Ordered a new compost tumbler . Have been using pallets. Takes too long to get compost. I hope it works !

Can anyone tell me how to find my saved garden plan??  I saved it prior to becoming a member but now that we’re ready to plant, and after paying our $20.00 due to the time lapsing, we are unable to find it.   Thank you.

Gardening is a passion and way of life for me. I look forward to that time when I can start planning my garden and that time is upon me right now! As the weather warms up in April, my thoughts center around what veggies I will put in this year and what flowers will grace my baskets. And then there is May… when my addiction to greenhouses will kick in full force! Hahahaha!

Well…as things stand now, my husband Chris has liberally fertilized my garden plot with a sufficient amount of chicken manure. He has tilled it and leveled it so in a few short weeks, I will begin planting. If the weather cooperates, I will have most of my veggie garden in the ground by mid May. My veggie garden plot is approximately 120 feet by 60 feet.

This year, I tentively plan to plant grape cherry tomatoes, early cascade tomatoes, roma tomatoes, beef steak tomatoes, green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers, yellow onions, red onions, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, gourmet leaf lettuce, red beets, radishes, cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, watermelon, canteloupe, corn, and herbs. This can change depending on what I find at the greenhouse!!!

So, here is to another successful gardening season!

It is no secret that this is an ugly word in my vocabulary! I like it as long as it has nothing to do with gardening. I always get last minute ideas that will undoubtedly drive my husband nuts. We now have potatoes, green beans, corn, carrots, and watermelon to plant when the time comes. They (everyone knows “they”) say to plant potatoes by St.Patrick’s day but the ground is very wet and soggy from the rain so I’m going to hold out a couple more days. I worry that the “eyes” may rot if the ground stays wet awhile after planting them. but it’s like every other part of the gardening idea I really don’t know and will always welcome advice. I went with the 2 “G’s” last year with my very 1st garden and that was my Gut and Google! So I’m assuming I’ll be fine if I rely on those two again this summer. Although we will have much more in the ground this year compared to last. There’s something so rewarding about gardening that it motivates me to take full advantage of the ground God’s blessed us with! This is my first post of the gardening journey in 2010 and I hope it bookmarks my struggles and success.

I have finally started my garden today.  174 seeds all in their little cups. I was beginning to wonder if today would come. The weather this year has been terrible. Last year I did a pot garden that went well except for some diseased tomato plants that I bought as seedlings. I’ll never do that again. This year my garden is 60′ X 40″ which is substantially larger that what I had last year. My wife feels it is to to big. But, when I look at her fathers garden I believe it is about the same size. Anyhow today is a good day

Scott

This is such a great site! I’m champing at the bit to get my garden going since we moved to a much warmer climate better suited for growing vegetables. I lived on a small island in the Puget Sound of the coast of Washington state but moved with my family to Western Kentucky. I’m so excited that I’ll be able to grow tomatoes and corn and such and have it actually mature on the vine as opposed to on my window sills. Feel free to have a look at the plot I configured and if you see something desperately wrong with it, please let me know. I haven’t had a real garden in years!

Well, have decided to start a new garden - all I need to do now is choose what veges I’m putting in.. Check out the photo

i’ve planted lots of tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green and yellow squash, collards, and herbs, and they’ve all taken off with the rain-soaked soil.  weeding is easier, too, and most of them are pulled.  lettuce needs to be picked, spinach, turnips, peas, and maybe some other stuff, too.

the recent rains and heat have helped many plantings start to catch up… i’m pleasantly surprised that some of the May plantings are actually starting to sprout, whereas i almost plowed it all under and started over in those spots!  the corn is a disappointment, i’ll have to replant that, and the summer squash will also be late.  but, i’m back into the swing again, and as opposed to the Spring, i can now plant something and see some progress within a few days to a week.  i planted spinach on May 19th which has barely sprouted, but the radishes i planted last week have already sprouted!  i still think that this week is too early to start delivery, but, i now see at least two flickers ahead!!! dave

the recent rains have really helped the stuff planted in May, and though i’m still tentative about how much i have planted, i’m thinking i may be able to create some kind of produce for this week, but i’m also thinking that putting off delivery until either the end of this week or beginning of next would be a better idea.   i’m also toying with the idea of getting everyone out to the garden, if not altogether, then in small groups, so that folks can see with their own eyes what state the garden is in.  what do you think?