tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089584968084859388.post7133990684324949130..comments2023-10-08T03:26:34.168-07:00Comments on Mia's Boys: What's Growing?Mia's Classroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07760445106454214971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089584968084859388.post-31582345590001002882010-05-31T06:50:39.205-07:002010-05-31T06:50:39.205-07:00its so hard to not hate you as I watch my yard tur...its so hard to not hate you as I watch my yard turn to mud and my basil get all blighted from the wet wet wet. but I'm putting in a good effort!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089584968084859388.post-77256460960439637102010-05-25T21:52:22.845-07:002010-05-25T21:52:22.845-07:00I have to believe your mom knows what's what! ...I have to believe your mom knows what's what! I actually have ~ and LOVE ~ the Golden Gate Gardening book! I did consult it, but here's the deal: I am only 15 miles from your mom...but I'm also only 15 miles from San Francisco. Our "micro-climate" is closer to the city's...which means, milder summers, and 'hot' months typically are April and September. It's crazy what a few miles does on the bay!! Anyway, I checked their planting tables, and most everything I planted was listed as "sometimes it works" for the time frame I planted. You know how they do that...like, some years, depending on the weather...well, I think we can all agree, the weather was not my friend this spring! <br /><br />I am sort of using my own version of "starting small"...I tend to plant a bunch of the same thing...keeping the variety kind of low, but lots of it...so if I lose a lot, I still get a lot! It's a funky kind of insurance. :)<br /><br />As for not gardening in May and June...brilliant. Wishing we'd had this conversation just a few weeks ago. :-| whoa. busy.Mia's Classroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760445106454214971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089584968084859388.post-19994866528868839022010-05-25T14:53:14.778-07:002010-05-25T14:53:14.778-07:00My mom says summer veggies should go in on May 1 (...My mom says summer veggies should go in on May 1 (about). There is a book that I can recommend. It is called Golden gate gardening (http://goldengategarden.typepad.com/) and it just came out in a new edition. I checked the old edition out of the library. Very informative about gardening in our neck of the woods! I think I might even be a decent veggie gardener if I follow her advice... But I am going to wait until late summer and plant a fall/winter garden. That way finals won't interfere with the start up nurturing in May and June! And I am going to start small...Kellynoreply@blogger.com