Vegetable garden

[MOJOE]

The onions and radishes have sprouted ?View attachment 4958View attachment 4959View attachment 4960

chevy ,,,,,,,,,,,, ><))))):>
><))):>

 

[BennyV]

The onions and radishes have sprouted ?View attachment 4958View attachment 4959View attachment 4960

You planted seeds or plants?

 

[Chevy1]

You planted seeds or plants?

Onions where bulbs radish where seed

 

[JackPrintMD]

Veggie Garden up next.... had to do Landscaping today.

???????

 

[wader]

I have some seed working for an experimental tomato plant.
?

 

[Koz]

A drawing or sketch is required before planting anything. It helps in SO many ways. I make an AutoCAD drawing if I'm going to be moving furniture around. Quick, easy, so second guessing.

Anyway, I used to have a very large vegetable garden. Gave it up about ten years ago. I decided to get back into it (on a greatly reduced scale) this year.

I built a 8' x 4' x 1' raised garden in early April. That will be for vegetables. I have already planted my second batch of assorted lettuce. First ones sprouted two weeks ago. I also planted some strawberry roots a few weeks ago, but only a few have so far survived. (5/20) I might just remove those and go with different stock. I'll plant some peppers and whatever else I like in another couple of weeks or so.

Tomatoes will be grown in containers, cucumbers will be grown vertically in a spot by my shed.

I also prepared a circle that used to be the mulch bed for a Bradford Pear tree. (I cut that tree down last fall) This will be my 'cut flower garden'. The idea of the garden is not so much that it looks nice outside, it is designed (yup, a drawing) for maximum flower power! (To be cut and brought inside) Honestly it will probably look a little disheveled outside.

So far planted gladiolus, peony, hollyhock, and echinacea. (the former two are sprouted) I will plant zinnia, snapdragon, sunflower (4' or so variety), Dahlias, gerber daisies once the time is right. Also planting in two week intervals so I'll have a constant supply of flowers to cut. All were planted from seed, root, or bulb. Less the peony, I transplanted a 15 year old root I gave up for dead two years ago. It got overgrown by other shrubs. It is thriving in it's new location!

I added four more rose bushes a few weeks ago, brings that total up to about fourteen or so. (fifteen if I count a miniature rose I transplanted)

I'll pant my annuals in another week or two. Usually around mid May

 

[Koz]

One big question I have is where do you find the best stock? I don't have the time or space to start growing indoors so I'll have to buy plants. The local places I used to frequent for such items are gone/changed. One is closed for a couple of years now, one has changed their business model significantly, (wine) the third is still around with different owners. I was in there last year, and a couple of weeks ago. Not impressed. I didn't buy anything. (A rarity for me in a garden store!)

I bought strawberry roots from Lowes this year. Not happy with them. I don't want to be just as unhappy with tomato or pepper plants.

Where do you suggest to buy vegetable plants from?

 

[wader]

Koz - you can actually build a mini greenhouse to start your seeds early - friend of mine did it using some old windows he had. Dug a square pit about a foot or so down whose dimension matched the size of the windows he was using. Lined the sides with two 2X8's (two deep). Placed about 4' of garden soil on the bottom. Attached the windows to the top 2X8 with hinges so they could be opened or shut.

Glass let the sun in but not the cold. He was starting his seeds in February.
Worked out great for him.

You could also start the seeds in small pots & plae inside "the greenhouse".

You can usually find windows cheap if you don't already have them by stopping at yard sales & such. Or take a road trip & come down here. Everybody seems to be trying to get rid of them. Lotta very old homes down here that as people start upgrading them - usually the windows are the first thing they replace. I replaced mine when I first moved down here - put all 18 at the curb with a free sign taped to them - they were gone before the sun set.

 

[Koz]

I built the raised bed last month and it is already growing the early season crop. I don't have the time, space inside or outside for a mini greenhouse of any type.

I want to buy healthy young plants that will produce quality vegetables. Preferably within 30 or so minutes from my home. (Smithtown area)

There used to be three great places within a mile of me. Not anymore. Well one is still great, but they don't have what I want anymore. Well that's not true, I buy most of my annuals there. Fantastic stuff!!

 

[MOJOE]

nyanglers whats growing in your garden so far,,,lets take a look ,,,,,,,, ><))):>
><))):>

 

[BennyV]

I tried the seed thing one year and was not happy with the results. So I haven’t done it since. Probably around 6 years ago. It’s much easier and cheaper to buy seedlings.

 

[Koz]

nyanglers whats growing in your garden so far,,,lets take a look ,,,,,,,, ><))):>
><))):>

Here ya go MOJO, not much to look at yet though. Lettuce (two rounds) of lettuce is growing. Bell peppers planted, and the cell packs of tomatoes are now each in their own five gallon bucket. I have eight tomato plants. Four beefsteak, and four Sweet 100 plants. No pictures of them yet as when I finished last night it was a tad dark

I also planted some Gerber Daisies in my 'cut flower garden'.

 

[Koz]

And the tomatoes. I also planted cucumbers right behind my fire hydrant. (That just got a new coat of paint ?)

They are about 1' from my shed. They will be grown vertically. I'll put the netting up after they sprout.

I removed a geared rotary pop up sprinkler head that was on the upper right corner of that little 'patio'. I replaced it with a gentile spray pop up head. That was extended 24" above the ground. There is a pop up head in the upper left corner. This evening I'll raise that one too.

That will enable me to water my tomatoes whenever I like with my sprinklers.

 

[MOJOE]

Here ya go MOJO, not much to look at yet though. Lettuce (two rounds) of lettuce is growing. Bell peppers planted, and the cell packs of tomatoes are now each in their own five gallon bucket. I have eight tomato plants. Four beefsteak, and four Sweet 100 plants. No pictures of them yet as when I finished last night it was a tad dark

I also planted some Gerber Daisies in my 'cut flower garden'.

View attachment 5376View attachment 5377

koz ,, ><))):>
><))):>

 

[MOJOE]

And the tomatoes. I also planted cucumbers right behind my fire hydrant. (That just got a new coat of paint ?)

They are about 1' from my shed. They will be grown vertically. I'll put the netting up after they sprout.

I removed a geared rotary pop up sprinkler head that was on the upper right corner of that little 'patio'. I replaced it with a gentile spray pop up head. That was extended 24" above the ground. There is a pop up head in the upper left corner. This evening I'll raise that one too.

That will enable me to water my tomatoes whenever I like with my sprinklers.

View attachment 5423

i like it ???,,,,,,,,,???,,,,,,,, ><))):>
><))):>

 

[MOJOE]

damm it rain rain rain ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ><))):<
><))):<

 

[BennyV]

Too much damn rain. I hope everything makes it through the next few days of rain, wind, and cold weather.

 

[Koz]

Too much damn rain. I hope everything makes it through the next few days of rain, wind, and cold weather.

I was thinking the same thing on Sunday evening. 44 degrees, wet, wondering if everything I planted will survive...

 

[BennyV]

I was thinking the same thing on Sunday evening. 44 degrees, wet, wondering if everything I planted will survive...

If it’s hot and sunny the tomato plants will come back. Big leaf plants like zucchini tend to get stunted growth

 

[JackPrintMD]

Nothing in the ground yet but I do have starter seeds in egg crate that are sprouting.

I took the seeds from a COMPARE TOMATO dried them and planted them in this egg carton.
Will be interesting to see if they make it in the garden this summer.