when are you sowing your garden this year?

[TFOGGER]

Is there a small lemon or lime tree that one can grow?

We have 3 small lemons, 2 small limes, and a significantly larger lime tree in the greenhouse. The little ones are ~2-3 feet tall, the big lime is around 6 feet tall. They all came from local greenhouses, except one of the lemon trees which my wife started from a seed. With our setup, they bear fruit pretty much year round. Watch what type of lime tree you get, as our big one has some wicked sharp 3 inch thorns.

[TFOGGER]

I want avocados...i eat them like they are going out of style. Would love to be able to grow one of those...any pictures of your greenhouse?

More info on the build in this thread: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/151720-...t=spent+summer

[encorehunter]

Does anyone use Burgess seed company? It is the only magazine I receive right now and their prices seem pretty reasonable.

[earplug]

Look for Exciting Gardens 1800 Bloomington. IL. They have options.

I'm considering planting some Hazelnut trees. Fruit trees have bee a crap shoot with the late frosts, Hail, wind and rodents.
Kiwi, Asparagus and Artichokes survived last year. We are waiting for Spring to see how they fared.

[Erni]

Researching for my garden next year and how to improve.
I need to use techniques for window planter gardens and not regular gardens. Need better quality seeds and start earlier, and start with pregrown tomato plants as from seed did not grow fruit until first freeze. Probably need to add some clay or other moisture retaining device so soil stays wet longer. The green onions never grew beyond 4" tall, should have been the star of the garden. Need different carrots. Cucumbers may need more sun than the planter location provides. Mo more cabage, the caterpillars killed it.


And for those of you who want to automate your gardens check out farmbot.io

[clodhopper]

And for those of you who want to automate your gardens check out farmbot.io

While probably the ultimate in lazy for a gardener, or appeals to the super tech geek, $3100 for what appears to be a small planter box is pretty steep. Even if expandable, still expensive.

[ChunkyMonkey]

To the top!


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[GilpinGuy]

I'm tempted to start getting stuff in the ground up here, but I know better. More cold and snow will come.

I did take advantage of the warm weather and no snow (we usually have A LOT on the ground still) to prepare my beds a little. I mixed up the quail poop/straw mix I laid down in the fall (covered with a tarp all winter) and it looks awesome now. I put another few inches of quail poop and straw on top, hoping it will break down by mid-May when we can safely plant up here. If not, I'll mix the shit out out of all of it and use the free mulch from the county on top.

I'm still a soil newb, but the mix looks, feels and smells awesome.

[Irving]

Thinking about planting now as well. My compost pile looks like it's finally starting to do something. Probably because I've finally decided to somewhat regularly rotate it. Would have been nice if it were ready now, since it's been sitting for a year now.

Oh yeah, I also put in a sprinkler system this year as well.

[Jonsey]

I still have a lot of tilling to do but I have spinach and lettuce growing in one section.

"I'm considering planting some Hazelnut trees. Fruit trees have bee a crap shoot with the late frosts, Hail, wind and rodents. " -earplug

Last year I was researching nut trees and the guy at the nursery told me the altitude keeps them from fruiting here. Plumbs grow good here because they bloom late. I also have had lots of luck with Wealthy Apple. They were developed in Minnesota for cold temperatures. We only get peaches some years, but they are so good it's worth having one.