Necroing a thread.
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LOVE the green tractor!!! Those are the best kind. #runslikeadeere
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That tractor is essentially my third child. Even gets a seatbelt in the car.
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It is time.
The red ones were really good, white ones not so much.
Onions looking good. Swiss chard is up. That 1.5lbs of turnip seed I spread by the creek is up.
Going to go ahead and plant some turnips in the garden (for friends, I donāt care for them) beets, and carrots. May buy some cabbage plants in town.
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The snow just left. I square foot/yard garden. We have a short growing season, I just pick up plants at the Wal-mart about Memorial Day weekend. The first frost usually lands about September 1st to October 1st. I buy smaller tomatoes, we often do not get enough heat units during the summer to ripen the beef steak. We get corn, melon, cucumbers, beans, etc.
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when we moved into our hobby farm property about 3 years ago I put in about 40 apple, pear and peach trees and around 25 raspberry bushes . . should start getting fruit off the trees in the next year or two . . the Mrs plants tomatoes, squash and cucumbers every year as well
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I guess itās the time of year to start thinking about this again.
I have one bed that started out as a square-foot garden and lives on as an herb garden. Rosemary, thyme and sage make it through the winter. Parsley does well, but you only get 18 months at best out of a plant, so I replant every year. Basil always bolts on me sooner than I want.
I also have a couple more āfrench intensiveā beds with mostly-unsuccessful experiments with leafy greens. Rabbits are the main problem, since I havenāt closed it all in. Bush beans do well though, when I remember to plant them.
I also have done vertically trellised indeterminate tomatoes next to the house, and thatās worked well in the past. Suspend some twine and wrap the vines every few days. I do have trouble with heat units though; late August and early September before anything is ripe. Cherry tomatoes do a bit better.
Iāve also got a few asian pear trees in pots that need planted up this year. My intent is to train them, but I havenāt put the work in. I did get a few pears last year though.
And I picked up some grapes last fall, that havenāt made it into the ground yet. Need to figure that one out.
I also have redcurrants that grow and fruit successfully in the shade. I donāt like the fruit but the kids do. I have lingonberries too, and those taste much better but, so far, yield much less.
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We had a nice rain and everything is looking happy.
Also have peas, beans, dill, basil, bunching onions planted.
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Already?
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I live in Central Texas and planted them early. They had just a couple light frosts, not enough the hurt them. They set the squash last week, took them a loooong time to grow (for squash).
Picked several off the plant this morning that looked sketchy for blossom rot because I think the plant has too many on it.
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Climates are so weirdly different.
Iām in the northwest so Iāve never had squash until August, maybe as early as late July. We have a long growing season, but it starts slow and ends late. Weāre just at the tail end of all the fruit tree flowering and the beginning of dogwoods.
As far as other gardening activities, I made my first attempts at propagating artichokes from daughter shoots, but those failed. Going to try a few more times before I give up. Lots of offshoots this year though.
We have a weird growing season here. You have to start some of it early because by mid July it will be too hot for things like squash, tomatoes, cucumbers etcā¦ You have to stick with heat loving plants like okra, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes until the end of Sept then you can try for a fall crop.
My son wants me to try artichokesā¦ lol
Itās not like heās going to eat them but, I told him I will try to find some seeds.
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The caterpillars eat one section of my potato plants so I decided to dig them up and see. Yay!!! Another nice little bunch of fresh veggies.
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hi bro,i am currently in my mid 30s financially unstable,if i have got money for my own land and also money enough for retirement i would defitnatly try this,good luck!
Go to the library and find a copy of Cubed Foot Gardening by Bird, or Square Foot Gardening by Bartholomew. You can garden on your porch.
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Love this thread. This is something I started doing recently, inspired by my girlfriend who has been an avid gardener her whole life.
This year, weāre growing tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and a variety of herbs like mint, basil, and chives.
Itās a cool experience to harvest it and include it in our normal, healthy eating.
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also look into the Greenstalk vertical gardens - 30+ growing wells takes up about 2 feet wide x 6ā tall only.