Potatoes and Roses

Life Hacks for the garden? Maybe.

First potatoes:
Grow 100 lbs of Potatoes in 4 square feet.

Next Roses:
Taking Rose Cuttings

Another Veggie list for the shade

This time from the Empress of Dirt.

Vegetables You Can Grow in the Shade

Empress of Dirt & Foraging

That would be foraging in your garden.

Unexpected Food Sources in Your Garden

Keyhole Gardens

Not at all what I expected.

But I'm looking for ideas on what to do on the SW side of my house. These may be it, or at least part of the plan.

Keyhole Gardens

Edibles for the Shade.

Thought this link would be great.

Edibles You Can Grow in the Shade

Growing Potatoes

Haven't grown any yet.

Not sure when I'll start.

But I liked this video and wanted to make sure I could find it again.

How to Plant and Grow Potatoes

Dutch Buckets (hydroponic 3)

This looks interesting. And it includes a link on how to make the nutrient solution.

Dutch Bucket Hydroponics-How It works and How to Make Your Own Buckets

Hanging Window Garden (hydroponics 2)

I've seen this before but am not sure that I've linked it. It's a major, low tech, do-it-yourself hydroponics garden.

Hanging Bottle Wall Garden

Veggies in Winter

I just sent a link to my husband about a book on year round vegetable gardening.

In case he has trouble opening it, I thought I'd link it here too:

The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener

Looks like a good one.

Gardening in Straw Bales

My husband grew some of the best peppers in straw bales last year.

Here's one "how to" for straw bale gardening:
Straw Bale Gardening: Start to Finish

Kale

"Kale is one of the most worthwhile crops you can grow. It is easy, undemanding, tolerant of heat, drought, wet, cold, and poor soil. It can be eaten at the small leaf stage in salads, mid-size leaves are good steamed, and large leaves can be chopped and stir fried or put into stews. One especially good dish is lentil stew with leeks and kale."

So says the this article on kale at Gardens on the Go located here:
Growing Kale

Here's the Farmer's Almanac on Kale:
Kale -- Farmer's Almanac

And this from The National Garden Association
Edible of the Month (from the Edible Landscaping section)

Zone Five

Yep, that's the zone I live in.
Here is a planting schedule for zone 5
Zone 5 Vegetable Planting
If you live in a different zone, you can look it up at the above linked site

Growing Pumpkins

This looks like the place to start learning about pumpkins:

Growing pumpkins

I really think that I want a pumpkin patch. I hear that deer leave them alone which might make them suitable for our  country property.

Companion Planting

This is something I'm still new at. Gardens Ablaze has three charts that can be reached by visiting their Companion Planting page:

Companion Planting

On the left side of the page, you can find, under related topics:

Companion Planting for Pest Control

Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects

and

Companion Planting for Better Yield

Whatever you are looking for, these places are a good place to start.

More Garden. Less Lawn

Some people like flowers:

Reducing Lawns with Small Gardens

Some people prefer Vegetables:

Some People Trading Lawns for Veggie Gardens

Then there's the edible landscape:

How to Create a Beautiful Edible Landscape