2023 Garden Seed and Starts

[Chuck White]

I've been getting radishes quite a bit lately.

Everything in the garden is coming along nicely, I have radishes, carrots, green beens, onions, regular and cherry tomatoes, and straight-8 cucumbers.

[SwampDonkey]

Carrots, beets, parsnip and onions are in here and up. I also set a beefsteak tomato out that was in the grow tent. I have 3 dozen new ones to go in and peppers (many are flowering now). Feels like October here now and for the next week and will be damp. Nothing more will go in until the 10th or 15 even. The first week of June is always cold, only thing keeping away frost is damp weather. Last June was also cold and damp. Will start some vines tomorrow to set out in a couple weeks. Was going to set some lettuce starts in this weekend, too cold when it's in the 40's and 50's. :D

[Mooseherder]

I have to shelter my starter trays from the cold again tonight.   Hopefully this will be the last time before planting.  It was 94 degrees two days ago.   I've been rebuilding the garden beds with soil from around my bon fire area.  Lots of dirt from the stumps. Also mixed in some soil from the forest.  I'll probably have a tree sprout in there.

[SwampDonkey]

The tomatoes and peppers are going in today, going to be 70's weather for a couple days beginning tomorrow, then looks like more rain, but not cold rain. I see no threat of frost from here on. Everything is flowering or in bud stage. I will plant beans next weekend and set out the vines then. Been too cold and wet for beans. I planted lettuce (iceberg, romaine, leaf), dill, and basal yesterday from starts. I'll likely plant more dill seed in the garden next weekend.

[Mooseherder]

Seems like we've had rain and cold for about 10 days.  Gardening is a battle royal this year.
The garden is on high ground but not high enough apparently.  I'm going to use it but make another on a dryer hill and got that ready yesterday.  I'm redneck sheltering my starts outside with wood and clear panels because camp is too small to house them.  A greenhouse would be nice to have.

[RetiredTech]

  No breaks from the heat down here. We've harvested a few cucumbers and the peas are blooming but that's about it. The peppers and eggplants look good but haven't started producing yet. I didn't get the okra planted this year. There was just too much going on.

[Greenhighlander]

The ground hasn't dried out enough yet for me to work my beds here. Just picked up a great old tiller I am itching to see in action .  
 Not even reaching 10 degrees here today with rain and calling for 12 and rain tomorrow.  
 

[Mooseherder]

I've got several projects backed up because of rain.   Perhaps I should focus on building an Ark instead.

[SwampDonkey]

No lack of wet this week for sure. :D I got the tomatos and peppers in awhile ago this morning. I had the rain gear on, mostly to keep my pant knees from gathering mud. :D There were a few sprinkles, and now looks like sun trying to burn through. Suppose to reach the 60's today.




That rhubarb leaf down on the end in the grass with the red veins was cut last Saturday, never wilted all week from the constant wet. :D

See my rock collection? :D :D

[thecfarm]

My rock collection is bigger.  :D
Your plants look good.
I hope to get my tomatoes in today. might have to put on a sweat shirt to keep warm.

[Greenhighlander]

After tomorrow , we are suppose to have two days of sun and 20+ temps ( for 2 days )  
The best part about today was the lack of blackflies because it was so cool out lol   Got some more forking done in preparation for tilling.   

[SwampDonkey]

Dad moved a mountain of rocks off this place. There were rock fences, a rock bridge, rock piles. Under the hill in a wet area is acres of field rock, out the end of the farm there's a pile several feet deep 200 yards long and 20 feet wide. Then the roads that cross swamps and creeks around here are all rock. Two big springs have rock dams around them to drive around. And there's lots shoved out into woods, plus the piles farmers dump on me every time this farm changes hands (5x) and I sas'm about it. :D

[thecfarm]

Well at least you can move 'em.   ;D



 

I've hauled off 3 walls so far. Mowed and trimmed around them my whole life. My father did it longer.
Looks like the thunder shower is over, back to the tomatoes.  

[SwampDonkey]

We never had many that size on the farm, but I do remember a couple the size of a car we moved with a bulldozer. One was only sticking up a little bit, the more they dug the bigger it got. There was more rocks down here at the house than up by the mountain. I remember when dad sold the farm, the guy said we never picked rocks off the place. The guy was a walking insult and is long gone. :D There's a reason the land doesn't hold water on the surface long, gravel all through the mud and rocks 12" down. Rocks piles are pretty porous it turns out. ;D

Out in Deersdale is the land of big rocks on top of the ground. Will never be farmed. Not one here and there, but all over. They cut wood in those rocks to. Fun thinning around them boulders, sometimes you have to leave large areas because they are fortresses of boulders. I ain't climbing boulders with a saw. :D

[SwampDonkey]

Looks like a warm week and more water later in the week, so I stuck the string beans in this morning and a couple patches of dill. Did some weed pull'n and now time to goof off. :D

[Firewoodjoe]

I've got some were around 100 potato plants doing well. One row of corn is getting there. Another one should sprout any day. For some reason only two carrots came up. I haven't done anything else. We've been in a drought and my well was getting a pretty good work out prior to this weekend. 

[Wlmedley]

My little hillside garden is doing pretty good although we need some rain.Hopefully we get some tonight and tomorrow but no guarantee.Mulched everything to conserve moisture.Planted marigolds to keep the rabbits and groundhogs away.Seems to work.About ready for a rhubarb pie.

 

 

  

[Old Greenhorn]

Wait, what? Marigolds 'discourage' ground hogs? Can you tell me more about this? Is it a known 'thing'? If this works, I'm off to the garden store!

[Wlmedley]

A few years ago my wife had more marigolds than she could use so I planted the excess up in my garden.Every year prior to then I had trouble with rabbits (for sure) and groundhogs (maybe) eating in the garden (especially my sweet potatoes).After planting marigolds I haven't had any more trouble.Been planting some up there ever since.It's worth a try.Marigolds are fairly cheap and if you keep them headed will last all summer. I think it's the strong smell that keeps them away.

[SwampDonkey]

I see local potatoes where I'm working at breaking ground today.

My cukes, squash, and cantaloupe are all germinated in pots and will go in the ground this weekend.

[Downstream]

We have been dry enough this yeear to have to water the garden up until yesterday when we got 1.75 rain steady through the day.  Strawberry patch is at far end and mostly done for the season.  Everything else is vegetables starting to produce.  Onions, tomatoes,peas,green beans, squash,carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, and a few radishes.  We are just finishing up items from last year.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Onions



iceberg



Dill



Carrots



Beats

[SwampDonkey]

These vines will go in after this cool spell is over. Cukes, cantaloupe and winter squash.

[Mooseherder]

There hasn't been a rain free day since the last time I mentioned it. :D
I dunno how much more water and cold a garden can take really.  It's ridiculous now.
Tomorrow is supposed to be clouds and no sun.  Cold high 40s most of today, Yuck.

[thecfarm]

Most is up in the garden. 
beans are not, but they like the soil to be warm.
Cukes, squash, basil, flowers are up. 
With the steady rain we are having and the cool temps I am surprised things came up.
Dusted the cukes.
The tomatoes get a dusting too, so the tomato horn worms will not get a chance to hatch out. I dust them once every 2 weeks and that keeps the horns away!!!