My unruly celery
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I planted my celery seeds back in October. I probably planted too many seeds and should have thinned them more when they were tiny. I now have a big patch of celery that is growing every direction but straight up. I did do some research before I planted and remember something about banding the stalks but I neglected to do that, so I am now trying to get them bundled.
The problem is they are all so thick I can’t tell which ones to bundle! I found a small young celery plant when I pulled out the tomatoes so I was happy to be able to redeem my lazy ways for not banding the other plants earlier and decided to tie this small one up. After a few seasons surely I will be a pro at how to grow most anything, but in the meantime I am having fun learning as I go, unruly celery and all!
the big bundle… hope it works
my unruly celery
my first attempt at the big bundle – probably have too much tied together.
all tied up!
small celery plant that was hiding under the tomato plants that I pulled out.
spread out celery plant, waiting to be bundled…
bundled celery
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Wow I’m so jealous that you can garden year round! I think you’re going to have to think your celery but the good news no matter how small the stems they are just as tasty if not moreso and wow is homegrown celery better than store bought. I know everyone says that about a lot of things but celery is a huge difference. Storebought really has no taste. I ate a bunch of celery sprouts this week thinning my seedlings. Yes I only have seedlings indoor, sigh, up here in Illinois. I love your design. I think I might go for half the distance. My beds are on ground and I’d like them higher but not so I have to stand, I’d like them in the middle. Then I could be on one of those garden scooter type deals with wheels but not bend over. I was going to make my mine just that much higher but now I realize that’s a lot of soil. Hmmmm. I have to think about this. Do you rotate or recycle soil or how do you go about that part?
Rebecca,
Thanks for all the encouragement and thoughts on growing celery. It does taste so much better than store bought and I love it. I thinned some yesterday and will post some new pictures soon. update:
here are the new pictures:
http://www.raisedurbangardens.com/2013/03/growing-celery/
I know I am so lucky to garden year round. I am grateful for that! There is always something to plant here in Texas; this past winter was mild and spring seems to be early so it is exciting to have tomatoes in the ground and growing.
If you buy my plans and want to adjust them to be shorter, it would be very easy. I would just cut the legs in half and that would reduce the wood you would have to buy as well.
I have a strong back, I just don’t like to bend over to garden and love seeing everything up close. I feel that the amount of bugs is reduced a bit higher too. I like your idea of scooting around too!
About the soil, I use nutrient rich soil to being with and fertilize on a regular basis. I have had my garden for a year and a half and just reuse the soil. I have added compost from time to time. To replant, I just cut the old plant at the base, shake out the roots that pull out and the rest I cut up to decompose in the bed. The initial cost is all you have, because once you have good soil, you just turn it over, chop up the roots, stir in compost or add a little more if needed and replant. I absolutely love this about my garden because I usually always have room to plant something, and I don’t have to roto til or pull weeds every season.
Good luck to you and let me know how your garden is growing!
Melanie