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Post by klorentz on Oct 24, 2015 18:28:13 GMT -5
Well have a new house in Stryker OH and we have a little over half an acre to work with. So plans are already under way for our biggest garden ever. So what is on the list ? well lots of great tomatoes and Peppers for starters. They have always been a part of the back bone of the family garden.Also there will be some great melons ,pumpkins,winter squash, greens , beans and peas. It won't stop there. several berries will be planted too along with some fruit trees and some great flower beds and herbs. Got our work cut out for us but it will be well worth it. Oh almost forgot potatoes, corn,cucumbers , asparagus, garlic and onions along with other root crops.
Kevin
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Post by steev on Oct 25, 2015 20:14:42 GMT -5
Lucky you!
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Post by diane on Oct 25, 2015 21:35:41 GMT -5
Are you already familiar with growing conditions in the area?
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Post by klorentz on Oct 25, 2015 23:52:17 GMT -5
Yep Been living in Williams County for the most part since 91.Should be able to start planting mid May.Should  |
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Post by richardw on Oct 26, 2015 12:41:35 GMT -5
Been so far north what would you be planing in May?
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Post by klorentz on Oct 27, 2015 12:26:44 GMT -5
well I have been able to plant warm weather crops around mid May not to far away from here. Once the first week in May cuz it warmed up so quickly . But if I was still in Michigan we would not plant till first week in June. Fava beans would be the first in the ground though because of their cool weather tolerance.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Mar 7, 2016 14:02:30 GMT -5
Everyone seems to have their own "doings" threads that i often feel left out. I prefer group threads myself. Today i planted all my breeding peas. It included 'Orange Pod' from IPK Gatersleben, Salmon-flowered (with potential F1 hybrids with Biskopens), Biskopens (with various potential F1 hybrids), Joseph's Red Podded, Joseph's Red Snap, Joseph's Yellow podded, Joseph's Yellow snap with pink spots, Virescens Mutante, Kapuler bred varieties: Sugar Magnolia (with various potential F1 hybrids), Spring Rose, Green Beauty and Sugaree. And others including my brown mottled Mummy pea and green seeded unnamed umbellatum originally from USDA GRIN. In addition i direct seeded a few seeds i saved from the teosinte diploperennis-corn(maize) hybrids and Zea Mexicana teosinte within the pea breeding patch. I'm hoping at least one will make it to seed this year before fall ends. Here's crossing my fingers. I planted my pea stakes in a circle this year specifically to create a fence around the teosinte and teosinte hybrids. Last time i grew teosinte the racoons broke them stupidly thinking it was corn with something to eat. I'm sure they were disappointed. I sure was. I got them planted before it started to rain. I preparing to have a large tomato grow out this year. Generally i stay away from tomatoes as i have not had great luck in the past. But i'm going to try and change that this year or at least work toward it. I'm tired of cardboard tasting pale red store tomatoes. I want some color and flavor. I also would hope to eventually work towards Joseph's goal of a highly attractive to bees and highly outcrossing tomatoes. Bonus if those tomatoes are frost tolerant. Biggest selection is tomatoes that do well here. And by that i mean they thrive even in poor soil, produce abundantly, and fit my other tastes. I does not matter if an heirloom like Cherokee Purple tastes great, but only makes one tomato the whole season. That's just lame. I already have some Mighty Midget and Purple Passion peas growing in my cold frame. Also some discarded small peas were some of the first to grow that i threw in a spot last fall. I guess you could call them winter peas. This is the earliest i've ever planted before. But based on what others have said and my climate graph of my area it seems like i could have always planted peas in march. It's certainly been warm enough. It's even warm enough i'm considering planting some indian corn since i know it survives frosts just fine. But i dont know if i'm going to plant corn this year... still thinking about it. |
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Post by reed on Mar 7, 2016 16:25:47 GMT -5
Our clay ground is slow to dry out in spring or some things might already be in. Supposed to be rain coming in next few days but earliest opportunity after that potatoes, onions, peas, carrots, lettuce, radish, cabbage... will go in. By early May if not sooner, corn, tomatoes, beans, okra, melons, squash... I have plenty of my own seed so I'm OK with risking planting earlier than I used to.
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Post by steev on Mar 7, 2016 19:59:59 GMT -5
I have so many corns hanging fire for planting that this year they HAVE to be planted; I'll be cautious about sowing any I need for seed-increase, pushing for earliness only some of which I have plenty.
Having found my tomatoes all sprouting Friday, I put them outside to get some light; getting back Sunday, of course the squirrel had torn up four pots; I think each may have at least some survivors.
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Post by castanea on Mar 7, 2016 20:57:33 GMT -5
I have no real plan this year. I am just going to plant things as they come to mind and the weather cooperates. Two weeks ago I planted Kalettes, Tiger collards, Calypso cilantro, Top Bunch collards, nettles and root chervil.
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Post by raymondo on Mar 8, 2016 3:12:31 GMT -5
New garden for me too this year, but I won't be moving until later in the year, hopefully before the Aussie spring (September) gets under way. I'm moving onto 40 acres but haven't decided how much I'll put to garden yet, probably around the half acre mark. That won't include fruit as the fruit trees are already going in. The orchardy area will be kept to around two acres or so. For the time being unfortunately I have to concentrate on cleaning up my old place!
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Post by mskrieger on Mar 8, 2016 13:05:35 GMT -5
I'm excited about expanding my orchard this year. Of course, my place being small and in town, my orchard really means 'landscaping the hedgerows to be both fruit-producing and inoffensive to the neighbors.' We have a corner where we used to have two gorgeous white pines with a rhododendron understory. However, my neighbor's wife developed an unhealthy obsession with the pines toppling onto her house and killing her child, so...long story short, white pines had to go.
Once the pines were gone, the space turned out to have lovely sun. The rhododendrons aren't so fond of it anymore. So...I'm planting a Grimes Golden apple, a bunch of blueberries and a ground cover of strawberries in that corner come April. The blueberries should thrive--they are native to New England and like the acid soil left behind by the pines. I am amending part of the area with gypsum, ramial wood chips and some other stuff for the young apple tree, and hope the strawberries will produce well for a few years until the apple gets big enough to shade them out....very excited!
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Post by rowan on Mar 8, 2016 14:05:09 GMT -5
This year I haven't really decided on a theme like I usually do. In past years it has been the 'Lost crops', multiplying onions or Australian native foods etc. but I haven't thought about it this time. Perhaps I will concentrate on TPS.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Mar 9, 2016 15:27:40 GMT -5
Well, looks like i'm doing quite a bit of my planting early this year. Today i direct seeded 2/3 of my watermelon seeds (i will sow the other third when the time seems closer to normal just in case). I also planted a haphazard plot of Astronomy Domine Sweet corn interplanted with the rest of the Zea mexicana teosinte seeds i saved. I figured what the heck. I've been itching to grow teosinte again. I dont know why i have such a love and fascination for it. If nothing else it will give me something else to report back to grin this year so they dont think im a seed stealer. I think the seed was requested back in 2011 or 2012, so its about time i plant it. With the watermelon i intermingled a bunch of regular melon seed that included some bush cantaloupe from joseph and hopefully some dalamon melon.
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Post by mskrieger on Mar 21, 2016 14:46:14 GMT -5
keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) Watermelon seeds? REALLY?!?!?!? Are you really in northern Colorado? I knew it was warmer than the northeast, but melons? Are you really expecting not only no frost, but nights above 50F for the forseeable future? (forgive all the question marks. I'm just flabbergasted. Considering it snowed here this morning, and we're having a very warm spring for New England...and considering I was snowed in, badly enough the highway was closed, in June along the Wyoming/Colorado border once...)
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