Today I planted corn, cucumbers, watermelon, and cantaloupe. Then I got to looking for space to plant the tomatoes and peppers I still have in pots on the patio. Yikes! I am out of space.
My wife laughs at me. Every year I say I am going to cut my garden in half. Now its bigger than ever and still not enough room...............
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Got some melons in myself. Honeydew Snow mass, from park seed. I just dehydrate the seeds from the melons, and sprout them the next year. These seeds are from last season, and all 10 sprouted.
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Oh my garden gets bigger every year also, only I'm not in denial Every year I swear I am going to double it but I only expand by about 1/3. And at this point, if I did double it, I'd be encroaching into my neighbors yards.
When I am done fixing up this house and the market gets better, the plan is to sell and move about 35 minutes west and get a nice 10 acres or so. And I guarantee, at least two of those acres will be MINE ALL MINE for gardening or I suppose at that point it's getting to be a small farm.
My watermelons have been in for about a week now. They're about an inch tall and working on the first true leaves. They are (I think) "sugar babies"?
When I am done fixing up this house and the market gets better, the plan is to sell and move about 35 minutes west and get a nice 10 acres or so. And I guarantee, at least two of those acres will be MINE ALL MINE for gardening or I suppose at that point it's getting to be a small farm.
My watermelons have been in for about a week now. They're about an inch tall and working on the first true leaves. They are (I think) "sugar babies"?
Ain't that the truth I went a bit overboard this year- I just bought a community garden plot to accommodate all the plants I don't have room for loljal_ut wrote:Today I planted corn, cucumbers, watermelon, and cantaloupe. Then I got to looking for space to plant the tomatoes and peppers I still have in pots on the patio. Yikes! I am out of space.
My wife laughs at me. Every year I say I am going to cut my garden in half. Now its bigger than ever and still not enough room...............
I also promised myself a week ago that I finally picked up my last packet of seeds. I swear!
Gardening brings such joy, it's lovely. Can't wait to see photos of your harvests again this year!
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I was hurting from all the work I did yesterday. so I went out with two packets of seeds and was just going to sow some seeds -- nice and easy....
Three hours later, I realized I had dragged out the big tools from the garden shed and had been weeding and digging, tending the compost pile, planting some tomatoes and a Tromboncino squash I'd started from seed, mulching, amending soil......
Now I REALLY hurt.
Three hours later, I realized I had dragged out the big tools from the garden shed and had been weeding and digging, tending the compost pile, planting some tomatoes and a Tromboncino squash I'd started from seed, mulching, amending soil......
Now I REALLY hurt.
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Yup! Last year I added an extra veggie bed in the middle of my front lawn and this year I also took on an extra bed in a community garden...
and I'm always looking for more spaces to put things...
I tell myself, if I had as much room as you do, James, then I would be satisfied and wouldn't keep expanding, but apparently that isn't so!
and I'm always looking for more spaces to put things...
I tell myself, if I had as much room as you do, James, then I would be satisfied and wouldn't keep expanding, but apparently that isn't so!
This year we were able to finally talk my dad into planting some sweet corn at the farm. We did about 150ft and two planter widths (12 rows total) of Ambrosia. Doing the math that's about 3600 ears of corn minus losses (raccoon, poor germination, etc).jal_ut wrote:...I planted Ambrosia...
Were hoping it turns out as there's a LOT to go around. The Ambrosia must be good if you're growing it!
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Very true - it really is addictive!
I have a fairly small garden, but I've packed more stuff into it - and a bunch of new containers - this year than I ever thought I would. I also started branching out from the standard tomato garden that a lot of folks plant (not that there's anything wrong with that!!).
It's gotten to the point that I really want to plant spring, summer, and fall crops, but I just don't have the room, so I've started thinking about how I can get around that problem, and my main solution is to carve out a little extra space in the front/side yard to maybe put in some onions and garlic. This would free up some space in the back - either in-ground or in containers - for some of the things I haven't yet been able to plant.
Quite the dilemma, right?!
I have a fairly small garden, but I've packed more stuff into it - and a bunch of new containers - this year than I ever thought I would. I also started branching out from the standard tomato garden that a lot of folks plant (not that there's anything wrong with that!!).
It's gotten to the point that I really want to plant spring, summer, and fall crops, but I just don't have the room, so I've started thinking about how I can get around that problem, and my main solution is to carve out a little extra space in the front/side yard to maybe put in some onions and garlic. This would free up some space in the back - either in-ground or in containers - for some of the things I haven't yet been able to plant.
Quite the dilemma, right?!
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My corn patch is about 80 feet x 45 feet. I actually planted 3 varieties of SE type corn. I planted Incredible and Bodacious earlier and it was up a couple of inches tall when I planted the rest. I planted more Ambrosia than Incredible on the second planting. I am almost wishing I had left a spot for a couple rows about 3 weeks down the road.
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About those watermelons. I have been growing them for quite some time now and always select the best melons and save the seed for next year. They actually do quite well in this high elevation, dry, climate with cool nights and brilliant bright daytime sunshine, and short growing season.
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I think "Flop" is a function of time. These will flop too. Oh, BTW that row of onions is Egyptian onions. They do tend to stand better than other varieties.How in the heck do you get those onions to stand vertical so well? Mine like to flop.
My soil is a silty loam about 20% clay. It does tend to compact over time and with traffic. The area was tilled a couple of weeks before planting the tomatoes. It will have no more loosening this season. I will do a shallow hoeing to get the weeds. Yes, I do walk on my garden. No, it doesn't hurt the plants nor their roots. Mechanical actions to loosen the soil after planting will do more damage to the roots than anything. Roots have an amazing ability to penetrate dense soils.How loose do you keep the soil your toms are in? I see she is standing nearby, and not sinking. Wondering if it was the same approximate density, right on top of the toms.