Comments on: Self-Fertilizing Garden – 2009

By: glasshouse

glasshouse — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:03:28 +0000

Impressive post on gardening especially the points raised on POTATO Plant

By: Compost Guy

Compost Guy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:26:19 +0000

Thanks Cassandra – I too have resisted the (slight) temptation to try out corn in previous years, primarily due to the small ‘bang for your buck’ value – i.e. if I had a bunch of tomato plants growing in the same amount of garden real estate, I’d end up with a LOT more food biomass.
That being said, now that I’ve tried the corn I am really happy that I did. There is something fun and impressive about having a big ol’ stand of corn in a suburban backyard – and oh those few cobs of corn are going to be tasty!!

Aside from that, the corn stalks really seem to be working well as supports for the pole beans!

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:26:41 +0000

Your garden looks awesome! I’ve been avoiding corn for the last several years due to the fact that it is such a high-nitrogen crop. Maybe I’ll try a trench next year.
Thanks for the update.