Gardening, anyone?
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Daffodils are in the ground, so hopefully they'll be Ok. They're scattered all over the front yard, so wouldn't be able to cover them. Snow has stopped, so it will just be cold and windy.
We have a garden in the ground in our back yard and grow a lot of veggies on our deck. The saucers for big pots are deep enough for lettuce and small tomatoes can go in pots. We don't have a lot of sun - 2 humongous trees on the back fence. We also go to the farmer's market here. Lots of fresh produce there.
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Returning to this thread after a long break from the boards. I can't wait to garden this year!
lovepugs, I have veggie gardening on my mind too. Early spring gardening is my favorite, before the pests come out. The weather is forcing me to wait, but I'm ready to get the seeds out for hardy greens and root vegetables.
My garden bed is a slushy, muddy mess right now, but I still enjoy the planning this time of year.
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Ta da!
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lovepugs77– yes, mentally planning the veggie garden for 2018. Like you, BC treatments kept me out of the garden last year ☹️ DH tried to keep it going on his own but after his heart attack and open heart surgery, the garden was just an after thought. In fact, we didn’t get the tomato plants pulled out last year so we have done work to do before planting. We do a lot of heirlooms and will be starting seeds indoors soon. The AeroGarden has a great seed starter kit. I bought an electric pruner for me as AIs make my hands hur
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Kiki, I’d like to do an early spring garden, but my fiancé is working out of town for a few months, and I am just not physically able to do all of the prep work myself...grass grew over the garden area last year.
I’d really like to do some broccoli, but that’s not in the cards for this year. I’m looking forward to my summer squash, peppers, eggplant, radishes, etc. I want to try some root vegetables this year- turnips, rutabaga, carrots, and parsnips, but I don’t know much about them. Need to do some research.Dodgers girl, your tomatoes sound great! Every year I plant tomatoes, and every year the leaf footed bugs ruin them before I harvest many tomatoes. Do you have any trouble with them
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lovepugs77– don’t have trouble with leaf footed bugs. Have to watch for hook worms though.
We grow peppers, carrots, kale, radishes, onions, cucumbers, and Brussels sprouts. Have grown lettuce, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and corn but don’t grow them every year. Tend to grow the lettuce in the AeroGarden indoor as it keeps the bugs out of my salad!
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lovepugs, I hear you. I did very little gardening for awhile, I was so fatigued. I was glad to have a few perennial herbs that I could tend. My dear boyfriend still does the heavy lifting.
My favorite summer crop is beans. I love tomatoes and squash, but the bugs, mildew etc frustrate me. We got a bean seed "trio" mix (green, yellow, purple) last year that was great. The plants were so healthy and produced like crazy.
DodgersGirl, your veggie garden sounds wonderful. I have never grown Brussels sprouts but want to try.
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I hired a high school student to help tend my garden when I was so fatigued. I could sit by the garden and show him what to do.
He was too young to drive and have a regular job so he was happy for this one.
It was the only way I could keep my garden. My husband had so much other "stuff" on his plate taking care of me, the house ... You ladies know!
Coach Vicky
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Kiki13– Brussels are fun to grow as so many people have never seen a sprout still attached to the stock. They get about 5 foot tall. We plant in spring and don’t harvest until after the first freeze. That seems to cut some of the bite that people don’t like about Brussels sprouts. That means some seasons we have with Thanksgiving but other seasons we have with Christmas dinner
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Third view from beneath!
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Jazzygirl— so pretty
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Jazzy...just gorgeous 💐
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I saw this on FB today and just had to share. Pretty brilliant, eh?
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Jazzy ...BaHaHa ...too funny ☺
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OMG, Jazzy. Some people are so creative.
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Something interesting on FB today from my favorite nursery here
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soi...
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DodgersGirl, great tip on harvesting Brussels sprouts after the first frost! We just might try them this spring.
We bought some asparagus crowns and I'm eager to see them grow. I know we'll have to wait a year before harvesting, but I do love perennials. It's so rewarding to see them poking out of the cold ground every year
Jazzy, those jeans cracked me up...thank you!
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KIki13– we have 4 raised beds with asparagus. Soon we will be harvesting asparagus every morning for 4-6 weeks. So good from yard to skillet fir breakfast!
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Jazzy, we knew gardening made us happy. I think its a combo of factors including the sunshine, the smells, being in a natural setting. Who knew the little microbes in the soil might be helping us too!
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Can't plant yet here - another snow is coming. Our rule of thumb - we don't plant anything until the Wild Irises bloom. That is when we know everything can be planted.
this set was from 2016
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We plant after the Kentucky Derby (First Saturday in May).
Coach Vicky
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what a happy thread! I love my garden, tho I usually only grow one or two tomato plants since it is just me here. That's enough for fresh ones for me. Flower gardening on the other hand, oh yeah baby. Because I have dogs, and the dogs are a priority, the perennials in my garden have to be tough enough to stand being run over, broken off and winter hardy. Therefore, enter daylilies. Tough they are. And the siberian iris someone had a beautiful photo of.
I hope that I will be able to get out and play in the dirt this summer, my treatments (should they go as scheduled) will be done about the end of June, so I'm hoping by then I feel well enough to go outside.0 -
GmaFoley, Thanks for that tip. It's good to know a marker plant.
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Holliewood - I hope you can play in the dirt this summer! Nothing better than digging in the dirt with bare hands, although my kids were always horrified to see me without gardening gloves! I'm not good at veggies so perennials suited me just fine. I had gorgeous gardens in Connecticut and No. Carolina, but gardening in central Florida is a whole new ball game. We are on solid clay and it's like digging in concrete. Our lawn guy broke 2 shovels digging a hole for me, and he refused to try to dig any more holes. So mostly everything I have is going to stay there for good! I have lots of orchids and they are hanging in my trees, so I don't have to bend down and dig anymore.
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A lot of people here use raised beds. In our case, it helps the soil get warm sooner. In your case, you could fill a raised bed with totally different soil.
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They're so ugly they're cute. Do they try to nest in the house?
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I know I could do a raised bed or two, but luckily, I have been able to put mostly everything into the ground. It has taken some work, but now the space is filled and everything is growing well. It's been a lot of trial and error to see what will grow in this horrible clay, but I think I've got it now! It sure was easier in New England! Wish I had appreciated what I had back then!
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Dutch Irises starting to bloom, and daffodils budding out....
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We are excited to start seeing the spring images!
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I miss my daffodils and crocuses from up north!!! But that's the trade-off for living where there's no snow and cold winters. Instead, I look out my windows and see my gorgeous orchids hanging in the weeping Bottlebrush tree in my back yard. One of the plants I miss the absolute most is the bearded irises. I had hundreds of them and wish I could grow them down here. Oh yeah, and Hostas.
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