when are you sowing your garden this year?

[HoneyBadger]

Post rabbit apocalypse update:

Peas and beans are slowly recovering and sprouting. Some of the beans survived the attack and are sprouting new leaves. I don't know when they will start giving me beans again. I replanted most of the peas and this time the snap peas decided to sprout! They are growing about an inch every day and the snow peas are slowly sprouting and recovering. No idea when I'll start getting peas either.

Carrots look like their foliage is recovered, but I don't know what it did to the actual carrots. I'll pull one up in a few days and see if they are edible.

Green onions are growing. I'm not doing green onions again next year. I don't really know why I did them this year.

Strawberry plants are growing stupid, but not giving me any fruit. I don't know why I planted them inside the garden... Rabbits don't mess with them and they are perennials. I think I'm going to transplant them to somewhere else in the yard soon.

I'm going to have hundreds of Roma tomatoes in a few weeks... Romas are going to be in pots next year. They are crowding each other out and taking up a ton of space. As I said at the beginning of this thread, this is really just a big science experiment for me and I'm learning as I go! Another lesson learned: I'm going to plant things very differently next year. Trellis-climbers will be near the center with shorter things around the outside. I might do potatoes, squash, and zucchini in pots too.

[hollohas]

Couple updates. Harvest is starting to come in. Not as good as last year but it's still good. Zucchini, cukes and squash have been disappointing. I had dozen and dozens of zucchini last year and 100+ cukes but only a couple of each this year. Oh well.

The trees are turning yellow so I'm getting worried the garden won't have much more time to finish...lots of food still left to ripen.

Tomato plants are out of control.



Melons are doing pretty well.



Jalapenos are killing it. The first picture is two days ago, lots of herbs for the dryer. The second is just today. You'll also see a bunch of jars of fresh peach jam (both traditional and a batch with some lemon thyme from the garden added).

[hollohas]

All this darn rain is making lots of my maters crack. Ugh. They're still good, i just hate that. And some forecasts are calling for a low of 33 tonight. Dang, that's early. Hope it stays a few deg above that because the squash and melons can't handle that low.

Harvest is still coming in. The below bunch of jalapenos from today brings my total harvest to 12 lbs from 3 plants. A bunch were turned into jelly last weekend. And my total tomato harvest so far is close to 30lbs. If the weather holds out a few more weeks that should double or more. I'll have enough salsa for a while with that.

Please hold out a few more weeks weather!!!

[Brian]

I'm going to plant things very differently next year. Trellis-climbers will be near the center with shorter things around the outside. I might do potatoes, squash, and zucchini in pots too.

Why is that? I had my climbers planned to grow on the sides of my raised beds, if it weren't for the wascally wabbits. Bad idea?

[Brian]

With the snow and cold, are my potato plants dead now? They were having a hard time for some reason anyway, just wondering if I should give up and dig them up now...

[cofi]

welp last cold snap killed the rest

i hated this years garden next year hoop houses ftw

[HoneyBadger]

Why is that? I had my climbers planned to grow on the sides of my raised beds, if it weren't for the wascally wabbits. Bad idea?

Mostly for ease of access. If the tall things are around the outside edge, how do you harvest things in the middle?

[Brian]

Mostly for ease of access. If the tall things are around the outside edge, how do you harvest things in the middle?

oh ok I see where you're going. I have a 4x10' raised bed with access all the way around, so that wouldn't be an issue for me.

[HoneyBadger]

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/how-t...en-and-closed/

More helpful link to a "hoop-house" garden bed with a cover that slides open and closed: http://www.farmshow.com/view_articles.php?a_id=1486

[Brian]

OK, well good news. It looked like I might have some potatoes after all. So I have an unfinished basement, it's insulated and a walkout though so it's not as cold as it would be if it had bare cement walls. What's the best way to store these suckers for as long as possible?