How Does Your Garden Grow??????

MICHI-CAN said:

4 ways would be a one way ticket these days. Not sure why I looked through as many as I did.

The wife still hasn't allowed hooks in the ceiling. I'm stuck with a mini set up. Have to pull 2 more lights out. Just hang one more on the frame and one from the ceiling. Hopefully. But the stretch is stopped. Over 100 sprouts up and another tray loaded this morning.

Snow missed us. Still in the 30's for highs. Best wishes to the fruit and berry folks. View attachment 4883242View attachment 4883243

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Damn you guys are getting hit with some cold temps. We were in the 80's the other day. But it's going to cool down some and the rain is coming back which we need. I've been having to water my yard already. Running the sprinklers because it's so dry. I sure hope we get a ton of rain because there's already been a few small brush fires they put out quickly. If things don't change quick last years fires are going to be nothing compared to what might be on the way. I'm dreading the possibility of another summer with the sun blocked by all the smoke in the air. Even where I live if conditions are right and a fire starts the winds could turn my neighborhood into an inferno.

Last year sucked. So many people lost everything. Lives, property, livestock.

xtsho said:

Damn you guys are getting hit with some cold temps. We were in the 80's the other day. But it's going to cool down some and the rain is coming back which we need. I've been having to water my yard already. Running the sprinklers because it's so dry. I sure hope we get a ton of rain because there's already been a few small brush fires they put out quickly. If things don't change quick last years fires are going to be nothing compared to what might be on the way. I'm dreading the possibility of another summer with the sun blocked by all the smoke in the air. Even where I live if conditions are right and a fire starts the winds could turn my neighborhood into an inferno.

Last year sucked. So many people lost everything. Lives, property, livestock.

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Watering here as well. Can't burn my yard debris yet. My fingers are crossed for us all.

3 trays of tomatoes, peppers, and a few eggplants
4 trays of flowers
1 tray of herbs
1 tray of onions half of which have been planted in the ground

I have the kale starts planted in the ground. I should be pulling radishes in a week. Beets are popping up from direct sown seeds. I have some overwintered radishes that I'm letting go to seed as well as a couple turnips and some old kale plants. I'm obsessed with collecting my own seeds. I just hate paying for something I don't have to regardless of how inexpensive it might be. Seeds are cheap but free is better. The radish seeds could be surprising as there's Scarlet Globe and White Icicle growing next to each other and they will cross pollinate. The good thing about radishes is they grow so fast that I'll get a chance to grow some of the seeds I harvest this season.

The peas, turnips, brocolli raab, and radishes on the side of the house are growing like crazy with the nice weather we've been having. But rain in the forecast starting this weekend which we desperately need.

This is just one side of the greenhouse. I use the shelves on the other side for storage. But I think one side is all I need for starts. My yard is going to be an explosion of color from all the flowers I'll be planting. I keep bumping it up a notch every year.




While outside on the patio transplanting a houseplant I noticed this very pleasant smell. Then I realized the Lilac is in full bloom.

xtsho said:

3 trays of tomatoes, peppers, and a few eggplants
4 trays of flowers
1 tray of herbs
1 tray of onions half of which have been planted in the ground

I have the kale starts planted in the ground. I should be pulling radishes in a week. Beets are popping up from direct sown seeds. I have some overwintered radishes that I'm letting go to seed as well as a couple turnips and some old kale plants. I'm obsessed with collecting my own seeds. I just hate paying for something I don't have to regardless of how inexpensive it might be. Seeds are cheap but free is better. The radish seeds could be surprising as there's Scarlet Globe and White Icicle growing next to each other and they will cross pollinate. The good thing about radishes is they grow so fast that I'll get a chance to grow some of the seeds I harvest this season.

The peas, turnips, brocolli raab, and radishes on the side of the house are growing like crazy with the nice weather we've been having. But rain in the forecast starting this weekend which we desperately need.

This is just one side of the greenhouse. I use the shelves on the other side for storage. But I don't think one side is all I need for starts. My yard is going to be an explosion of color from all the flowers I'll be planting. I keep bumping it up a notch every year.

While outside on the patio transplanting a houseplant I noticed this very pleasant smell. Then I realized the Lilac is in full bloom.

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Looking good. I'm going to try to trick the wife into letting me put the raised bed from the greenhouse in the middle of the yard we still have. Not much to start. 4 girl plants take over my 20x10. Following you and looking into stainless commercial wire racks for kitchen use. Second year here in a house. Lot to learn still.

TY for the ideas and incentives you provide. As I watch snowflakes out the picture window. And tend to my already overboard starts.

I got a few more things planted on Monday. Spent all that morning getting a small plot in the sandhill garden plowed and then 10 minutes after lunch planting the sweet corn. I will bring the tractor back from the riverhouse for the main section for sure. I earned a very nice palm blister from the push plows.

At the riverhouse Monday about dark thirty, I extended the bed by the gen deck and added crook neck squash on the house side of the flint corn, then purple green beans and okra on the river side. Did more okra and sunflowers in trays. Also the peppers I had left in the freezer the day before. Hatch, hab, mammoth jalapeno, cali wonder bell and cayenne.

And I bought a Cherokee Purple tomato in town today. My seedlings are being seedlings too long.

injinji said:

I got a few more things planted on Monday. Spent all that morning getting a small plot in the sandhill garden plowed and then 10 minutes after lunch planting the sweet corn. I will bring the tractor back from the riverhouse for the main section for sure. I earned a very nice palm blister from the push plows.

At the riverhouse Monday about dark thirty, I extended the bed by the gen deck and added crook neck squash on the house side of the flint corn, then purple green beans and okra on the river side. Did more okra and sunflowers in trays. Also the peppers I had left in the freezer the day before. Hatch, hab, mammoth jalapeno, cali wonder bell and cayenne.

And I bought a Cherokee Purple tomato in town today. My seedlings are being seedlings too long.

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Hope the weather holds for you.

Wish I could get a lawn tractor in my backyard. LOL. I could pay for one in blisters.

Hope the day is good for all.

MICHI-CAN said:

Hope the weather holds for you.

Wish I could get a lawn tractor in my backyard. LOL. I could pay for one in blisters.

Hope the day is good for all.

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I guess the cold front is pushing through tonight. 45F is the forecast low. Won't kill anything, but will slow everything down. Also cold enough to make me dig out the down as tonight is a camp night.

I have three tractors (and a couple of riders). A Ford 40 HP, "Bota 23 and 17 HP. I really need a new one. Something around 35 HP with a grapple, but I'll have to buy a new truck one of these days. Not enough of the ready for both.

injinji said:

I guess the cold front is pushing through tonight. 45F is the forecast low. Won't kill anything, but will slow everything down. Also cold enough to make me dig out the down as tonight is a camp night.

I have three tractors (and a couple of riders). A Ford 40 HP, "Bota 23 and 17 HP. I really need a new one. Something around 35 HP with a grapple, but I'll have to buy a new truck one of these days. Not enough of the ready for both.

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Tractors are as fun as useful. Honestly no room here. I've been offered plenty. Not even a fawn sized DEERE. I do have a thing for them. Diecast I had a fleet. Dreams for me.

Had to re do one of my beds. The fence horizontals that the boards screwed to were rotten. Built up the bottom to hold dirt back. Just re used the boards. Price of new ones are crazy. Built the bed out more. 2 1/2 cu/yd of dirt later. My back is sore. More room for veggies. Yay. Now have to dog proof it. Lol

I got lemon cucumbers in the same SIPS i use for MJ!

My current two groups of seedlings. I'm growing two tomato seedlings per solo cup and hopefully I can separate them when I plant next month. I've only got 2 4x18 ft beds and a few random empty spots to work with, and half of one of those is already full of garlic. I'm going to direct seed mixed mustard greens for salad in the next few days, it seems to not mind the cold. Growing crookneck squash for summer, and butternut for winter...but i regret not getting some Delicata seeds..man I LOVE those squash, my all time favorite but I always forget to buy seeds. They are so naturally sweet if you just roast slices in the oven with cinnamon, they caramelize with no added sugar.
The seeds on the right are "chichiquelites" aka garden huckleberries aka black nightshade. Here are my next crop of seedlings for my indoor tent, which I am currently cooking a 4x4 bed of a modified Cootz mix and will be testing out a new Medic Grow Fold 8 LED with them:

They're just 5 days old. They are in unamended cootz mix, but with some coco I had lying around (two kinds roots and botanicare hence the color difference lol) added on top for support just because they were looking a bit spindly at first. Two on left are Serious, Kali Mist (back) Serious Happiness (front). Right are Old School Genetics Petrol Skunk (back) and Strawberry Mist (front). I'm not sure what is going on with the strawberry mist, she was looking wonky, but I just checked her again and looks like she's growing out of it.

I LOVE summertime just for the gardening. I just planted 4 fruit trees that I had ordered last year and have 10 super cool blackberry plants from Kentucky State coming in a week. My lot is just 25 ft by 100 ft so I'm determined to pack fruiting plants or garden beds into every square foot.

El Verdugo said:

I got lemon cucumbers in the same SIPS i use for MJ!View attachment 4884384

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Awesome i always get PM with cukes,gave up on them.I did buy some more totes for tomato sips today.

I live in the desert sw. Hoping the sips will kick ass with it being as dry as it is. The sips are a blessing for my girls!

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farmingfisherman said:

10 hours in the yard today. Beds are built are have been filled. Now I eat, smoke and pass out.

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Holy shit ..... there’s a caulk outline of a guy on a bike... right in front of the house...... that dude should have stayed on the side walk.

I brought the tractor up from the riverhouse. Cut up Mamma's old garden spot for Sister and got most of mine cut before lunch. Just have to get back to it. 24th and 25th are the last good above ground days this moon cycle. I need to plant a few more things, and transplant the melons and the other two trays of flint corn. Would like to make another bed down at the riverhouse, but not sure time is on my side, no matter what Mick says.

I have a ton of pictures, but will take it easy on you guys. This is just the high spots.

Saved seed Mammoth Jalapeno.



Cayenne (over wintered)



The Spaghetti squash is the best of the viney stuff.



I've been training the beans as they vine. Added a couple of stakes and some cedar limbs yesterday.

Man im jealous as hell. Its been cold as hell in my area and its been dipping into the 30s at night and in the morn. Thats too cold. Anyone else been having weird weather too?

SpideyManDan said:

Man im jealous as hell. Its been cold as hell in my area and its been dipping into the 30s at night and in the morn. Thats too cold. Anyone else been having weird weather too?

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79F last week. 40's this week. 80's next week. F-d up here again. Glad for 4 days of t-storms the news is over dramatizing.