Posted on 05/05/2017 7:39:19 PM PDT by greeneyes
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So I'll be planting another bed of taters and getting some other beds ready this weekend. Bought some concrete blocks to replace some of the rotten boards in one of my raised beds - just a trial to see how it works.
We have a bunch of blooms on blueberry bushes for the first time this year. I had my first fistful of strawberries this week. They were really good and sweet.
I have an orange tomato on one of the indoor tomato plants. Hope to get some transplanting done soon, but the some of the nights next week are down in the 40s, so may have to wait a bit.
Haven't planted any corn yet. Hope everyone is doing well. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
We are looking at frost early next week. Heh.
For the people that were interested in my laundry-basket strawberry planters, the results are...mixed but encouraging. I filled one planter with large run-of-the-mill strawberries and planted bush beans on top, and filled the other with fancy Alpine strawberries and planted mint on top. The Alpines gave up the ghost almost immediately, but the others have taken to their new digs pretty well. Beans are doing great, mint is doing so-so. I think next year I’ll try Alpines in a slightly shadier location and see if they take better to that.
My sugar snap peas are coming out, and I should be able to actually EAT some this week. Meanwhile, my various and sundry flavors of mint (don’t judge me; I LIKE mint) are going like gangbusters and keeping my dehydrator busy. Anybody more experienced than me know when/how to pick them for maximum flavor?
Update on my peach tree that lost all her blossoms a month ago. She reset herself and now has 24 or more marble-size peaches and is enjoying our colder-than normal but wet spring.
We have just transplanted 25 sprouts of heritage tomatoes, peppers, and various herbs and arehardening them off outside in our raised planter. We’re wondering whether to plant the 50 seeds of Amazon’s jewel corn. A little too cool yet, I think.
TC
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It’s raining cats and dogs here. But my Swiss chard is popping up, onions are doing well, potato plants are getting big, corn is starting to emerge, and everything but the housebound tomatoes and peppers are planted. Soon as the rain quits I’ll put those on the back deck so they can start acclimating. Oh radishes, I forgot the radishes. What do those things have, like a two day germination period?
I was getting annoyed thinking about how much work the garden is going to be, until I saw the baby lettuce and Swiss chard and peas emerging. Then I could feel the same addiction returning as last year ;)
For some reason the rain is bringing out the critters. Saw three flocks of turkeys today, and five deer bouncing around.
The ground here at 6,500 ft in the Colorado Rockies has thawed out. Still some snow and freezes in the future, but probably good for planting potatoes. I will put some in tomorrow and some more in a few weeks. Will have to keep tomatoes inside for a while. Evaluating other cold weather starts to try.
Beau & I are heading to Iowa at daybreak, tomorrow. Heritage Farm (Seed Savers) is having their Spring Plant Sale. (They’re 2.5 hours away from us.)
I’m so excited! I’ll report back tomorrow, of course. :)
It took me 3 years to wipe the mint out in my garden. It was as big an oopsie as planting asparagus without knowing how insidious it is. Yukkas are even worse. 3 years later and apparently it decided to come up again. I have decided to spray it once a month with roundup. It is worse than Canadian Thistle.
Plant anything that will withstand frost would be pretty apt I’d say. LOL
Hubby planted some mint this spring. It has already outgrown the space he was intending on keeping it on. LOL
I did tell him to just plant it in a big pot and sink it into the ground pot and all. He was going to put some metal liner all around it, but it already out grew his space faster than he thought.
Further west at sea level, the avocado put out hundreds of very tiny green fruits last week that will be ready in December.. Sweet peas are blooming but snappeas are coming to an end. We’ve had one full bloom of roses and now most are resting up to go again. Tomatoes that were planted outside in pots, particularly sweet cherries, have put out fruit. It’s been a great spring thanks to all the rain this year. Not looking forward to the battle with heat and insects this summer. Spring is the easiest season here.
Please add me to the Ping List, greeneyes.
Will add you for sure. I only post once a week sometime on Friday. I always wait to plant corn till it’s really quite a bit warm. Some people do sprout it and then transplant it to get a jump on cool weather.
Glad to see there is a gardening thread. Mrs. foxfield and I look forward to participating. We actually grow most of our own food. For us, gardening and subsistence farming are a way of like, not just a hobby.
Thanks for the link.
Radishes grow like weeds. LOL Sounds like you are getting a good start.
I throw straw on my taters when I plant them before the last frost date.
Sounds like fun. Have a great day and a safe trip. Looking forward to your report.
Started conditioning my 6 straw bales last Sunday. I’m using Milorganite. Warm water helps the process (we have rather cold well water) so I have two old mower grass bins that I refill with water at the end of the day once I’ve watered my bales. The water is usually nicely warm by the end of the next day when it’s time to water again. The bales have already changed from the bright yellow straw to something a lot darker. There’s beginning to be a definite smell to the bales now - not unpleasant, but you just know the insides are beginning to “cook”. :-)
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