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I wanted to see what everyone is doing in their state environment etc.
What are you growing? How are your plants doing etc? Here in Colorado rule of thumb is don't plant anything you want to survive before Mother's Day. We have a very short season here. I am planning on a tomatoes peppers of all colors. Definitely Anaheim peppers etc. Herbs that my girl cooks with etc. here. Could be a cool thread to track progress of the plants etc.
Currently I have Serrano and jalapeño peppers that are doing well, plus a big ol rosemary that’s becoming a shrubbery. I had cilantro but it’s shriveling up in the heat already. Too late to plant anything else as it will be in the 100s soon.
Phoenix, AZ. Land of 120 days of 100+ degree temps and 30+ days of 110+ temps. Not a lot of garden plants survive the summer here. I can keep the pepper plants alive but most everything else shrivels up in the summer heat.
I have had my tomatoes in about 3 weeks and few other plant, a week ago. I thought it was a little early, but my neighbor gave me some plants, so I put them in the ground. I was told tomatoes don't do good if the temp goes below 50 at night? I live in Nor Cal.
I just started my tomato plants from seed. I am going to plant green beans, lettuce, peppers, corn, potatoes, carrots, peas, spinach, strawberries, cantaloupe, onion, radishes. Our grapes and raspberries started to produce last year so i am hoping for some yields this season. We have the same rule of thumb of not putting anything in the ground until Mother’s Day, I have a make shift green house in my shop that i like to start my seeds from.
I like to do some gardening. I'm doing less this year. I usually have potatoes and onions in the ground by now. I'm keeping it small with perennial strawberries and asparagus. My garden might be 10'X20' in size. I'll be planting tomato and bell pepper plants in about...three weeks give or take. The danger of frost is still possible now. I'm in Central Missouri.
Sounds like there are a few of us in the late frost zones. We had a great year last year. I didn't pick and eat enough of our broccoli and cabbage so they ended up bolting. My parsley has lasted thru the winter. Who knew. This year will be a strong bell pepper jalapeño pepper and tomato year. Lettuce and some other herbs too.
Putting in a lot of flowers as well. My irises are looking strong so far. I planted some Holly hock bulbs late last year and they are coming up. I just put some black lilly bulbs in.
One of my neighbors has these super healthy Cactus plants. I want to see if I can get one going in my yard. It's always funny to see cactus plants covered in snow.
I'm in Southwestern Oregon and we have the rule of thumb of Mothers day too. I've planted earlier, but there's always a risk of a hard freeze. I've got strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and what I think is Marionberry. Then I have apple, cherry, peach and pear trees. I'll be planting tomatoes, zucchini, cantaloupe. I've grown other things, but there are local farmers stands where I can get fresh produce so I'm just doing the fun stuff. Once you've eaten home grown tomatoes the ones in the store never have enough flavor!
This is the garden at my 1896 farm. It may be one of the oldest continuous gardens the county. I 'used to]"pick bushels of corn, squash, okra, potatoes, tomatoes and beans. I'm about to give up All the new subdivisions have taken so much land away from the wildlife, they all stay around my garden. I haven't picked a single bean in 5 years
Jamesbo, I have to chase Turkeys out of my garden! Natural wild turkeys were hunted out maybe 100 years ago. So someone got the bright idea of importing them from Texas in the 1980's. We don't have near the predators we used to, so they're population has been growing fast. Now they're coming into towns! I've counted as many as 27 in my front yard at one time. Last year they were after the strawberries, but didn't seem to bother much else. I do have screens around the blueberries to keep the robins out. But that's irritating to spend the time planting and tending the garden only to see critters raiding it!
My problem[s] are multifaceted Ground hogs devour broccoli, deer eat beans, squirrels attack tomatoes and just when the corn ripens the coons have a keg party
I don't have a green thumb and my wife can kill any plant that comes in the house with in one week. however we do have some roses with a interesting story.
My mother- in-law came to the house right after we purchased it approx 30 years ago with a few baggies that had rose branch clippings wrapped in paper towel, she stepped off the plane from Chicago with them she said she clipped them from her rose bushes at home which had been started from clippings from her mothers rose bushes, she told me just loosen the ground stick them in with a pickle jar over them SO I DID !! well wouldn't you know it they took off with a vengeance now like I said I'm not a gardener and as they grew out of hand I grew to hate them !! I neglected them, never watered or fed them or pruned them and they still prospered !!( they always did bloom well) but were becoming a eyesore.
one year I decided to cut them way back and I figured these things deserve to live after all I don't know if I could kill them if I tried !! so I hit the net to learn proper pruning techniques and proper time of year to prune and maintain, however I still don't feed them or water them they only get what mother nature provides there must be something in the ground and where they are at that they love !! I don't want to screw up the balance, they are profuse bloomers and are starting (this time of year) to produce about 15 blooms per plant with healthy waxy looking leaves
on both plants, I have no idea what variety they are except they are not climbers they are about thigh high if I keep them trimmed all I do is deadhead them prune them and cut off sucker shoots.
now here is what I find interesting, they have been in front of my house for 30 years cut from my mother-in-laws roses that were 30 years old and cut from her mothers bushes that may have been 30 years old so technically they may be 90 years old !! who knows how old great Grandma's were !!
I now enjoy tending them !! they are low maintenance perfect for I guy like me !! those are the only outdoor plants I have except for weeds
in my desert landscaping that's a battle and a half to keep them under control but I stay on top of it.
Jamesbo, I have to chase Turkeys out of my garden! Natural wild turkeys were hunted out maybe 100 years ago. So someone got the bright idea of importing them from Texas in the 1980's. We don't have near the predators we used to, so they're population has been growing fast. Now they're coming into towns! I've counted as many as 27 in my front yard at one time. Last year they were after the strawberries, but didn't seem to bother much else. I do have screens around the blueberries to keep the robins out. But that's irritating to spend the time planting and tending the garden only to see critters raiding it!
Wild turkeys are good eating. They just need a good 12 gauge nap. Before you cook em.
Life in the mountains. I've planted three tomato plants three times so far. Guess I couldn't remember the Mothers day rule. Anything that I want to survive I plant on my deck to keep from feeding the deer or turkeys (deck is 15 feet off the ground). When I feel the need for something green I visit the farmers market in town..... Tedd
Life in the mountains. I've planted three tomato plants three times so far. Guess I couldn't remember the Mothers day rule. Anything that I want to survive I plant on my deck to keep from feeding the deer or turkeys (deck is 15 feet off the ground). When I feel the need for something green I visit the farmers market in town..... Tedd
After years of fighting deer and woodchucks with electric fence, hair, .308 etc. I went to container on deck. Had 6 large blueberry bushes in the ground, a day away from being ripe. Just tickle the berrys and will fall into you hand. That night the deer ate the berries, leaves and branches. Almost down to the ground! That was it!!!!
From a few years go on my West Virginia deck. Blueberries almost ripe you can see in first photo, sunflowers also grow well in containers.
Eggplants, broccoli, lettice Hot cherry peppers(the best), pea pods, cucumbers, tomatoes, melons, Corn in whiskey barrel(not the best to grow in container)
Fig tree in whiskey barrel, not pictured. That I roll into garage for winter.
