Garden check in :)

[fusion]

My morning project The back garden is chock full of lettuce. There's 2 buckets of strawberries. And the front long bed has different chard and artichokes right now with a bunch more seeds of peppers and other random stuff thrown in. The hay bales are going to be conditioned for the next couple of weeks to start the composting process, then I'll plant melons and pumpkins in them to grow out. 

[kkfeb04]

Looks great.

We are still getting snow, damn bastards. No planting yet.

[bigapple]

So jealous! It snowed a bit again yesterday, so no outdoor projects yet.

[artgal84]

That looks awesome! We still have snow as well

[racheliz]

DH planted today. Zucchini on the left, eggplant, cucumbers,and bellpeppers in the middle, and onion tops on the right. The pots in the front are herbs. We are still in the trial and error phase of gardening.

[aubreyann]

Where do you buy your plants? Should I get locally or order online?

[The Foozzler]

Snow here as well. The only thing we have going is garlic, which we started back in the fall. We mapped out what we are planting and where, but we probably have another 3 weeks or so at least.

[The Foozzler]

Mar 29, 2015 17:32:14 GMT -5 aubreyann said:

Where do you buy your plants? Should I get locally or order online?

We order from Gurneys and we also buy from a local farm.

[rileym2010]

I have seed trays started indoors. Garlic chives, chives, green onions, and Roma tomatoes sprouted today.

[greenkitty98]

Looks wonderful! I can't wait to get our garden planted. It is going to be awhile still.

[monkeybabe]

My seedlings are all still inside. I think Patrick is over my current gardening obsession, because now that they're in solo cups, they take up a lot more space.

[devotchka]

We planted tomatoes, strawberries, a sunflower, and asparagus. Also planted a lime tree this weekend. We have a red rio grapefruit to plant too - maybe later this week. I want to get a box to plant more veggies and need to get a drip system (after I convince H that we need to spend more money on the garden!)

[monkeybabe]

[fusion]

those look great monkeybabe!

[monkeybabe]

Mar 30, 2015 13:13:45 GMT -5 fusion said:

those look great monkeybabe!

I'm going to be giving a lot of the tomatoes away, because I have way too many for my space.

[fusion]

Mar 30, 2015 11:44:32 GMT -5 devotchka said:

We planted tomatoes, strawberries, a sunflower, and asparagus. Also planted a lime tree this weekend. We have a red rio grapefruit to plant too - maybe later this week. I want to get a box to plant more veggies and need to get a drip system (after I convince H that we need to spend more money on the garden!)

I did a sunflower patch too! You can see them sprouting up here. They are about 1-2 inches tall now.

[fusion]

Mar 30, 2015 13:15:13 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:13:45 GMT -5 fusion said:

those look great monkeybabe!

I'm going to be giving a lot of the tomatoes away, because I have way too many for my space.

I've given at least 6 tomato plants away already! I was shocked how easily they germinated. 

[monkeybabe]

Mar 30, 2015 11:44:32 GMT -5 devotchka said:

We planted tomatoes, strawberries, a sunflower, and asparagus. Also planted a lime tree this weekend. We have a red rio grapefruit to plant too - maybe later this week. I want to get a box to plant more veggies and need to get a drip system (after I convince H that we need to spend more money on the garden!)

Part of the fun of owning is spending stupid amounts of money on stuff that you didn't realize you cared about when you rented.

[monkeybabe]

Mar 30, 2015 13:16:51 GMT -5 fusion said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:15:13 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

I'm going to be giving a lot of the tomatoes away, because I have way too many for my space.

I've given at least 6 tomato plants away already! I was shocked how easily they germinated. 

Every single peat pot had sprouts. Every single one.

[fusion]

Mar 30, 2015 13:17:45 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:16:51 GMT -5 fusion said:

I've given at least 6 tomato plants away already! I was shocked how easily they germinated. 

Every single peat pot had sprouts. Every single one.

what kind of tomatoes? I did full on crazy colors garden this year and picked out these ones

[dojo]

I am so jealous! We're not even close to planting time (Last weekend in May is usually the safe bet for last frost).

[devotchka]

Mar 30, 2015 13:17:05 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Mar 30, 2015 11:44:32 GMT -5 devotchka said:

We planted tomatoes, strawberries, a sunflower, and asparagus. Also planted a lime tree this weekend. We have a red rio grapefruit to plant too - maybe later this week. I want to get a box to plant more veggies and need to get a drip system (after I convince H that we need to spend more money on the garden!)

Part of the fun of owning is spending stupid amounts of money on stuff that you didn't realize you cared about when you rented.

haha yeah, pretty much.   

[devotchka]

Mar 30, 2015 13:19:48 GMT -5 fusion said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:17:45 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Every single peat pot had sprouts. Every single one.

what kind of tomatoes? I did full on crazy colors garden this year and picked out these ones

omg those are beautiful! we planted some dark tomatoes too. 

[monkeybabe]

Black Krim

Cherokee Purple

And then I got a rainbow blend of large and cherry heirlooms.

[mabillon]

Beautiful!

We're skipping doing our own seeds this year. We're so bad about keeping up with them that about half die so we'll just buy baby plants in a couple weeks and put them straight in the ground. Tomatos grow REALLY well in our garden and our green peppers did well last year but everything else seems to be hit-or-miss. We'll do more tomatoes this year with as much variety as we can find (mmm...tomato sandwiches with sourdough and cream cheese!) and try out red peppers. Maybe some lettuce too but DH (the primary gardner) isn't convinced the ROI is good there.

Here's our little garden from last year. The zucchini (far left) did so-so but the corn was a total failure.

[fusion]

Mar 30, 2015 13:45:46 GMT -5 mabillon said:

Beautiful!

We're skipping doing our own seeds this year. We're so bad about keeping up with them that about half die so we'll just buy baby plants in a couple weeks and put them straight in the ground. Tomatos grow REALLY well in our garden and our green peppers did well last year but everything else seems to be hit-or-miss. We'll do more tomatoes this year with as much variety as we can find (mmm...tomato sandwiches with sourdough and cream cheese!) and try out red peppers. Maybe some lettuce too but DH (the primary gardner) isn't convinced the ROI is good there.

Here's our little garden from last year. The zucchini (far left) did so-so but the corn was a total failure.

wow! I find lettuce to be an amazing ROI. One $2 pack of seeds cast out and I've had probably 10 full salads this year with no end in sight for that batch. Probably not a good return for buying the plants though. 

[fusion]

I'm so jealous of everyone that can just plant in the ground. Our ground is 2 inches of crap and then limestone so everything has to be some form of raised bed.

[mabillon]

Mar 30, 2015 13:53:06 GMT -5 fusion said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:45:46 GMT -5 mabillon said:

Beautiful!

We're skipping doing our own seeds this year. We're so bad about keeping up with them that about half die so we'll just buy baby plants in a couple weeks and put them straight in the ground. Tomatos grow REALLY well in our garden and our green peppers did well last year but everything else seems to be hit-or-miss. We'll do more tomatoes this year with as much variety as we can find (mmm...tomato sandwiches with sourdough and cream cheese!) and try out red peppers. Maybe some lettuce too but DH (the primary gardner) isn't convinced the ROI is good there.

Here's our little garden from last year. The zucchini (far left) did so-so but the corn was a total failure.

wow! I find lettuce to be an amazing ROI. One $2 pack of seeds cast out and I've had probably 10 full salads this year with no end in sight for that batch. Probably not a good return for buying the plants though. 

Yes, totally due to the plants, not seeds.  

However, I really preferred the taste to anything we could get in the store and ended up eating more salads that way.  I have a feeling I will perserve and we'll plant some.

[rjamz]

Mar 30, 2015 13:54:18 GMT -5 fusion said:

I'm so jealous of everyone that can just plant in the ground. Our ground is 2 inches of crap and then limestone so everything has to be some form of raised bed.

Containers all the way here! We don't have room for everything otherwise.

My seedlings are looking great! I have eggplants, cherry tomatoes, tons of flowers and herbs (I love the purple basil leaves!). Last frost is end of April, so I'll start hardening off when I get back from passover. I hope everything survives my absence. I have capillary mats underneath the seedlings and will have the workers mist them once in a while.

I also started some lettuce and chard in outdoor containers today!!!



Also, remember my squirrel nemesis?? He managed to miss 1 of the 80 crocuses I planted! I win! (I lose)

[nannerl]

We got the converted dog run set up this weekend. We have a huge rabbit population here and it will hail at a moments notice, so I figure we will be better off growing everything inside walls with the ability to throw a tarp over the top when the weather goes haywire. It's 12' x 8', which gives me a lot of room to work with. Added bonus: I'm trying to figure put a way to add a sloped roof and wrap the whole thing in heavy grade poly tunnel plastic in the fall and turn it into a walk-in poly tunnel/poor mans greenhouse.

I'm planning on clearing the decorative granite from the other beds and filling in the rest of the bottom and setting grow bags on rock to help with drainage. The entire garden will be in containers. I'm slowly gathering seeds and supplies to do starts-- our last frost date is mid to late May, but I probably won't put out tomatoes until June 1.

I'm doing a total utility garden-- I'm looking for things that can be frozen or canned, so limited range of veggies, but with a little variety. As soon as the bags are set I'm planting short season peas and carrots as well as lettuce and spinach. Tomatoes will replace peas after 50 days (I'm growing three varieties of paste), squash and peppers will replace carrots after 60, and bush beans will replace lettuce. I'm trying out some winter squash, but I'm not going to do a whole lot-- just a couple of plants of butternut, spaghetti, and pie pumpkin. Hopefully they will go up the wall without too much drama.

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