Carolina Gardening: Come sit on the porch a spell, 1 by dcparris

dcparris wrote:
Well, it's always nice to experience a warm welcome. It's also nice to have a place to turn to when family/friends don't know any more than I do about gardening issues. I got some good info about my okra problem from this site. I live in Northwest Charlotte and am mainly working on my veggie garden this year. I am a novice gardener - honestly not much interested in the landscaping or flower garden stuff right now. I'm not even sure why I'm as interested in the veggie garden as I am - must be the price of tomatoes in the stores. Anyway, I've been growing more interested as time goes on.

I planted a couple of tomatoes the Summer after we moved into our house, and last year planted about 10. This year, I moved my garden from next to the house, and planted tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, okra, and cayenne peppers - all in a 9'x8' plot. Although most everything is coming in nicely - I'm actually quite proud of my little plot - I am already working on improvements for next year. Namely, I'll have more room next year, change at least one of the tomato varieties, and am considering trading the okra out for pole beans.

I do need to do something about my grass, too. I have that funky grass that grows out kind of like a spider plant, and it seems to be taking over. I won't likely get to it any time soon, but I need to start thinking about it.

You can see the cramped quarters of this year's plot, as well as the planned expansion. I need to add one more strip of landscaping cloth at the top, and along the back (photo-wise anyway), to get the kind of space I've discovered I'll need for next year. :-)