when are you sowing your garden this year?

[jhood001]

Planted today:


Green beans, snow peas, snap peas, roma and cherry tomatoes, Red and green bell peppers, jalepenos, chilis, green onions, carrots and strawberries. I'm pretty sure I over-planted it. we'll see. We also have basil, rosemary, sage, cilantro, and mint growing in planters.

Please report back on your snow pea results. I can't get them to grow. They always burn up.

[HoneyBadger]

Please report back on your snow pea results. I can't get them to grow. They always burn up.

Burn up from too much sun? This garden box get between 5-8 hours of direct sun every day, mostly in the evening. I'll be sure to update in 2-3 months when things are popped up and ready for picking. This is a big science experiment for me... I'll be happy with any sort of result.

[rbeau30]

The hail last night and the late frost last week pretty much destroyed 2/3 of every fruit that was developing on all my trees. I still haven't gotten to the garden center with samples for ID yet, but this year I am really disappointed already. I have 7 fruit trees of somekind (Plum, pear, and some other ones) and I am hoping they develop into something so I can get a real good ID on them this year.

[HoneyBadger]

The hail last night and the late frost last week pretty much destroyed 2/3 of every fruit that was developing on all my trees. I still haven't gotten to the garden center with samples for ID yet, but this year I am really disappointed already. I have 7 fruit trees of somekind (Plum, pear, and some other ones) and I am hoping they develop into something so I can get a real good ID on them this year.

That really sucks. I'm setting up a tarp that I can throw over my garden to keep the hail and frost away. It will attach to the ledge around the garden and hopefully the wind won't blow it off. We have an ornamental pear tree that got destroyed by the frost 2 weeks ago. It was looking soooo healthy, and now all the leaves curled up and died. This is a really harsh environment to try to grow anything.

[rbeau30]

That really sucks. I'm setting up a tarp that I can throw over my garden to keep the hail and frost away. It will attach to the ledge around the garden and hopefully the wind won't blow it off. We have an ornamental pear tree that got destroyed by the frost 2 weeks ago. It was looking soooo healthy, and now all the leaves curled up and died. This is a really harsh environment to try to grow anything.

I am beginning to learn that, I also haven't even gotten to the point to see if there are any pests in the earea that will pick off the remaining fruit. I might have to research maybe some netting or something. I am into canning and preserving so I would love to keep myself busy this summer with that.

Good news is the Hops did well through the frost issues and hail! Only one Hops plant stunted a little, the rest are all climbing the trellis. Potatoes got a little black but I think they will pull through.

Grape vines/raspberries/blackberries/strawberries/walking onions seem unaffected. However all the stalks of new Asparagus are pulverized.

[HoneyBadger]

Of course, the hail is on its way.... At least this makes me feel like I did something.


This also creates a greenhouse of sorts... that's good for gardens, right?




I have a bunch of these 4 mil tarps in my disaster kit. I guess I'll let ya'll know if they are good for anything.

[hollohas]

Hail got my garden today. The early harvest spring veggies got trashed. Strawberries, lettuce, sugar snap peas, radishes and onions are shreaded. Hopefully they bounce back.

Luckily everything else was either not up yet or in the case of my peppers and tomatoes, were covered because they're still getting hardened off.

[rbeau30]

Of course, the hail is on its way.... At least this makes me feel like I did something.


This also creates a greenhouse of sorts... that's good for gardens, right?




I have a bunch of these 4 mil tarps in my disaster kit. I guess I'll let ya'll know if they are good for anything.

I think I have a project for the weekend. What are you clipping the grommets to?

[HoneyBadger]

I staked them down outside the box, and I stapled the tarp down to the box and the wooden stakes.

[rbeau30]

I staked them down outside the box, and I stapled the tarp down to the box and the wooden stakes.

Thanks!It looked like you had some sort of clips there or something. I think that is black tape now that I look at it more.