tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post3025194294079227609..comments2023-09-28T04:31:29.088-07:00Comments on Country Living in a Cariboo Valley: Garden Clean UpAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-79461494986146227642009-08-17T10:32:56.444-07:002009-08-17T10:32:56.444-07:00Welcome to our blog! Hopefully you find some info ...Welcome to our blog! Hopefully you find some info here that you can use!<br /><br />It takes a few years to fix up the hard clay soil here in the 'Boo....<br /><br />Add as MUCH MANURE as you possibly can. Just make sure it is already composted don't add fresh manure.<br /><br />If you can, start gathering it this year, and in late Fall you can put it on your garden.<br /><br />Fall rye - Seed it heavily....it will start to grow this season. Come Winter it will stop growing, and will start growing again in Spring when temperatures warm up. <br /><br />Till it in, then try to wait 2 or 3 weeks before planting your veggie gardens!<br /><br />Good Luck!!<br /><br />AnnieAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-57249191825958974452009-08-16T20:37:44.028-07:002009-08-16T20:37:44.028-07:00Love the blog, and my husband Greg posted below......Love the blog, and my husband Greg posted below....love the rye seed idea. Our ground is soooo hard, and my very first garden has done ok, but probably had way more potential if we prepped the soil better. We just bought this place back in November.<br />I just recently joined Garden Jot, are you on there?<br />http://www.gardenjot.com/garden/view/135/Jens-Garden<br />Best of luck!<br />JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117937500391692913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-29077394115606547682009-08-16T19:38:16.926-07:002009-08-16T19:38:16.926-07:00Love the blog, I just found it looking to identify...Love the blog, I just found it looking to identify the wild berries in our yard (in Quesnel...what town in the Cariboo are you in?). We've got a lot of Saskatoon, a fair number of Salmonberry, and something I can't seem to figure out (I tasted the juice of one berry...very nice and sweet, but I'm afraid to have more).<br /><br />We, like you, moved from the coast to Quesnel and are loving it!Kickstarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742560709749301371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-23725632242205254932009-08-14T19:38:55.257-07:002009-08-14T19:38:55.257-07:00I'm seriously thinking about following your ex...I'm seriously thinking about following your example with the rye and buckwheat... thanks for having this blog and sharing Annie.Linda Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16875718412873470143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-33754657192548095402009-08-14T11:31:40.097-07:002009-08-14T11:31:40.097-07:00Hi! Like your blog and all the photos are great. I...Hi! Like your blog and all the photos are great. I'm in the Cariboo too, since 2004, trying to do what I can with the clay soil - mine does have a little bit of clay in there between the rocks! I'm gardening and raising an animal or two, but not on the grand scale that you are doing things. I'm learning a thing or two from your blog already and am going to try the rye and see what affect it has.<br /><br />LaurelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com