beans and a couple of varieties of bush beans. Pole beans are much better suited to our needs. First of all,…
Bush Beans
We plant a couple of varieties of bush beans too every year. Though some of them are quite tasty, they are a pain to harvest. Bending down to pick them is not…
Brussels Sprouts
We had stopped growing them many years ago, as these large plants take a lot of space in the garden and they require almost the entire growing season to mature.…
Large Leafy Greens
In addition to the compact greens we grow on raised beds, Swiss Chard, Japanese Mustard, Kale, Leek, Celery, Nasturtium etc. are grown outside the raised beds.
Peppers
Cayenne is our favorite pepper. We use them in a lot of preparations in the kitchen. So, we grow at least 10-15 plants each year. They are either harvested when…
Garlic, Onions and Shallots
We use garlic, onions and shallots regularly in our kitchen. They are very easy to grow too. So we grow plenty of each.
Fruits and Berries
We have a couple of apple, pear, cherry and plum trees, and one apricot tree in our backyard. Pear trees are the easiest to maintain and the most productive for…
Kulli Corn
We try to avoid plants that take a lot of space in the garden and give a single harvest. Corn is one of them. Not only are they large, but they can grow quite…
A Few Other Favorites
Okra, broccoli, summer squash, cucumber, eggplant etc. are vegetables we grow every year. They all produce abundantly here.
How We Grow Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass is believed to be highly nutritious, with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties to boot. It's one of the easiest microgreens to grow indoors…
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