[Woodcarver] Veg

[Donna Menke]

Dear Esteemed Horticulturalist-

The problem we have here is too much sun and heat. By August it is so hot that 
things literally cook on the vines. Then again we can often have a Winter garden 
too- but by then I've had rather enough gardening for a while. btw- your rocket 
is our arugula, which grows like a weed here. It is an acquired taste, but once 
you like it you really like it- like additive. Good thing it is good for us. We 
just started our third 3x6' bed. 

Donna Menke
http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com 
Author: The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book
New DVD: Basic Band Saw Box Making: The Octagonal Box
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJvML1h-s0




________________________________
From: Richard Douglas <richard at douglasfoto.force9.co.uk>
To: Woodcarver at carverscompanion.com
Sent: Sat, May 14, 2011 3:10:01 AM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Veg

Friends in Carving: Please support our List - visit 
carverscompanion.com/List/Support.html to donate.


Good morning all

I'm impressed by all the talk of burgeoning veg so early in the       season. I 
only have lettuce, tomato, rocket, various chillis and a       couple of sweet 
pepper plants - and they're all in my greenhouse.       We are in a northern 
latitude in Scotland. I planted my toms and       capsicums in the first week of 
January, in heat, and the tomatoes       have one flowering truss and another 
budding, (all 4 plants), but       they won't crop until July. The sweet peppers 
are about 8 inches       tall and the chillis not so much; they'll crop about 
September.       You're very lucky, tornadoes and cataclysmic floods not       
withstanding.

I use an automatic watering system based on kitchen bins for       reservoirs 
with fish tank pumps to re-circulate the water/nutrient       to the pots. The 
HP sodium lighting that augments the daylight has       attracted some attention 
from the local constabulary - my purposes       are recreational but not in that 
way, officer.

All this horticulture doesn't take much time out of my carving day       - no 
weeding - so I've finished carving my Hockley Austrian angel,       just the 
sanding now...

Sir Richard the Horticultural Carver 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/woodcarver/attachments/20110514/a71ac93d/attachment.html>