Seed selection and garden plans for 2023

[Coldd]

Zucchini

We have so much left that’s frozen. Bread, fritters, soup. What else do you recommend?

 

[saysfaa]

I wish I had better ideas. We haven't liked anything made with the frozen zucchini. Our savings have been from eating so much of it in season. So far, our garden is geared toward feeding us through the summer rather than storing food for winter. We have just a little frozen. And a little more dehydrated - mostly fruit and peppers so far. And a few canned tomatoes.

 

[Acre4Me]

How did I miss this thread?!

Every year we grow cherry, roma, beefsteak tomatoes; green, yellow, purple beans; yellow, red, purple potatoes, acorn and sometimes spaghetti squash, lots of peas (though I never get any - the Parrot gets tem all - grrrr), tons of peppers for DH (mostly, screaming hot varieties). Last year I tried carrots with limited success. Will be trying those, again. And I want to try rutabaga, cabbage and cauliflower. I'm also planning to install a cattle-fence arch.

I've started tomato seeds (different varieties than what we can get at the greenhouse) in my AeroGarden, already. When they get big enough, I'll transplant them to pots, so I can use the AeroGarden to start herbs.

I have a dome/bin I'll try starting my cabbage and cauliflower in. And a second bin I use for salad greens. Mostly for my girls

We're getting a greenhouse! We have an old gazebo, that sadly, is past its prime. It needs to come down. We'll put the greenhouse in its place. It gets shade in the summer - but sun in the spring and fall. So it can double as a solarium, in the summer months. It'll be a big job, tearing down and putting up. We'll have to get our boys to come help.

Join the other gardening thread for daily doses of activity in the yard, and garden.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-did-you-do-in-the-garden-today.670277/

 

[Percheron chick]

We have so much left that’s frozen. Bread, fritters, soup. What else do you recommend?

The chickens will happily snack on it.

 

[rosemarythyme]

The chickens will happily snack on it.

My chickens hate zucchini almost as much as me lol. They'll eat similar squashes like gray squash, summer squash, but nope on zucchini.

 

[pennamechris]

I'm expanding my garden this year. Pumpkin, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, green beans, lettuce, and spinach. With potatoes in a large container. Blueberries might give me some berries this year, and I want to pick up at least one cherry tree, and an apple tree. So yeah, Its going to keep me busy all season. Can't wait.

 

[dannichols525]

With this cold weather I am afraid that my fig trees will die back to the ground and have to start over again. I am thinking of going and cut some slips to start some new trees in the house. My wife and I love figs, but for the last three years the figs have died back and produced no fruit. Anyone else have this problem?