<2023-02-26T10:51:37.000Z> WretchedFetch: Hey there! Im always fascinated by your garden pics, would you have any reccomendations for books on how to get started?
<2023-02-26T16:42:31.000Z> collatz: Tbh most of what I've learned has just been by growing year after year. Other than that, following people who grow & get good results w/o a lot of complication; Looking into particular questions on the fly; And just a mix of patience & persistence.
<2023-02-26T16:42:59.000Z> collatz: What kind of space/setup are you working with? Any thoughts yet about what you'd like to grow? Just about the right time to start some of the earlier cold-tolerant and/or slow-growing things like alliums & peppers, respectively.
<2023-03-12T11:50:59.000Z> WretchedFetch: I dont have as much space as id like at the moment, house sits on 1.1 acres with the backyard completely open, roughly 60'x160'
<2023-03-12T11:53:25.000Z> WretchedFetch: Taters, onions/garlic/leeks, tomatos, bell peppers, possibly corn
<2023-03-12T14:32:25.000Z> collatz: For spuds check your avg. last frost date. Onions you can maybe still pull off. Garlic you really have to plant as weather starts to get cold in fall & let it go through the winter (vernalization). Leeks you could still do. Tomatoes, again, last frost date, but you can start them indoors however many weeks ahead you've got to pot them up. Bell peppers - Start now indoors, they grow very slowly. Corn, depending on what you're growing, can be a little demanding. Also post-last-frost, but when you're doing the sweetcorns they're very hungry. I haven't grown it for many years, but this schedule worked pretty well for me (know they're in southern Georgia tho) youtu.be/YO7XOV_q4lk?t=1040
<2023-03-12T14:34:57.000Z> collatz: "for many years" ... meaning, a lot of times.
<2023-05-01T22:33:12.000Z> WretchedFetch: Thanks for this! sorry for the spotty replies, took some time away to deal with my newly diagnosed MS 
<2023-05-01T23:46:27.000Z> collatz: You're very welcome. Not at all. Sorry to hear of the difficulty. Won't bore you w/ the details, but I'm helping my dad w/ his medical issues and I can understand some of how bigger ones throw folks for a loop. I hope you're managing well, and you still get to do some growing.