Better Be Planting This Year. 2022+ And Up MEGATHREAD

FunnerGunner said:
clear plastic work for you? I know it can cook things but thinking light getting through makes it less effective...
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That's not plastic (nor is it clear) - it's landscape fabric.

Something new (to me) I'm going to try for starts:







I guess I'm going to have to put a piece of shingle or something in as a shim to get the one on the end to close a little better.
 
Well, that was quick:



Now that I'm keeping my riding gear in the greenhouse:



walking in the door the mountainbikasaurus stink is BRUTAL. I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed I can out-stink fertilizer and rotted cow shit.
 
I had 10 elderberry seedlings I grew for 3 weeks in empty cereal/cracker boxes filled with potting soil + miracle grow. I finally planted them, box and all, in the yard and didn't check on them for 3 weeks. I discovered today that a bear or something else dug up and killed 3 of them. I guess because he smelled cookies/crackers. I wanted to get peat pots but couldn't find any big enough..
 
This is the first year I've done row covers for cabbages etc. So far minimal damage. I seem to have some slug damage. A few cabbage worms hatched out fom last year probably. I picked them off and them sprayed with Gardens Alive caterpillar spray. So far things look better than they have in years. I wish I did it sooner. Also hoping the netting kept squash vine borer moths away. But now I have to uncover for the pollinators to get to the flowers.
 
Cowgirlup said:
This is the first year I've done row covers for cabbages etc. So far minimal damage. I seem to have some slug damage. A few cabbage worms hatched out fom last year probably. I picked them off and them sprayed with Gardens Alive caterpillar spray. So far things look better than they have in years. I wish I did it sooner. Also hoping the netting kept squash vine borer moths away. But now I have to uncover for the pollinators to get to the flowers.
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The Gardens Alive is I believe (principally) B.t. It's shockingly effective biowarfare. Then again, nothing knocks back the hornworms like those parasitic wasps (and I don't have to do anything at all - they just show up).

Okay - the stuff in the Rootrainers looks like:



so time to fire 'em in and see what happens.



 
First round of arugula is almost done. After it's cleared out I want to put half arugula and half sorrel in that space. Jalapenos are coming in like crazy. Tomatoes, cukes, poblanos, and baby bells are setting fruit. Herbs are doing well, especially oregano which is a brute as always.
 
The last two books were the skaROLL:


I opted for Cowpots for them, cuz: 1. I want them a little bigger, and 2. I have an aunt who I'm sure will want a few for her garden (she married an Ay-talian gentleman and learned how to cook from his mother).

Per my labels on the books, they were started 6/15, so it's been two weeks. Next: wash and dry the used books, and start the fall brassicas. (Yes, I have a pile of other clean books I can use as well.)
 
MrsStrangeNH said:
First round of arugula is almost done. After it's cleared out I want to put half arugula and half sorrel in that space. Jalapenos are coming in like crazy. Tomatoes, cukes, poblanos, and baby bells are setting fruit. Herbs are doing well, especially oregano which is a brute as always.
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Arugula just now? You must be way up there in NH!
Look up oxalic acid and check sorrel. I had planted some and I really just dont use it. Maybe lemon basil/thyme/balm could fill the gap depending on use.
 
FunnerGunner said:
Arugula just now? You must be way up there in NH!
Look up oxalic acid and check sorrel. I had planted some and I really just dont use it. Maybe lemon basil/thyme/balm could fill the gap depending on use.
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Thanks for the warning. I love the taste of sorrel, but I use it as an accent in salads or as an ingredient in cooked dishes. Never had any kidney trouble from it.

There is a patch of lemon thyme in a corner of the yard. I tend to forget it's there unless making a recipe that specifically calls for thyme.
 
Garlic will be out of the ground by the end of the week. Am hoping they suffered no ill effects from the land scaping crew that blew all the carefully shredded leaf mulch/compost off them this spring. Never thought to tell them to leave the raised beds ALONE! Tomato plants started a little leggy, but are filling out and fruiting. Nothing ripe yet. Peppers (Hungarian waxy + jalapeno's) are producing - this is the earliest ever. Will have to pull in the next couple days for pickling.
 
xtry51 said:
Our garden is anemic right now. First year with the greenhouse and we left the plants in there too long, stunting their growth. Hopefully we have a warm September to correct our mistake. Next year we will plant earlier in the greenhouse and transplant out sooner.
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everything is slow this year for us too. 3-4 weeks behind... i feel like its sunlight related
 
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Fortunately mine seem to be doing OK. [grin]

Anyway... State of the Garden 9-Jul-2024:



The Three Sisters:



Those bush beans on the right are the ones I was planting when I hurt my back. [frown]

More beans:




so at least they're doing well. Blossoms but no beans yet.

Habemus Maters!



Punkin Patch:



...with punkin:



Cukes:



Peppers:



...and some of the stuff I started in those Rootrainer books:




And speaking of kohlrabi:

 
New stuff started:



Now... before any of you ask, "Um, Critter, why are there only eleven books in that bottom tray?" the answer is:

I forgot how to count to twelve. 🙃

I put the books in that tray, thinking I had twelve... and it just didn't look right. And I even noticed I had twenty-five books left instead of twenty four. But rather than COUNT the damned things I figured the tray must be warped or something, and just went ahead and filled them and planted the seeds. Oops.
 
A bold and exciting experiment (and yes, there are twelve books - I counted):



THIS SHOULDN'T WORK - carrots are notoriously finicky about transplanting. I'm going to try it, anyway.

The fifth and final tray (again with twelve books), and the stinky mountain bike gear:

 

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