Gardens

Oooohh, loves me summa dem morels..... 

Morels and chanterelles, mmmmm, can't be beat....

We find morels sometimes in old apple orchards. Got our Yukon Gold seed potatoes today and we will plant (by the signs) next week.

First_Warrior said:

We find morels sometimes in old apple orchards. Got our Yukon Gold seed potatoes today and we will plant (by the signs) next week.

These morels are from the backyard.  Always find a few dozen in the grass around an old elm tree, and find others amongst the ivy under a cherry tree.  

Wife found 1 this morning by the mulberry tree too, first time we've seen them in that location.

we are blessed/cursed here, tomatoes, peppers and onions were in the ground the last week of February, tomatoes are beginning to ripen, by late may it will be too hot for tomatoes to set fruit, whats on will ripen then they are done until August when I will plant more and in September they will start making fruit. peppers will survive the heat but thats about it

Peppers are sprouting.

^^^^A required ingredient if I'm grilling.^^^^

10-day forecast looks good so we went ahead and put the bigger plants in the ground.  Got 24 tomato plants, 24 lettuces, 13 tomatillos, and 7 basils in the ground so far. 

Radish, beet, spinach, and lettuce seeds are starting to sprout now too.

And still have about 30 tomatoes and 30+ peppers in flats.....running out of room in the beds though and I don't really want to make another one. 
So we'll be digging up hostas & day lilies to make way for the remaining peppers and 'maters.  

WaterNerd said:

@jgibv WOW that is a big garden. Your going to have enough tomatoes to feed an army

Would love to do a pepper seed trade/swap with you after your harvest. Always looking for new peppers to plant

Sure hope you're right about the tomatoes @WaterNerd .  We will can the majority of them and hope to have enough to last us through the winter.  Last year was not a very good year for our tomatoes. 


And we can certainly swap some pepper seeds in a few months. I don't do anything crazy (like the super-hots), just jalapenos, poblanos, and bells this year.  

Would have done some cowhorns & serranos too but I must not have saved any seeds from them because I couldn't find any in my "seed stash". 

Transplanted fennel and mint today. Beets,lettuce,carrots,radishes,chard,kale,english peans,onions, potatoes and sugar snaps. all up and growing. My other started tomatoes in pots and bought 12 tomato plants at a local greenhouse.We will set the tomatoes in with a little bone meal and turkey sh--.  I'm searching for local blueberry bushes as we have room for 8 plants. Basil is still in flats as it has been cold and I'm waiting for the soil to warm. Going to direct seed cilantro into our spice bed tomorrow.
Next week the pole beans and squashes are going in.  

Tomato plants have hit the 6' mark 

nice, guess you don't have a problem with woodchucks or raccoon.

So we put out the peppers thinking the weather was safe to put them out.
We had a pretty severe rain storm and it destroyed quite a few plants. Hoping most of them will recover.

But spent this last weekend making a raised garden bed for momma.
Gotta put the dirt in and then trasfer stuff from their pots into it.

Oh yeah, it's cinder block frame ($40 in blocks), then framed cedar boards around it.
I think I have just under $100 into the whole thing.
I made it with the cinder blocks, so it will last. 
The boards around it are set up so that if they rot, which they will in this area, I just remove and replace.