Gardening Thread 2021

[PioneerChicks]

I love gardening❤ And every year I sow more and more veggies...

This year we will sow/have sown;
- Tiny Tim dwarf tomatos
- Sparta tomatos
- 2 kinds of cucumber
- some chili and sweet peppers
- borlotti beans
- broad beans
- green peas
- Savoy cabbage
- Romanesco
- Broccoli
- Kale
- Brussel sprouts
- potatoes
- Carrots
- Turnip
- Red onion
-shallots
- wild strawberries, Rügen
- Strawberries, temptation.

My conclusion is that my superman hubby must help me make more garden beds this year Last year we ate the last carrots a few days from Christmas and the potatoes until February, so I must grow more.

We even have black currant bushes and some strawberry plants in our garden and it grows wild raspberries, lingonberries and blueberries all over our farm. This year we have ordered two honeyberry bushes, Duet, and hope we can find one other variety, since they get bigger and more berries with more varieties. We gave up the idea of blueberries, it's probably too cold here in winter..

What an adventure! We seem to be such a large family that our produce is gone as soon as it comes

 

[Imse]

What an adventure! We seem to be such a large family that our produce is gone as soon as it comes

There is only one cure for that; grow even more and preserve even more Less grass, more veggie beds in the garden.

I really wish we had pressure canners here in Norway. There have not been a tradition for pressure canning in Scandinavia, we keep our potatoes in cellars which holds perfect temperature for potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions and cabbage. People have been preserving with water bathing... But that will not do for Carrots and beans.
And summer is rarely long and hot enough to dry beans so they need to be freezed.
But it would have been a dream just to take a jar of ready peeled, sliced Carrots and just heat for dinner. I do freeze some veggies., but I need the space for meat etc... and when the snow storms howl, there is always a risk of being without electricity for some hours or a day or two.

 

[riss]

How's everyone's garden coming along? Still late to start mine or at least get some seeds rolling

 

[Sally PB]

@riss, I'm in the same boat! I wish I get something going. And then I see that it's going to be in the 30s next Thursday... so not yet.

 

[riss]

That's how I'm feeling Sally. I want to start but it gets warm then super cold. Just want some consistent weather

 

[riss]

Super sunny out today but still a little bit chilly outside. Excited and hoping that it stays this way except without the cold

 

[PioneerChicks]

Yesterday it got past 70 F, but a cold front came last night. A couple days ago I planted lettuce, mustard (or something, I'm not really sure), beans, cucumbers, and a few crumbs that were last in a Peppermint seed packet that may or may not sprout. They are in the greenhouse! I'll check out what varieties I planted tomorrow!

 

[riss]

Yesterday morning I woke up to see frost on my windshield. Then that same day it ended up being 60 degrees out

 

[3xhhheather]

Starting to get impatient, but after all the late frosts last year I'm not putting anything in the ground until the end of April. I am excited though that I'm finally breaking out of the habit of 'what makes a balanced garden'. I hate zucchini/ squash/eggplant, yet every year I plant them and end up giving them away. WELL, not this year! It's nothing but peppers, tomatoes, cukes, herbs, and flowers

 

[riss]

Starting to get impatient, but after all the late frosts last year I'm not putting anything in the ground until the end of April. I am excited though that I'm finally breaking out of the habit of 'what makes a balanced garden'. I hate zucchini/ squash/eggplant, yet every year I plant them and end up giving them away. WELL, not this year! It's nothing but peppers, tomatoes, cukes, herbs, and flowers

Same here. My one plant I have in a pot inside started sprouting. It's cat grass so hopefully that'll satisfy my mind till it begins to warm up more this year