| Oooo if you do grow potatoes, grow the good ones. Those purple ones, or fingerlings are wonderful.
There's a bag of potato seeds at work that one of the ladies has not yet taken home to plant. If I thought they would survive the shipping process they'd be yours. Nansi grows some fab stuff during the summers.
I'm not that great at growing anything. Somehow the green thumb gene skipped the generation with me- shocking since my mom loves gardening (flower and food) and my dad worked on a farm for most of his childhood and teenage years.
Can you guys find someone who has their own livestock? (even rabbits work to a degree) The best fertilizer is the fresh stuff. As much of a PITA it is to transport manure, it makes everything grow in the least likely of places. My mom's "secret" to some great sugar snap peas was a never ending supply of fresh rabbit fertilizer. She also grew some good squash (ick), and tomatoes (ick!!!), watermelon, cantaloupe, radishes, and many other things when I was little. It is a royal pain to keep up, especially if the growing season isn't over and you have to cover things for a late frost in the fall (or early one in the spring/summer). |