What's going in your garden?

[medako]

I pulled my first onion yesterday! I needed one for lunch and didn't have any from the store, so I went and pulled one. I'd planned on letting them grow into big bulb onions, but I think I might start using the green onions as I need them - there should be plenty.

[medako]

things are starting to grow!!

I just spent part of the afternoon working up the ground and (hopefully) getting ALL of the weeds out!

[Mama Mangia]

good job!

it's a lot of work but it is well worth it!

I hope it is very plentiful for you this year!

[medako]

I just realized that it doesn't look like there's much in there. Even though it's hard to see, I have onions, tomatoes (roma & better boys), zucchini, yellow squash, leaf lettuce, cucumbers, jal. peppers, bell peppers, & serrano peppers all growing...the green beans haven't quite come up yet, but they should be sproutin' in the next few days (late getting them planted).

[oldbay]

I'm waiting until the weather settles down over the next couple days but I already have my Park's Whopper Tomatos and some Cubenelle Pepper plants to put in the ground.

I'll also plant some cucumber seeds and pray that the ground hogs (woodchucks) stay away this year

[oldbay]

Originally Posted by medako

things are starting to grow!!

I just spent part of the afternoon working up the ground and (hopefully) getting ALL of the weeds out!

Wow that's big! Did you dig that by hand and how do you keep the varmints out?

[medako]

I had it worked up with a rototiller the first time, and then sprayed to kill the weeds. Of course, there were plenty of weeds left by the time I got back out to actually plant. So, me and my spade and claw worked up all of the ground again the pulled all of the weeds out. I'm going out everyday and I spend a couple of minutes pulling any stray weeds that have popped up, but it's very managable now.

[medako]

new pictures - from a few minutes ago.






Ya know, I'm not sure how all of my plants aren't getting eaten by something. We ALWAYS have rabbits, possum, armadillo, raccoons, etc. out here...but for some reason, I guess they're not interested - which is fine by me!

[oldbay]

Originally Posted by medako

I had it worked up with a rototiller the first time, and then sprayed to kill the weeds. Of course, there were plenty of weeds left by the time I got back out to actually plant. So, me and my spade and claw worked up all of the ground again the pulled all of the weeds out. I'm going out everyday and I spend a couple of minutes pulling any stray weeds that have popped up, but it's very managable now.

I once talked to an expert grounds keeper at a private golf course and he said that once you roto-tilled, the ground will always stay soft. About 10 years ago we rented one for our vegetable garden and used it to till up a flower bed in our front yard. Two weeks ago I planted some red salvia for my hummingbirds and you could really feel the difference in the ground from where we had used the roto-tiller and where we hadn't disturbed.

[medako]

I hope that's true. It'll make working it up next year much easier!