Vegetable Garden

Who's got one ? what are you growing ? and how's it coming along? Mine consists of sweet corn , cabbage , brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli ,cucumbers, zucchini, peas, tomatoes , peppers , acorn squash, pumpkins, and assorted spices. The cold wet weather hasn't been very conducive to good growth so far for me. But with warmer weather in the forecast things should turn out. I hope those of you growing fair better.

Poor germination, then the ones that do sprout die off before they even drop their seed leaf.

I already have way better germination this year. I put fresh soil in the buckets and am more careful with watering.

What happens with the carrots BTF?

I'm planted in now. Raised bed and bucket experiment was pretty good so I doubled it up this year.

15 of the 5 gallon buckets are going good with taters. The last 5 are my final crack at carrots.

The barrels got Broccoli, tomatos, green beans, cauliflower, and pickle cukes.

Plenty for me and the Mrs.

Apple's are starting to set already too... about pea size bumps behind the dead blossoms.

Hmmm... can't upload picks. 

Finished moving the tomatoes, peppers, basil, mint, lemon verbena, thyme, and rosemary from their seedling pots to their new garden home.  

Garden 2 of 3 is fully planted.

I was slacking early this year and didn't get potatoes or onions in, but to my surprise some came back on their own.  Musta missed a few last fall.

Melons,cucumbers,and zucchini are sprouting. Definitely got behind on my seed starting this year...

These are the last about seven minutes when it brought out this afternoon

Just replanted 2 cuke seedlings that were under a grow bulb for 14 days.   What a difference that bulb made in comparison to an ordinary bulb as they were not leggy and spindly like my other seedlings.   

Pick some thin, tender whites for company coming over for grill out.

 

11 and 12 bladers are starting to appear. And they already lost a couple obviously. this song, your neck is a little bit too thick on this one. You want to have the thinner necks for curing and stay for long Jevity. But a lot of the softball and bigger size come from them big necks. We still hope to get a few like that but way too many last year the baseball size to tennis ball size are the ones that last the longest.

These are my Norland Red,Yukon Gold,and Magic Molly's(Purple potato).

Gonna snack on some wild walking Egyptian onions tonight and I’ll pick a bunch for bloody Mary’s over the weekend. I have to clear space to get some crops in.

Bass I've certainly recognized that in the lettuce I grow!  It is 100 times better tasting than the green leaf lettuce that my wife and kids like! Hopefully I can keep lettuce growing this year.  I'll try and grow some mid-season and see if it grows in warmer temps.  As for the stuff I planted about a month ago and have 3 cuttings so far, typically by mid-June it starts to get bitter and doesn't cut that well anymore.  Cukes and zukes I can't stand either from the grocery store with the exception of those real long ones that are wrapped.  Those cucumbers aren't that bad.

I've been wanting to harden off all of my tomatoes and peppers but with working in the office a lot this week and strong winds I haven't been able to do much except yesterday.  Some of my pepper plants would be ready to get planted but I haven't been able to harden them off.  Others are less than an inch tall so they're not ready yet.  Eggplant is ready to harden off but I'll wait for another week...only have so much space outside on my table to place things!  Looking good otherwise.  Garlic is about as tall as I've ever seen!  Hopefully that translates into some big bulbs.  Potatoes have really grown a lot too this week.  How tall do those typically get?  First time growing potatoes so I know NOTHING about them!  I have 3 grow bags like this plus a couple extra potatoes I threw into my garden cause I had room.

Saw a great TV show this morning about organic hydroponic and natural farming. And they were showing how the vegetables are buying a grocery store really do not have any nutrients left in them, including fiber they say that lettuce loses all its vitamin C within three days or up to 50%. Some types it also loses taste and people lose interest in it and that’s why we all have diverticulitis and her colon cancer and other health issues naturally, the best you can and eating fresh vegetables taste better more healthier for you. They were showing how when you grow fresh like that some of the lettuce still has antioxidants in it. The stuff you buy will not have it.