I have romaine, shallots, and peppers started in a flat indoors. I also am doing lavender, rosemary, dill, butterfly weed, soapwort, and columbine.
I’m going to be at my son’s the early part of next week, however, when I get back, I’ll be starting my tomatoes as well, and then getting the potatoes in.
I got them out of the garage today and when I saw how many I still have, told mr. mm that he was going to be eating more potatoes.
My potatoes are Red Pontiacs, and Kennebecks and both are keeping very well. I got out what I wanted to use as seed potatoes.
Last year when I did the bucket potatoes, I covered them with wood chips and those potatoes had no problem with slugs. The slugs got the ones in the ground. I’m guessing slug so not like crawling through or over wood chips.
I saved some of the partially eaten by slugs ones and figured that if they didn’t make it, I’d be no further behind than if I had tossed them. I’m thrilled to find out they are sprouting, so those, which I can’t use for eating, will be my seed potatoes for this year. There’s enough potato left for that, even if not enough to make it worth peeling for eating.
I’m new to this thread. I’m a raised bed and container kind of guy. I’ve been gardening for about 15 years but seriously the last two years. I did a LOT of research during the plague.
I’ve started the things indoors last week that need to be.
I’m planning out my raised beds right now. It goes bed 1 through 5 from North to South. Length wise the beds run from North to South so the full length of the bed faces South. Please let me know if this needs adjustment. I like companion planting.
Bed 1: Tomatoes and carrots.
Bed 2: Onions
Bed 3: Bush green beans
Bed 4: Peppers.
Bed 5: Cucumber on one side and greens on the other; lettuce, marjoram, cilantro, late spinach.
I do all my potatoes in self-wicking large containers. I’ll likely have some pepper plants in containers as well.
I’m in zone 5a, central MA. I’m actually 1,068 feet above sea level. Believe it or not!
-SB