Gardening!

[lakmiseiru]

When I was a kid, I had a patch of about 4'x4' in my parents' garden, where I grew carrots, radishes, sage, and occasionally some squash. I was bad about weeding, but we did end up with some mighty tasty carrots and radishes, and the sage worked beautiful wonders with its flowers and silver-grey foliage

Comments

[mycroft]

I thought pumpkin was primarily a fall/winter vegetable?

I don't understand the affection for kale, but otherwise the plan sounds good!

[lakmiseiru]

Pumpkin takes about 120 days, give or take depending on the variety, from seed to full maturity. So, while I'll be planting it in the spring, you are correct in that its harvest will be in September, not July :^)

I hate most kale, but lacinato is sweet and not bitter, and is splendid when stir-fried with apples, carrots, mustard seeds, garlic, lemon juice, and soy sauce!

[gnibbles]

Er... will this all fit? I thought that pumpkins were fairly large, spready plants? And even our tomatoes in growth-stuntingly small pots have reached 2ft x 2ft leaf spans per plant.

[hariyos]

I've had single zucchini plants that were 4'x4'. You might want to reconsider growing such a large plant in such a small area.

[lakmiseiru]

Should have mentioned to the zucchini and pumpkin concerns that those are going in a satellite garden with plenty of space to spread across the yard.

Good call, all!