Just received my Chinese vegetable seeds...

Category: Food Pantry Projects | Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:21 pm

Just received my Chinese vegetable seeds and I'm looking forward to planting them. We've been dealing with snow blizzards for this past week with failed power and have been without heater for 2days and 2 nights. Another blizzard hit us last night and today.
Our pine tree branches broke and our power line got sagged. Managed to shovel the snow off and clear the branches...they're very heavy.

But, having received the vegetable seeds uplifted my spirits and am dreaming of plans to start our vegetable garden. I've contacted a Pantry Food outlet here in Monongahela, PA, and waiting for the right person to contact me, on how to send fresh produce to them...to feed the hungry and the poor.

God gave us this piece of garden and we're eager to give something back to God.

I'm planting Red Hot Chilli Pepper, Green and White Pak Choy, Extra Dwarf Nai You Pak Choy, Small Pak Choy, Cantonese Pak Choy.

I suppose that I'll have to give the food pantry some basic stir fry dish recipes...so that they know how to use them.

It isn't easy to grow veggies with clay on the ground. I guess that we will have to add lots of good soil to mix them up...wish that there is another easier way to make good soil. We live within the town limit and we aren't allowed to burn anything. Tried that when we first moved here and the pine branches (and peach branches) smell horrible when we try to burn it. That's how we found out that we're not allowed to burn anything....through the local (free) newspaper...the next month.

Will also grow some cabbage, broccoli, tomato and snow peas. We love vegetables and this will be our very first mini-farming. Am looking forward to it. Don't know if there're any special way to plant them but I love to design vegetable plots and/or raised beds. I believe that it will cost a lot more to have raised beds.

We have a groundhog...here...residing on our property. A neighbor told us that she saw one, going round our yards and crawling underneath our front deck to hide...and that...is going to be another problem for us...to keep our veggies growing for the food pantry.

Any ideas...all are welcome!

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Jewell wrote on Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:07 am:

When all else fails a short two strand electric fence works wonders on discouraging small critters. My problem was city racoons and possums. They decimated everything. Not any more :) My fish pond is safe and my garden grows. The critters are feed by the neighbors and I allow them water from one end of the firsh pond that leaves them water access.

There are also motion sensor water sprayers and burying fencing underground and bringing it up several feet.

I just happened to have an old electic fencer box from years ago. Good luck with whatever you decide to try.