How Does Your Garden Grow??????

That pic is from my Himalayan neighbors ....li assume from home country honestly ....I'm up in northern New England

Covetsculitvars said:

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Here's the line up for this spring I am currently on the lookout for radish carrot and corn to add to this

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i grew some shishito peppers a couple of years ago, i liked them nice flavor, good size, good in a quick stir fry

Hey guys I want to hear your thoughts on this idea, my wife doesn't want me to grow to many plants because we don't know a lot of people where we moved to (she hates to waste food) but I like to try a variety of vegetables so I'm thinking what if I keep them in small containers (smaller the root smaller the fruit) I have a ton of these small coffee cans, I dri nk a lot of coffee yes. will they work or will the roots get to cramp to produce any size of a vegetable? please let me know what you think.

i'd just grow a normal garden and take the extra to the homeless shelter.....or just throw it at people as you drive to work. that's what i'd do

thewanderer718 said:

Hey guys I want to hear your thoughts on this idea, my wife doesn't want me to grow to many plants because we don't know a lot of people where we moved to (she hates to waste food) but I like to try a variety of vegetables so I'm thinking what if I keep them in small containers (smaller the root smaller the fruit) I have a ton of these small coffee cans, I driView attachment 4303803 nk a lot of coffee yes. will they work or will the roots get to cramp to produce any size of a vegetable? please let me know what you think.

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I would think it would work better on smaller plants. Corn can get pretty tall.

too bad there's just one, or i'd try to use them to pollinate each other..

So far I have planted some early crops. Beets, turnips, spinach, radishes, red onions, and peas. Just things that can handle the cool nights. It's staying in the 40's at night. It was 70 degrees the other day when I planted. I also started some flowers. Zinnia's, Marigolds, and Milk Weed for the bee's and Butterflies. I'm also putting my Mason bee's out today. I was going to build a bee house but I found one on sale at Fred Meyers for $15.99. I couldn't pass up the deal. It came with tubes and a top area to put the bee cocoons in so they're safe until they emerge.

I'm getting there. I can't do anything else until the weather warms up some more except start some more plants inside but I'm running out of room and lights.

I found this volunteer in one of my raised beds this morning. It came up on it's own. I was surprised to see a cannabis seedling sprouted outside since it's just the middle of March. Must be from trimmings I tossed in the garden. I make seeds every grow. I have no idea what cross it might be. I'll transplant it to a 5 gallon container and see what it does. It's made it this far so it deserves to live.

I had a few sprouts this morning. The sun and rain is already doing a number on my labels. Need to redo with a black shapie. Blue was all I could find the other day.

too larry said:

I had a few sprouts this morning. The sun and rain is already doing a number on my labels. Need to redo with a black shapie. Blue was all I could find the other day.

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Use pencil, it never fades. Nurseryman trick.

I emptied three of the kiddie pools of mushroom compost this morning. Made 40 gallons of soil mix and put the rest of it in last year's pepper pits. I've got a ton of 2x8's from the polebarn roof, so I'm thinking about using some to make these raised beds.

Sprouts from the cucumbers and something else. There are also a few corn sprouts, and some peppers and tomatoes.

Thinned and transplanted a bunch of the veggie seedlings I have started in the greenhouse. Transplanted my ganja seedlings (the little ladies enjoyed some sun outdoors while I transplanted). Made a batch of super soil today and letting it cook for a month. Sewed some poppy seeds in the poppy patch. Sewed a cover crop mix in a section of the chicken coop enclosure for the chickens. Pruned some rose bushes back. Cleared some brush around the property. Spring has sprung!

Got the be house up. I moved a rosemary that's blooming next to it so if any bees hatch there are flowers for them. I put it so the top is leaning forward. That way water wont get in and if any does it will run out. I've got another hundred reeds so I'm going to make a couple more houses and put them in other locations. Can't have too many bees. Just have to make sure I have flowers for them.

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I just did a little dance in the backyard. I have sprouts! Just radishes and turnips so far but the beets and spinach can't be far behind. I planted some carrots and kohlrabi yesterday as well. My onions are popping up and I have a few peas just starting to break the surface. I've only direct sown crops that are early season. My tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are all doing good in the trays. I have them out in the greenhouse and they're doing fine. I didn't have the room to keep them inside under lights. I also got the cucumbers, gourds, cantaloupe, and pumpkins started in trays. I'll figure out where they'll go later. I've already planned on turning most of the front yard into a vegetable garden.

I always get excited this time of year when the garden is just getting started.

xtsho said:

I just did a little dance in the backyard. I have sprouts! Just radishes and turnips so far but the beets and spinach can't be far behind. I planted some carrots and kohlrabi yesterday as well. My onions are popping up and I have a few peas just starting to break the surface. I've only direct sown crops that are early season. My tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are all doing good in the trays. I have them out in the greenhouse and they're doing fine. I didn't have the room to keep them inside under lights. I also got the cucumbers, gourds, cantaloupe, and pumpkins started in trays. I'll figure out where they'll go later. I've already planned on turning most of the front yard into a vegetable garden.

I always get excited this time of year when the garden is just getting started.

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damn you foul tempters...i have 3 more weeks before i can be sure of no frost...man i want to get some stuff in the ground...

Roger A. Shrubber said:

damn you foul tempters...i have 3 more weeks before i can be sure of no frost...man i want to get some stuff in the ground...

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I might be getting ahead of myself. But damn... it's too hard to wait. We've had some nice sunny days and I just had to get my hands in the dirt. It was 70 degrees the other day. The weather is good right now for getting started here in the Willamette Valley. A couple sunny days followed by a little rain, more sunny days, more rain etc... I hope we don't get a late hard frost. But what I've planted in the ground so far could probably survive a frost. If not I have more seeds.

i.am.what.i.am said:

Thinned and transplanted a bunch of the veggie seedlings I have started in the greenhouse. Transplanted my ganja seedlings (the little ladies enjoyed some sun outdoors while I transplanted). Made a batch of super soil today and letting it cook for a month. Sewed some poppy seeds in the poppy patch. Sewed a cover crop mix in a section of the chicken coop enclosure for the chickens. Pruned some rose bushes back. Cleared some brush around the property. Spring has sprung!View attachment 4307336 View attachment 4307337

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nice setup couple more weeks for me.hope to start cleaning an repolying the hoop this week end.

Got my tomato plants started in 5gal pots in my GH. Heres some pineapple plants too. Hopefully the pineapples start making fruit soon. Some are about 3ft wide.

NirvanaMesa said:

Got my tomato plants started in 5gal pots in my GH. Heres some pineapple plants too. Hopefully the pineapples start making fruit soon. Some are about 3ft wide.

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Pineapples! Damn... I wish I could grow them here. I enjoy a Pina Colada in the summer. Can't grow coconuts either.

NirvanaMesa said:

Got my tomato plants started in 5gal pots in my GH. Heres some pineapple plants too. Hopefully the pineapples start making fruit soon. Some are about 3ft wide.

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I miss growing pineapples when I Iived in Hawaii. Take a long time to fruit, but grow themselves.