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What are you guys planting this year?
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22 May ’12 - 9:11 am
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After experimenting with a bunch of different stuff last year like amaranth, ground cherry, khalarbi etc. I decided to follow the KISS method

we have in the ground

carrots

pumpkin

watermelon

corn

romaine lettuce

kale

spinach

peas

beans

garlic

onion

potatoes

beets

radish

tomatoes

cucumbers

bell peppers

broccoli

squash

I might try a few square of sweet potato to see how they do

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22 May ’12 - 7:15 pm
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This year I planted:

Shoepeg White Corn

Romano and Blue Lake Pole Beans

Pintos

Black Eyed Peas

Sweet, White, and yellow onions

Radishes

Carrots

beefsteak, bradley, cherokee purple, and cherry tomatoes

strawberries

squash

cucumbers

cowhorn, cayenne, jalapeno, bell, and banana peppers

okra

congo and sugar baby watermelons

field pumpkin

potatoes

I will be planting another square for a fall crop with cabbage, romano and butterhead lettuce, and broccoli.

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23 May ’12 - 1:33 pm
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heirloom cheery tomatoes and mint. All I can fit in my earthboxes at the moment.

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23 May ’12 - 2:24 pm
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I got some kind of corn, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, yellow onions, jalapenos, dill and cauliflower. I'm about to try starting some red potatoes and sweet potatoes re: the kitchen scrap thread. We'll see how that goes :)

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24 May ’12 - 1:00 pm
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nice dd, here is a good article from mother earth news on growing sweet potato

http://www.motherear.....1zsto.aspx

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