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| Janice |
Posted - May 21 2014 : 9:27:24 PM
I have some old seed some from 1998 to 2006. I planted a few seeds in egg carton on Mother's day. Each day I water them, nothing then today I noticed lettuce, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes small sprout coming out of the dirt YEAH!
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Jun 26 2014 : 8:16:30 PM
Very nice garden, Marie. Your veggies are doing very well.
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| darlenelovesart |
Posted - Jun 26 2014 : 6:23:22 PM
Nice garden!
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| churunga |
Posted - Jun 26 2014 : 4:46:47 PM
My garden is doing well. See for yourself.
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I've harvested the leafy greens and chard already and there is more to come.
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Jun 26 2014 : 12:58:36 PM
Marie: I went to the store and bought new seeds and just stuck them in the ground. Each row was planted about a week apart. The last row is just coming up and the first row is doing marvelously, really looks healthy and dark green leaves. I think I was trying to help mother nature along too much.
The rest of the garden is doing well. However the cow manure (store bought) was loaded with grassy seeds and I have been busy pulling them up and covering what I can with mulch. I have golf ball sized tomatoes on a volunteer and the rest of them seem to be growing well. A couple of the varieties (mortgage lifter especially) seems to be a bit on the small size. Romas are doing well as are the Big Rainbow.
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| mrssarahhall |
Posted - Jun 26 2014 : 11:47:55 AM
Marie and Stephanie, thanks for posting photos of your adorable garden helpers!
Sarah
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| mrssarahhall |
Posted - Jun 26 2014 : 11:45:49 AM
Aww, so sorry Shannon! I am having a few garden woes this year too. I have found my roses have thrips this year and so far I am not winning the battle against them... anyone have suggestions? My lavender is planted in a sunny and seemingly perfect spot but it is doing basically nothing. and something has eaten every bit of lettuce, spinach and chards that I have planted. :(
On the other hand my strawberries are exploding and my cottage garden is going nuts. I even had some garden visitors that I hadn't had in the past:
  
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| DandeeRose |
Posted - Jun 07 2014 : 3:17:08 PM
Oh no Shannon... :(
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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - Jun 07 2014 : 3:03:25 PM
My garden is not doing so well this year :'( My plants are already burning up. We keep getting rain and then HOT! I am praying for veggies this year, since last year nothing in our area really survived the heat.
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Jun 07 2014 : 2:23:52 PM
Marie, I have not checked the pH. Our soil here is mainly sand. However, I generously mixed in 40 bags of steer manure and last year's leaves that had been well cut up. The thing is, when I go to look for the beans (since they haven't broken the soil), I can't even find the seeds. I have just planted my second batch. If these don't come up, I'll give up for the year. Tomatoes are growing very well except for the Mortgage Lifter which seems to be going very slow.
Thanks for the response.
Betty in Pasco |
| churunga |
Posted - Jun 07 2014 : 12:59:20 PM
Betty,
Check the pH of your soil. It should be between 5.5 and 7.5. Anything outside this range is bad for the plants. Generous compost helps. Soil testing is recommened. Good luck.
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| DandeeRose |
Posted - Jun 06 2014 : 5:55:45 PM
Seriously hth!! :)
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 06 2014 : 09:59:37 AM
Thank you Alicia!~
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Jun 06 2014 : 08:16:54 AM
This year and last year I have had a difficult time getting my green beans to start. I planted a large package this year and two beans came up. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Any ideas?
BTW, I want to compliment Connie on her gorgeous garden. Everything looks so strong and healthy.
Betty in Pasco |
| DandeeRose |
Posted - Jun 06 2014 : 08:08:55 AM
I got an email about the straw in my pictures. JIC anyone else is curious, here is my reply! :)
Yes, straw, plain old straw. It is just a mulch. We actually like the half composted leaf mulch better than straw. Mulching your garden is good to keep weeds out and moisture in, also the organic matter breaks down, adding nutrients to your soil. Don't use wood mulches, they will pull nutrients.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 05 2014 : 6:51:54 PM
I love everyone's pictures! So exciting!!!!It is my first time in years and it is doing pretty good! Tomatoes, Squash, Cucumbers, Corn, Green Peppers, Onions, Green Beans. We had a strong wind come thru this afternoon and I have been out Re-staking Tomato plants! A cool breeze came after the storm ,so it felt good to be outside! It was 90 and humid this morning!
Connie
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| texdane |
Posted - Jun 05 2014 : 10:21:33 AM
What a cute photo, Stephanie! And Betty Jo, I love Black Krim tomatoes! They are delicious. Despite a long, hard winter with lots of rain this spring, it looks to be a great gardening season this year, here in CT!
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Jun 05 2014 : 07:00:28 AM
Janice, some cheap hot pepper keeps cats from using your garden as their personal potty. They don't care to lick it off their paws.
I like the idea of raised beds using concrete blocks. Especially the holes that also include soil to plant in.
Betty in Pasco |
| stephaniesmith |
Posted - Jun 04 2014 : 9:36:22 PM
It's our first year in our new house, and my husband built 4 raised garden beds for me. I have planted beets, radishes, onions, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and a few other misc. squash. I also have some herbs in pots. My 3 year old loves to help mama water everything! Here's a picture of one of our gardening adventures, that was taken a few weeks ago. .jpg)
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| Janice |
Posted - Jun 01 2014 : 9:09:07 PM
We get some of our neighbors cats come visit our garden. What if I put out my ceramic rabbit I wonder if it would scare the neighborhood cats away?!
I need to get busy some time this week and re-plant my sprouted plants into the garden.
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| churunga |
Posted - Jun 01 2014 : 4:34:27 PM
I learned that the "tank" in the herb bed is actually a cement footing for an old clothesline. Almost wish the clothesline was still there but it is a hazard, I guess.
Everything in my garden is growing well. I will have pictures when the batteries recharge.
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Jun 01 2014 : 4:20:17 PM
My garden is all in and it's growing. However, I'm waiting for the pests to start showing up. I have this "cute" little midget bunny that has been hanging out and I wish he would just go away. Then there is the snails--don't get me started on them. It is 85°F out right now and everything we grow is in sand and the moisture is evaporating as fast as I can get it on.
I'm ready for it to start producing though. I want to can some tomatoes.
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| Beverley |
Posted - Jun 01 2014 : 3:56:12 PM
wow all you guys make me so jeulous cause I live up north Michigan and it has just become time we can plant. My husband planted a whole raised bed with green beans. I have lettuce coming up from some seeds that fell last year. and I planted some grape tomatoes. In my herb section I have Tansy, Sweet Annie and dill and lavender. I also planted large pumpkins and butternut squash. I bought mine all in small plants since our growing season here is so short. I hope to get a greenhouse made this fall so next year I can start seeds early. Oh yea I did plant some ornamental corn. Hope I get some just for fun!! marie maybe the tank is a left over septic tank. They usually are not very far down in the ground?? Alicia I will keep that delicata squash seeds in my mind and if I see some will pick them up. I have never heard of them before..
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| Janice |
Posted - May 28 2014 : 12:39:23 PM
Thank's everyone for sharing about your garden and the pictures of your garden too.
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| DandeeRose |
Posted - May 28 2014 : 09:19:10 AM
The girls (2 goats) got in the greenhouse and ate my starts. :0 lol! We bought some things in new seed, but we bought some started plants, too, from a local nursery. My husband had gone compost crazy. He has brought home several LARGE truckloads of leaf mulch. It has taken a LOT of amending to get our garden going. The ground is clay, a bit rocky, and was dead. Grass wasn't even growing. So I feel like we are doing well. I really wish I had just 2 Delicata Squash plants. Can't find seeds/ plants around here and I don't want to order online for just a handful.
I do seem to have a tiny bug inhabiting my kale (aphid?) The bigger ones are pinkish- red, and teensy green ones...??? This worries me and I have been picking daily.
From 2 days ago. My husband is a bit green bean happy! :P
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| SuzanneH |
Posted - May 23 2014 : 09:21:34 AM
The weather here the south was so crazy this spring I was on pins and needles getting my garden going. I grow everything from seed and my tomato plants were two feet tall in my kitchen window before the weather was right for transplanting outside. But now they are over six feet tall and heavy with tomatoes. My herbs, onion and garlic are doing great. I have four plots of carrots that I keep going all year because my kids love carrots. I have already harvested my potatoes and replanted with beans. Had a great sweet pea harvest as well. Spinach and all my lettuces are doing great too.
I have multiple rows in the lower garden of mustards and collards and they are producing really well too.
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