Well, I have so much to say , and show you .. That I dont even know where to start really . After having taken pretty much the whole month of May off , to get life sorted , and my garden growing . I'm happy to report both are now on track again lol . ( I hope!! hahaha ) So where did I leave off ?? Hmmm wow , for gardening it was 5 weeks ago . So that is where Ill pick back up again .
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| These are always the first flowers in my garden :)) I planted them years ago ... lol always lets me know when spring has arrived. |
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| The mystery seeds turned out to be cucumber :)) |
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| Peas are great to start inside or direct seed, I did a bit of both . This did give these ones a 4 week head start though . |
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| My tomatoes, I think these are the sweetie ones.. either way : Important note... these are getting to leggy already , they needed to be closer to the light . ( 7 weeks later , the few that survived are not much taller than this , but strong now ) |
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| The garlic I planted last fall is coming back strong!! Mmmm |
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Romaine lettuce , direct seeded on March 28th, and covered with a cold frame .
Note : The direct seeded Romaine did FAR better than the transplants I tried. |
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| Volunteer Wild Strawberry Plant :)) Thought Id save it and see what happens. |
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| Basil :)) - My little grow shelf worked great , but I did not have the plants close enough to the light for the 1st couple of weeks. Ooops |
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My first time planting corn !! This did SO much better by starting inside... sprouted in less than a week , compared to almost 3 weeks with direct seeding . ( Mind you , I think I tried a little too early for direct lol , even with a cold frame )
Lots more gardening and food posts to follow !! I do appreciate all feedback , or if you have your own tips , feel free to leave a comment on here , send me an email , or jump over to my Facebook page and join the daily fun ( links on the right side of this page :)) I'm glad to be back!! It has been too long !! Happy Gardening - Rich
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I gave up on corn this year, last year I sent 90% of it out to the chickens because it was riddled with corn ear worm. And Bob wonders why I didn't plant any corn this year! LOL!. I planted what I thought were garbanzos, after all the jar they were stored in said "Garbanzo" on the side... they were peas! (next time I plant with glasses ON.) With weather consistently in the mid to high 90's this spring I think they will fry!!! But, I am going to try growing them in a bag of soil with bamboo poles stuck in and place them in morning sun to see what happens... you never know?
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PS: I will let you know what happens.
PSS: My first try at posting went to never-never-land! (Fumblefingers!!!)
looking good....being way far South of you, I am eating cukes,zucchini, squash, string beans, tomatoes of all sizes. Corn is 6ft tall on one type and later sowing 4 1/2 ft. I pulled up the peas and seeded 8 ball squash.... For something different. Have eggplants almost ready to pull. Did u get the tomato seed I mailed???
ReplyDeleteLynda :)) This is my first try at corn ... the two plots are looking good so far , with the first planting now more than a foot tall . Hahaha Garbonzo Beans , and chick peas confused me for a long time... but they are the same thing , just different names for different nationalities. lol
ReplyDeletePeas should grow... just keep them out of that direct crazy sunlight you have :)) Semi shade should work just nice . Mine are just forming pods now!! yeah!!
Kimmie :)) Wow!! The best Ive had is a salad made up of all the thinnings... soon though , I have pea pods forming , and a few tomatoes and peppers have started , my radishes are ready anytime now ,and my corn is only just past 1 foot ( and I started extra early this year. )
ReplyDeleteNo sadly , i did not :(( I am missing a few things that people have sent , but I heard that yesterday Canada Post went on strike ... so who knows if it was them or customs :(( Bummer, I have been looking fwd to them .