Time to Move On

You're in Ohio too and grow year round? What are you hoping to grow for a business? That sounds interesting.

Windows that let in sunlight are awesome things. Well, most of the things I hope to sell, I don't have yet. Right now I have several young trees that I'm taking care of. Maples and a mimosa flamoyante. I also have roses that I'm looking after. And my Mom and I have strawberries and tomato plants. What I'd really like to have is salmon berries, a few citrus trees maybe, and bamboo. (I'll add more things as I go). I'd like to sell fresh produce, as well as make the berries and fruits into jams, pies, etc. And the trees, I'm hoping to sell as soon as they're old enough or bonsai'd. (Except my Mimosa, I'm waiting for it to flower and have babies so I have smaller mimosa's to sell). The bamboo, since it grows like crazy and I'd have to keep it in doors most of the year long I'd have to cut alot of it and I was hoping to make the bamboo into things -- maybe tent-frames, use them in the garden, etc. And the shoots I could sell since they're edible as well. My roses, I could use in art to sell, as well as maybe cheaper holiday flowers. And hopefully by that point I can sell my head-ache tea blend (which I make from collecting wild ground ivy and clover). There's alot of things I'd really like to do. Because with the plants I'll have more than I can use to feed my family...and since I'm getting to the point where I'll need money for my future, it seems to make sense to connect the two together. I'm not sure how I'd go about setting up shop yet, but it depends on how things go next year. ^_^'

Yes, that's true, but there is something that just seems to taste better when they are from your own garden. I know that's silly, but it just seems that way.

In this old house, the gutters were not put in straight so every time it rains here, I get a flood where I have my few plants alongside the house. I am always out there digging ditches and bailing things out. THAT I won't miss!

Me too. I wish I was already in a new home so I knew what I had to work with. It will give me some sense of satisfaction to be planning.

If the pepper plants are still producing, let them continue. You never know what you might still get from them!

I guess I am feeling the exact opposite of everyone. Summer time is hard here in florida cause of the extreme heat and dryness. So I am just getting serious in the garden and will have great harvests (I hope) in the next couple of months and throughout winter and spring. We still garden here in the summer it is just harder, but some of us are die hards.

I should also add I am also praying that next year we'll have more rain than this year as we're planning to double the size of our garden and as dry as it's been this year I've had to water every few days (like tomorrow) and with even more space I don't know how I will keep up with it all.

Squirrels, too, believe it or not. I didn't until I saw one take down a full-grown plant. But my corn never got past the 6" seedling stage this year.

The lettuce did so well earlier in that little pot, I'm hopeful that I'll get another batch. I love fresh lettuce on my tuna sandwich! Surprisingly, I didn't have any problem with bugs or other pests here, just the baby bunnies that ate my beans initially.

Oh, yes. Bunnies. I guess the reason the bunnies never got into mine was because the bugs got them first. I certainly have plenty of rabbits around here.