Gardening

[Burque]

What's your elevation? Your pretty far south for frost this early?

We're a mile high.

Had a really cold snap for two days where with lows approaching freezing. Going to warm up the rest of the week so I should be good for a bit longer.

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[Urblock]

First post in this thread since 6-2014. Tomatoes on the deck in containers and the old garden became a place to grow pumpkins. Take your pumpkins from Halloween and throw them in the garden. Done. Be great next fall.

 

[RacerX]

Pulled my cucumber, bean and melon beds. Replaced with stage 1 of the winter planting: spinach, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, and Napa cabbage. Much more to come.

Still pulling the last of summer tomatoes in, prob for another 2 weeks before I yank those out.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

LMAO imagine worshiping a bunch of plants when you can literally just head over to "The Market" and get any beautiful, fresh produce you want.

Suck it Bozo, those fresh beautiful tomatoes you're buying at "The Market" have zero flavor compared to home grown.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

You have, literally and figuratively, NO idea what you're talking about.

And you won't know when the thieving varmints are stealing from the watermelon patch.

 

[HeHateMe]

I have to agree with Spunky about the tomatoes. Garden tomatoes are superior to the poverty tomatoes at the grocer. A lot of other plants are a waste of time IMO but tomatoes are definitely worth it if you actually know how to tomato.

 

[Burque]

I have to agree with Spunky about the tomatoes. Garden tomatoes are superior to the poverty tomatoes at the grocer. A lot of other plants are a waste of time IMO but tomatoes are definitely worth it if you actually know how to tomato.

Yes, Don't grow Cauliflower.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Suck it Bozo, those fresh beautiful tomatoes you're buying at "The Market" have zero flavor compared to home grown.

Farmer's Markets and food stands are where I get my 'matos usually if I buy them.

 

[Crystallas]

Gardening releases that pent up anger towards humanity.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Anyone have a good source for garden bed plans? I have a pretty heavily sloped backyard (no, I do not know the degree slope), but I'm just looking for something basic to plant 'matoes, beans, and the such.

 

[HeHateMe]

Anyone have a good source for garden bed plans? I have a pretty heavily sloped backyard (no, I do not know the degree slope), but I'm just looking for something basic to plant 'matoes, beans, and the such.

My plan was just to sink posts 3 to 4 feet deep then deckscrew cedar boards up the sides.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

My plan was just to sink posts 3 to 4 feet deep then deckscrew cedar boards up the sides.

Hey... sort of on topic. Do you have a family of skunks to eradicate again this year?

 

[HeHateMe]

Anyone have a good source for garden bed plans? I have a pretty heavily sloped backyard (no, I do not know the degree slope), but I'm just looking for something basic to plant 'matoes, beans, and the such.

Without knowing the slope I cant help u nich but I can tell u that u dont really grow beans out of bed. Just make a teepee out of some bamboo and let the beans grow up it, dumby.

 

[HeHateMe]

Hey... sort of on topic. Do you have a family of skunks to eradicate again this year?

Racoons

 

[brett05]

Anyone have a good source for garden bed plans? I have a pretty heavily sloped backyard (no, I do not know the degree slope), but I'm just looking for something basic to plant 'matoes, beans, and the such.

If you are going to put a bed in, make sure it's level. I have a slope thru my beds and since the beds are not level, I have a portion that floods.

 

[Fatman LOU]

Anyone have a good source for garden bed plans? I have a pretty heavily sloped backyard (no, I do not know the degree slope), but I'm just looking for something basic to plant 'matoes, beans, and the such.

Elevated garden beds will work just fine for the tomatoes.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

Elevated garden beds will work just fine for the tomatoes.

:dontsay:Thanks

 

[Burque]

Anyone have a good source for garden bed plans? I have a pretty heavily sloped backyard (no, I do not know the degree slope), but I'm just looking for something basic to plant 'matoes, beans, and the such.

Just a random idea, may or may not work. Notch out spaces for pots on your hill and cut the bottom off of some 7 gallon black plastic pots. Put a pot in each notch you cut out and fill with potting soil then plant your tomatoes. I don't know how big your area is, but I would probably put a t post on the downhill side of each pot and run either some plastic netting or some fencing to hold your plants upright as they get heavy and most likely trend downhill. It will give you something to cultivate the plant through and keep it off the ground.

Without knowing a few things: How big the space is, how many plants you want to grow, and how steep/which direction the hill faces, it is hard to give specific thoughts.

 

[Fatman LOU]

It's the middle of January, let's talk Gardening. What are you planting this year?
Here's where im at.
Sweet corn 2 types
Tomatoes 2 types
Green Beans
lettuce iceberg and romaine
Cucumbers
Bell Peppers
Bok Choy
Watermelons 2 types
Pumpkins 2 types
Cantaloupe
Going to start some of it in house in around end of March and in the ground May 17.
My frost free growing season is around 129 days.
Might invest in a seeder to pull behind my tractor for the sweet corn .
What you got going?
This will be my first time growing sweet corn.

 

[Burque]

It's the middle of January, let's talk Gardening. What are you planting this year?
Here's where im at.
Sweet corn 2 types
Tomatoes 2 types
Green Beans
lettuce iceberg and romaine
Cucumbers
Bell Peppers
Bok Choy
Watermelons 2 types
Pumpkins 2 types
Cantaloupe
Going to start some of it in house in around end of March and in the ground May 17.
My frost free growing season is around 129 days.
Might invest in a seeder to pull behind my tractor for the sweet corn .
What you got going?

This year we are going Pepper Crazy!

Did well with the four ghosts last year and the two Jalapenoes as well as a habanero.

This year I am doubling Habanero, Jalapeno, and keeping the same four ghost peppers. I will also add a couple of other peppers that I picked up from a buddy. I am not sure what they are called, but both of them are pretty looking and stupidly hot.

Tomatoes I will prolly stay around six plants and I will plan my garden box a little better this year. Had some things that overgrew other things last year and thats just not cool bro.

I will also do the early radishes basically everywhere. One of the best and fastest growing veggies.

Will do lettuce again and am curios to see if anything comes up on its own. I think we may get a few stragglers from last year as some seeded items were mulched onto the box.