====== Gardening Notes ======

Zone 8A as of 2023 (global warming?!)

=====Plants=====

  * Despite my innate touch of death, I am learning how to garden.
  * I like to raise herbs and veggies for our own kitchen consumption!
    * My best crop so far is a bunch of green onions that came with the house and grow back every year 😼 feels good man to just go outside and cut some for dinner.
    * We've been trying to get pumpkins going from leftover pumpkin guts from Halloweens past.  They like our mulch.
    * Tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes make up the meat of the produce.
  * I also like to keep the natural flora going for the wildlife outside.
    * Feels good man to see snakes and lizards and hummingbirds and mantises zipping around.
  * I have become enraptured by Hugelkultur. 

===== Potatoes =====
  * Don't dig too deep or they'll rot.  4 inches deep maybe, 12 inches apart.
  * [[https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/potato/trench-and-hill-potato-planting.htm|Trench method]] - dig a line, cover 'em up.  Don't need to hill additional dirt on top.
  * Ruth Stout method - Just put em on the floor, no digging, then cover them with straw/dry mulch.  Very clean cuz you don't have to dig up dirt.
  * Grows very well under frost cover, grows faster

=====Seeds=====
  - [[https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/flowers-shrubs-trees/step-step-guide-saving-seeds|Save your seeds!  Replant them next year.]]