Garden Time!

[DannPM]

Anyone else doing a garden this year? Here's what I got going.

Garden:
2 Tomatillos
3 Tomatoes

1 Carrib Red Pepper
1 Habenero Pepper
5 Banana / Hot Wax Peppers
3 Cayenne Peppers
2 Thai Peppers
1 Siracha Pepper
2 Cherry Bomb Peppers

80 Onions

Hanging Baskets:
3 Cherry Tomatoes
1 Dill
1 Oregano
1 Basil

 

[BendBrewer]

Yep. Have a batch of Microbe Tea brewing as we speak.

 

[StretchBrew]

For veggies I usually do about:
8 regular tomatoes (a beefsteak type)
4-6 grape tomatoes
5-6 Anaheim Chilli Peppers
6 Kohlrabis
some lettuce

In terms of herbs:

Chives
Dill
Basil

Some years I'll throw in another type of pepper, but I've been keeping it small and simple recently. We used to do massive planting. onions, radishes, green beans, snow peas ... i can't even remember what else. I'm getting itchy to get outside and start planting!

 

[Sacdan]

We are doing

4 Roma
3 Heirloom
6 Tomatillos
6 various types of peppers
6 Snow Peas
Lettuce

We also have 21 Wine Grape vines & 3 table Grape vines

 

[BendBrewer]

8 tomatoes? We did one last year and couldn't keep up with it. 100s of tomatoes came off of that thing.

 

[malkore]

My bell pepper seeds didn't germinate well.

1 Banana pepper
1 each orange/yellow bell
3 bolivian rainbow pepper
10 early girl tomato
12 red/yellow brandywine heirloom tomato
2 types of cucumber
bush beans
snap peas
cantaloupe

about 2 weeks til I start putting stuff in the ground

 

[ChshreCat]

We did tomatoes last year from plants we bought. This year we decided to do our own starts from seeds. I was worried that not enough would germinate so I planted extra seeds.

They all did.

I had 47 little tomato plants in peat pots in my dining room.
I've given away almost half of them. Gonna have to find homes for some more of 'em.

Also doing some mixed salad greens in some pots. About a dozen various chili plants. Some cucumber. Watermelon and cantaloupe. Peas and beans.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

I got Carrots, 5 Tomato plants (one cherry tomato, and 4 early girl), Bell Pepper and loads of Tyme, Basil, Cilantro, and the Hops!

 

[StretchBrew]

I thought about starting from seeds, but a friend of my does that and always ends up with more than she could plant so I usually get the extra. But i DEF want to try that one of these years! it's gotta be great seeing them from seed to fruit

 

[ChshreCat]

I may have solved my problem of having too many tomato plants...

Put them outside yesterday afternoon to let them start to harden off before planting. They were doing fine... sun was shining... not hot out but not too chilly either. So, I figured we'd run some errands and take them in when we got home.

While we were gone the sky clouded up, wind picked up from the north and the temps plummeted.

By the time I got home they were all hanging straight down and the leaves were shriveled up.

I got them inside, warmed them up, watered them and some are recovering but many of them are going to be going to the compost bin. I think it was a combo of cold temps and a strong, dry wind. They looked like they hadn't been watered in a week.

 

[Randar]

I have 5 flats of veggie seedlings growing in the basement right now (this is from 1 week ago):

What I have:
12 tomato varieties
6 hot pepper varieties
4 sweet or bell pepper varieties
2 Okra varieties
2 tomatillo varieties
7 eggplant varieties
Basil, Dill, and Fennel.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I am not entirely certain what I am doing this year since my motivation and available time don't seem to want to coincide with each other. I have been whittling my way towards;

4 varieties tomato
3 varieties cucmber
2 varieties summer squash
Onions
Pumpkins
Watermelons
Spinach
Lettuce blend patch
Micro Greens
Kale
2 varieties Chard
Brussels Sprout
4 varieties Soybean (Edamame)
Asparagus
Edible flower patch
2 varieties Long Beans
Sunflower (for roasted seed)
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Bell Pepper

And I am certain I have forgotten something.

To date, nearly a week past last frost date, I have 2 tomato and 4 varieties of SoyBean sown (40 to 60 row feet). I haven't even managed to get 3 of the beds even ready for seed.

 

[DannPM]

I have 5 flats of veggie seedlings growing in the basement right now (this is from 1 week ago):

What I have:
12 tomato varieties
6 hot pepper varieties
4 sweet or bell pepper varieties
2 Okra varieties
2 tomatillo varieties
7 eggplant varieties
Basil, Dill, and Fennel.

Growing the seedlings yourself? That's hardcore man, I like!

 

[ChshreCat]

Here's mine from about 6 weeks ago:

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Damn you guys are hardcore. I just plant seeds in the ground, or I buy the plants at Lowes.

 

[ChshreCat]

We're not hardcore... we just don't live where it's in the 80's in april!. It was in the upper 30's on my drive to work this morning and I was passing cars that had snow on them on the freeway. Doing seed starts indoors is the only way to grow some things and have time to get to harvest before fall.

 

[Randar]

I am not entirely certain what I am doing this year since my motivation and available time don't seem to want to coincide with each other. I have been whittling my way towards;

4 varieties tomato
3 varieties cucmber
2 varieties summer squash
Onions
Pumpkins
Watermelons
Spinach
Lettuce blend patch
Micro Greens
Kale
2 varieties Chard
Brussels Sprout
4 varieties Soybean (Edamame)
Asparagus
Edible flower patch
2 varieties Long Beans
Sunflower (for roasted seed)
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Bell Pepper

That reminds me... forgot about the brussell sprouts I started mixed in with the others. I will also direct sow zucchini, acorn squash, cucumbers, pole beans and edamame soy beans, and sweet snap peas.

 

[Randar]

We're not hardcore... we just don't live where it's in the 80's in april!. It was in the upper 30's on my drive to work this morning and I was passing cars that had snow on them on the freeway. Doing seed starts indoors is the only way to grow some things and have time to get to harvest before fall.

This. Or we can pay 3 bucks per plant for large enough plants to produce a decent crop.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

We're not hardcore... we just don't live where it's in the 80's in april!. It was in the upper 30's on my drive to work this morning and I was passing cars that had snow on them on the freeway. Doing seed starts indoors is the only way to grow some things and have time to get to harvest before fall.

Never thought of it that way, makes alot of sense now.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Never thought of it that way, makes alot of sense now.

Still, as long as you have the space, growing from seed is not "hardcore". Aside from mixing the material for the seed cells, as needed waterings, and maybe a thinning of sprouts it's mostly just waiting.

No weeding, fertilizing, trimming, shading, mulching, insect jihad, disease checks, etc....

 

[StretchBrew]

8 tomatoes? We did one last year and couldn't keep up with it. 100s of tomatoes came off of that thing.

Can't say I've ever had that many tomatoes off a single plant. I wouldn't even be able to come up with a rough number from a single plant. I usuall only get those packs of six from the greenhouses, but sometimes we get a plant or two that comes up from the seeds from last year that was on the ground. being that its behind all the other plants it seems to go later in the season which is nice. But we use alot of tomatoes! I can't wait tomato salads and fresh tomato pizzas! delicious

 

[azscoob]

I am growing:
habaneros
jalapeños
bhut jolokia
swiss chard
cucumbers
zucchini
yellow squash
sugar snap peas
early girl tomatoes

society garlic
sage
basil
mint

 

[ChshreCat]

Last year I got into cottage cheese and tomatoes for breakfast and we had three plants that produced just enough that I had breakfast from them plus another 2 or 3 for SWMBO to have in her salad each day. Finally petered out around November, after we moved the plants inside to try to keep them producing for a while longer.

btw... if you've never had cottage cheese and fresh, homegrown tomatoes... give it a try.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

btw... if you've never had cottage cheese and fresh, homegrown tomatoes... give it a try.

I like to mix quartered cherry or grape tomato in and sprinkle some ground Chipotle on mine.

 

[azscoob]

Last year I got into cottage cheese and tomatoes for breakfast and we had three plants that produced just enough that I had breakfast from them plus another 2 or 3 for SWMBO to have in her salad each day. Finally petered out around November, after we moved the plants inside to try to keep them producing for a while longer.

btw... if you've never had cottage cheese and fresh, homegrown tomatoes... give it a try.

One of my favorites!

I got in the habbit of strolling out in the yard around 11 at night to pick some basil and a couple tomatoes, slice a couple boconccini and make a late night Insalata Caprese snack.

 

[ChshreCat]

Man, I'm getting really antsy now. I want fresh tomatoes! Why do I have to wait for the plants to grow?!?

Glad one of the varieties I have is "ultra early". Supposed to go seed to fruit in 55 days. We shall see.

 

[Randar]

I can't wait for fresh veggies, but I am more eager for the fruit to start pouring in... strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and blackberries.... nom nom nom. The daughter and I stroll around the yard stuffing ourselves with various fruit snacks!

 

[azscoob]

I can't wait for fresh veggies, but I am more eager for the fruit to start pouring in... strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and blackberries.... nom nom nom. The daughter and I stroll around the yard stuffing ourselves with various fruit snacks!

I miss the blueberries and raspberries from our cabin in the northwoods.

I now gorge myself with blood oranges and figs.

 

[knotquiteawake]

this is what happens when I try to grow from a seed. fkng bugs!

 

[trl2112]

We will be doing various tomatoes (Cherry and some Heirloom varieties), cucumbers, different leaf lettuces and some peppers.