| Just wanted to mention that it's not necessarily too late to plant stuff this year.
When I started planting gardens in Indiana a few years ago, an old timer told me to just wait until the end of May when it's good and warm. I'm in Michigan now and we still had one or two nights of frost about a week ago so I just got plants in last weekend and I'm about half done.
I just planted tomatoes, a few rows of peppers and some herbs. Still have to plant potatoes, cabbage, squash, beans and some sunflowers.
I'm more of a "just wing it" kind of guy when it comes to this, so rototilling is about all the soil prep I do, other than rotate plant positions.
Best advice I can give you:
- Start with a few things that you are really sure you will eat and add from there.
- Leave plenty of space between plants. You will be amazed how big a tomato or squash plant will be by August. If you leave enough space, you can rototill most of the weeds.
- Weed every other day for a few minutes rather than just weekends. |