PLANTED GARDEN TODAY - anybody planting yet?

[math ace]

Do you have any problems with SQUASH bugs ? ? ?

Oh by the way - - - my chickens love squash bugs ! !

 

[Jen4]

We do get squash bugs but usually its toward the end of harvest... oooo I'll have to give them to my chickens

AND them potato bugs!

 

[LarryPQ]

we have squash bugs all year round...but come to think of it, I havent seen any since i got chickens...I also didn't plant a ton of zucchini last year, but hmmmm....I will let the chickies keep destoying the lettuce if they eat the squash bugs.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

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Yep, I know what you mean about the Tater Bugs.....there is just nothing more appealing than to squish soft tater bugs between your fingers.

 

[LarryPQ]

Better than biting into one.....

 

[math ace]

 

[Jen4]

Oooo I just cant squish them between my fingers

I have to find 2 rocks and do it! lol

 

[krcote]

Yesterday we tilled a 25' x 40' garden at our new home

We are experimenting... trying everything from seed... without starting indoors. I think it can be done, we may just have to wait a while!
Today we got planting- corn, red/green lettuce, mescaline, spinach, cabbage, peas, green beans, red/brown potatoes and spring garlic.
Tomorrow is tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini, beets, peppers, eggplant, radishes and broccoli.
I have never done potatoes before- it was fun!

 

[math ace]

Make sure you get a PH test on the soil done - - - before you get too carried away. I lost everything I planted the first year because soil with a ph above 8 had been hauled into my garden area - - - -

 

[vfem]

Oh yes, we should have done a soil test in our front yard... we were actually lacking a lot and needed to turn in a lot more organic material last year. So far its doing ok... but I still don't think a lot of nutrients are high enough yet.