Nice and cozy in the grow room, however, are my sprouts, which are coming along quite nicely. I've got 9 eggplant plants, 10 ghost chile plants, around 30 tomato plants (several varieties) and of course, my tobacco (which I'll have far more than I have room for, so I'll be giving a bunch away)!
My birfday is next weekend, and I've taken a few days off to staycation @ the homestead. I plan on getting a mini-greenhouse built, along with several raised beds/boxes. Each box should hold 8 plants, and what doesn't go in the boxes will go in 5 gallon buckets. This year is going to be a HUGE experiment for me and container gardening. If the volumes I've read over the winter on container gardening are correct, and my thumb is green enough, I'm looking forward to harvest this year!
My hops are still in the fridge, hopefully going through the process of cold stratification. I'll probably take them out next weekend and get them planted. It's supposed to take upwards of another month before they begin germinating. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best. Craft beers are the "IN" thing here in Western Colorado lately. I hope to add some Colorado grown hops to the mix. We'll see!
“A couple inches?”
There are 14 inches of hard-packed snow in my yard!It will be months before anything happens in Northern Ohio!
Hubby grew all his tomatoes last year in 5 gallon buckets. They were mostly Romas, but he also had some mortgage lifters. He likes a huge tomato so that one slice covers the bread or bun on a sandwich.
I like smaller tomatoes so that I can use the whole thing in salad or just give to the kids to eat instead of bananas. Nothing worse than a tomato that has been hanging out in the refrigerator. JMHO.
Any way he had good output, and his soil wasn’t even that great.