What's in Your Garden? (2013 edition)
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Okay- my onion seed isnt dead after all- I'm not getting a good germination rate, but I'll plant the rest of the seed. It could go directly into the ground- onions can take cold- but they're so small when they first come up that I think I'll start all of them in small pots of soil.
My watermelons are germinating, but I think I killed one of them trying to get the seed coat off of the first two leaves.
The peach tree I transplanted is leafing out. I think the bell pepper and two tomatoes I took in last fall are going to make it.
My watermelons are germinating, but I think I killed one of them trying to get the seed coat off of the first two leaves.
The peach tree I transplanted is leafing out. I think the bell pepper and two tomatoes I took in last fall are going to make it.
Swamp-Dweller
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Bought little blueberry and blackberry plants today. Guess I need to figure out what to do with them... 
kazyeeqen
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We planted bareroot raspberries this year too and some of them are showing they are alive! Just barely, at the base. It's hard waiting for these things to get established. I want immediate gratification!
My plants aren't growing. I think they are dead. x3 Guess I should look up how to grow spinach/bell peppers.. Looks like I can't just simply put a seed in soil, put it in a pot, and expect it to grow. Also, I think I over watered them
I think mine took a couple or three years to really get established (planted them like 14 years ago so I may be remembering incorrectly) but we get piles of them now, speaking of which I'll have to cut out the dead canes soon. I was smart this go around when I planted them, not in the yard, but between the garage and the alley.
Fresh avocados and limes... yum. (I forget whether those two types of tree need to have a different variety nearby to set fruit.) Are you in an area where they can at least be put outside most of the year?
I hope you have better luck with spinach than I have- it's one of my fave vegetables but it just won't grow for me. (Maybe the hungry, drooling looks I give it every now and then are detrimental to it...) But the bell pepper plant I dug up last year before it froze to death is definitely coming back- it's putting out a lot of leaves. Maybe I'll leave it outside in the big pot until cold weather so I won't have to dig it up again. It's living up to its variety name- "Big Bertha"- aphids or some sort of small bug came in with it last fall, but it's not dead.
The cherry tomato plant is doing okay, but the "Super Steak" beefsteak tomato I took cuttings from two years in a row is dead, I think...
Whoa- I didn't know you could even start corn in containers...If the nights would stop getting in the low 30's I would take my plants outside!!
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Bought herbs for the whiskey barrel: thyme, rosemary, and two basil plants. I need to top of the soil mix before I can plant.
Also bought the veggies: three peppers (two different jalapeños, plus banana pepper), and three tomatoes (Juliette grape tomato, Brandywine, and Mr Stripey). I need to order the raised bed kit this week and get soil mix so I can plant them next week. I've planted bell peppers three years in a row and never gotten a single pepper from them, so I won't ever plant those again.
The raised bed will be 4'x4'. I will stake the tomatoes and cage the peppers. Do I dare try to cram anything else in there, or just stick with what I've got?
I should start the okra seeds soon. I'll put those directly in the ground, by the fence. Can't set them out until June, though, I think. I got a dwarf variety this year.
Also bought the veggies: three peppers (two different jalapeños, plus banana pepper), and three tomatoes (Juliette grape tomato, Brandywine, and Mr Stripey). I need to order the raised bed kit this week and get soil mix so I can plant them next week. I've planted bell peppers three years in a row and never gotten a single pepper from them, so I won't ever plant those again.
The raised bed will be 4'x4'. I will stake the tomatoes and cage the peppers. Do I dare try to cram anything else in there, or just stick with what I've got?
I should start the okra seeds soon. I'll put those directly in the ground, by the fence. Can't set them out until June, though, I think. I got a dwarf variety this year.
I tried okra last year... failed miserably.
As far as your raised beds I'd probably try and squeeze some squash (like spaghetti) along one of the sides. It will run all over the place but won't take much room in the raised bed. I've had very good luck the last 2 years doing this in my raised beds (also 4x4).
I'm pretty much going to stick to various greens and beets in my beds this year.
I got 3 EarthBoxes last year for my tomatoes, which I will use again. Holy smokes I got more tomatoes than I ever had before, I'm sold on them. I'm going to get one more to put peppers in this year.
As far as your raised beds I'd probably try and squeeze some squash (like spaghetti) along one of the sides. It will run all over the place but won't take much room in the raised bed. I've had very good luck the last 2 years doing this in my raised beds (also 4x4).
I'm pretty much going to stick to various greens and beets in my beds this year.
I got 3 EarthBoxes last year for my tomatoes, which I will use again. Holy smokes I got more tomatoes than I ever had before, I'm sold on them. I'm going to get one more to put peppers in this year.
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I thought about it awhile, and maybe I'll just fill in around the tomatoes and peppers with marigolds or something.
Okra does really well here, as long as it's in a sunny spot. I didn't garden last year, but the two previous years I grew okra, and eight plants produced far more than I could eat. (Husband won't touch it.)
Okra does really well here, as long as it's in a sunny spot. I didn't garden last year, but the two previous years I grew okra, and eight plants produced far more than I could eat. (Husband won't touch it.)
No veggies, but I bought some beautiful dahlias and two pineapple sage plants for my flower bed in the front yard. I'm very excited about the pineapple sage. I'm gearing myself up for doing some work out there. I have six Sedum that I would like to relocate but I need to do a little research on how to do that without killing them.
SuicideBlonde
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SummerRain
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
What's in my garden? Ducks and badgers at the moment! I saw the badger the other morning, and a pair of ducks keep loitering around the bottom of my bird feeder.
The ducks are eating my lettuce and have snapped some of the sunflower plants rooting in the soil. I've re-planted some and sown another three sun flower seeds
Lucky for them they are adorable, so I don't really mind
I saw the badger the other morning, and a pair of ducks keep loitering around the bottom of my bird feeder.The ducks are eating my lettuce and have snapped some of the sunflower plants rooting in the soil. I've re-planted some and sown another three sun flower seeds
Lucky for them they are adorable, so I don't really mind
CrazyCatLady
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kazyeeqen
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First ever bit of veg I'm trying to grow...French beans
Its gonna work out like a dream! Beans just want to grow.
CrazyCatLady
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Its gonna work out like a dream! Beans just want to grow.
This is why I thought this would be a good start
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Daughter and I planted a good part of our garden today.
We've got two varieties of onions, some carrots, parsnips, swiss chard, peas, beans, beets, arugula and some radishes. Those are already planted in the garden, and I ran out of space! We'll need to reserve a 3rd lot to get our tomato, peppers and cucumber plants in! It's a good thing that there are a few left.
We've got two varieties of onions, some carrots, parsnips, swiss chard, peas, beans, beets, arugula and some radishes. Those are already planted in the garden, and I ran out of space! We'll need to reserve a 3rd lot to get our tomato, peppers and cucumber plants in! It's a good thing that there are a few left.
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