http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/ 2026-04-21T09:09:13+00:00 http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/ http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2015-09-30T15:56:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:beans&rev=1443628573&do=diff Beans [Bean soup - with cornbread made from our home-grown flint corn]I like beans. I liked green, snap beans. I like dry beans. I like bush beans. I like pole beans. Such variety! So many ways to prepare and such distinctive flavors. Easy to grow I find beans among the easiest veggies to grow. Of course, I have chosen varieties that are suitable to my local area. Most of these varieties go through their cycle in 90 days or fewer, so they can fit within the demands of several cover crops and … text/html 2015-09-30T15:37:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:corn&rev=1443627424&do=diff Flint corn We wanted to have corn for drying, for corn meal in particular. We are in a community garden in Fall City where two other wanted to grow sweet corn. We believed that cross-pollination would affect one or more of these crops. So we found a garden outside the city where we could grow whatever kind of corn we wanted. We call that garden the Fall City Farm, or Circus Cyaneus for the Harrier Hawks that sometimes stage aerial shows nearby. text/html 2018-12-24T01:13:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:cucurbit&rev=1545613981&do=diff Curcubits We grow a variety of plants from the Cucurbitaceae family, also called curcubits: several varieties of summer and winter squash, cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin, and cucumber. We've had some problems with predators and disease with curcubits. See details on the following pages: text/html 2015-01-17T15:58:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:flowers&rev=1421510328&do=diff Flowers For pretty Previously I have been happy to let the ladies plant flowers around the gardens because they're pretty (the ladies and the flowers). Compatible companions I'm reading about companion plants and some of the good ones are flowers and herbs, so I'm resolved to learn more about benefiting my gafden with them in the 2015 season. text/html 2016-12-17T19:46:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:fruit&rev=1482004007&do=diff Fruit I haven't attempted to grow fruit before 2016 except for strawberries, tomatoes and melons. My landlord for the Fall City garden has an apple tree, but I don't tend it. I took notice of blueberry plants at home and a good crop in 2015 of grapes from a neighbor so I prepared a six-foot addition on the north side of the farm garden for a mini fruit garden. text/html 2016-09-18T00:06:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:groundcherry&rev=1474157215&do=diff Ground Cherry These sounded like a fun addition to the garden. As described by the seller, Adaptive Seeds: “...” [Like ground-hugging tomatillo plants]They do look like tiny tomatillos and the plants have a similar nature, except that they grow close to the ground. It's about their text/html 2018-12-31T04:38:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:peas&rev=1546231111&do=diff Fall peas [A good stand of peas in 2013]We hadn't heard of growing a second crop of peas for fall harvest until recently, and we found only a few tips about the challenges. So I have chronicled our approach to a fall pea harvest. We are growing the Maestro variety, a shelling pea because it generally grows well, has filled out pods of up to ten peas, and resists more than some others the little worms in the pods. text/html 2020-10-30T03:33:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:peppers&rev=1604028795&do=diff Peppers We canned a lot last year and didn't have enough peppers to go with the tomatoes and tomatillos. This year we intended to have more peppers for canning. However, it turned out we didn't have time to do the canning. Oh well, we learned about growing a variety of peppers. text/html 2015-02-08T00:47:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:quinoa&rev=1423356472&do=diff Quinoa I asked Kevin Matthew Murphy of WSU extension about growing quinoa. Here's what he said: So it appears that planting at the farm with its clay soil may be iffy. However, some things have grown so well there I expect to give it a try if the soil becomes dry enough soon enough. text/html 2025-12-29T19:06:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:sidebar&rev=1767035182&do=diff Gardening * Home * Plants * Beans * About beans we grow * Bean varieties * Bean photos * Cucurbits * Cucumbers * Summer squash * Winter squash * Melons * Melon photos * Powdery mildew * Flint corn * Flint corn photos * Peppers * Growing * Varieties * Photos * Tomatoes * Growing tomatoes * Varieties * Indeterminate tomatoes * Late season blight * Saving seeds * Tomato photos * Niles favorites… text/html 2018-12-24T19:15:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:strawberries&rev=1545678954&do=diff Strawberries Growing strawberries is different from just about anything else we grow. Leeks and garlic are similar in that they over-winter. But I'm still learning how to cultivate strawberries for good production. At least I can spend time with the strawberries when they need it, in the fall when other cultivation needs are less. text/html 2014-10-11T16:54:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:tomatillo&rev=1413046494&do=diff Tomatillos Two years ago I had no idea what a tomatillo was. Maybe a little tomato? Yes, there's a similarity, but when it comes to producing fruit, a tomatillo plant has run away with the numbers compared to our tomatoes anyway. Freebies [An unknown variety of tomatillo]Our introduction to the tomatillo came at a gardener's meeting where someone had some extra plants. We took two and put them with our tomatoes. These freebies grew like they could take over the world and their bright green l… text/html 2023-11-13T01:18:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:about:plants:tomatoes&rev=1699838285&do=diff Tomatoes The article in this category are about only a few of the plants I have grown and that I have needed extra, and sometimes extraordinary techniques to grow successfully. Romalina [Romalina tomato from Adaptive Seeds]We have perennial issues with late season blight on tomatoes, so I studied ways to get tomatoes through the season. We want to preserve tomatoes so we grew Romalina from Adaptive Seeds.