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by Trina
Wed 19-Jan-2022, 06:38
Forum: Planting Schedule
Topic: Planting Spreadsheets
Replies: 14
Views: 104490

Re: Planting Spreadsheets

I am in zone 5. I am only 3 years in to veggie gardening. I don’t see that I can do a large amount of succession gardening. I am surrounded by a cedar forest as well so I believe my sunlight is restricted to 6 hours a day from May to September.
Any guidance is appreciated.
by Trina
Wed 19-Jan-2022, 06:29
Forum: Cover Crops
Topic: terminating cereal (grain) cover crops
Replies: 6
Views: 3214

Re: terminating cereal (grain) cover crops

This brings up a good point: be careful which cover crop you choose. White Dutch clover is a great nitrogen-fixer but it's a fairly invasive weed. Not much you can do other than dig it out entirely. It spreads underground. I recommend that you experiment with easy-to-kill covers first. Fava beans, ...
by Trina
Thu 30-Dec-2021, 13:21
Forum: Pests
Topic: Slugs
Replies: 6
Views: 3882

Re: Slugs

The method I’m aware of is sinking a beer traps ground level to attract them to the beer and they drown. I had a terrible slug invasion in 2020 with 6 weeks of spring rain. I used the beer trap method but they seemed to become wise to it after a while…so squished everyone I could and told them to te...
by Trina
Thu 30-Dec-2021, 13:13
Forum: Bokashi
Topic: Bokashi
Replies: 2
Views: 1787

Bokashi

I want to start Bokashi composting. I have a compost pile that is made up from garden materials and grass clippings and wood ash. I do not add food scraps from my kitchen due to bears. If I started bokashi in pails in my garage I would then safely bury it in my compost pile? I have looked on Amazon ...
by Trina
Thu 30-Dec-2021, 13:03
Forum: Cover Crops
Topic: terminating cereal (grain) cover crops
Replies: 6
Views: 3214

Re: terminating cereal (grain) cover crops

I planted white Dutch clover in the fall of 2020.I struggled all summer 2021 to rid my raised garden boxes of it. I tried to smother with cardboard early spring until planting. This last fall I just covered with leaves.
What to do better?
by Trina
Thu 30-Dec-2021, 12:59
Forum: Vermicomposting
Topic: recommendations for diy worm farm?
Replies: 24
Views: 103039

Re: recommendations for diy worm farm?

I know nothing about a worm farm but am very interested.
by Trina
Thu 30-Dec-2021, 12:42
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from the Shuswap BC
Replies: 2
Views: 1164

Hello from the Shuswap BC

Hi, my name is Trina. I am a 4th generation Ukrainian and as tradition goes so do I. We Babas jokingly call our gardens “the borscht garden”. Millions starved if they did not have one. This is my garden bio; Upside I started vegetable gardening 3 seasons ago with raw land. I am on 4 acres situated o...

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