What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Great reuse

 

[itsasmallfarm]

garden is under like 3 feet of snow right now (gotta love canada) but can not wait for spring to start growing veggies

 

[deepbluesea]

I just started my tomato seeds. 90 pots of them, exactly 3 seeds in each pot to make sure I have enough.
The goal is 60 transplantable plants. If these are extras I'm thinking of selling them or trying to trade them on craigslist.

I have three whole oregano sprouts this year though! XD It's not much... But it's an improvement over my zero in previous years! Thanks @deepbluesea for the seeds!

The rest of this week is going to be spent finishing the shelves, lights and planting up the peppers.

The leeks, basil, thyme and parsley are all doing great. My experimental chives and onions seems to have failed... But I was expecting that. The seeds for both were pretty old, but I thought I'd give them a shot.

You're very welcome! Though I'm sad that the germination rate is so poor. I hope once you direct seed you'll get more. Can't wait to plant your Kentucky Wonders! I have to wait until early April, though.

 

[deepbluesea]

I have 2 shower doors in the garden and two are skylights in my chicken coop!

That's a genius use of them! I have two more, and I'm trying to renovate part of my shed; maybe I can work them in. Hmmm

 

[lazy gardener]

My pepper seeds are sprouting. And my pelleted tomato seeds are sprouting, a full 10 days later than the non pelleted! The only seeds I'm still waiting on from the first sowing are the parsley. Those are notoriously slow. I started with pelleted seeds, then got tired of waiting so put some of my home harvested parsley seeds in the same cells. I bet the home grown seed will sprout long before the pelleted seed does... I have the next 2 days off from work due to the storm we're expecting. So, I'll get a couple more flats of seeds planted.

 

[dunnmom]

I planted some spinach, romaine, and buttercrunch lettuce in window boxes. I had greens in the vegetable bed last year, but we couldn't eat them fast enough. They bolted and took up an awful lot of space. I'm hoping keeping them in more compact containers that I can move to a shadier location as it heats up in spring might help with that issue.

 

[CapricornFarm]

garden is under like 3 feet of snow right now (gotta love canada) but can not wait for spring to start growing veggies

So don't wait, build a cold frame!

 

[CapricornFarm]

That's a genius use of them! I have two more, and I'm trying to renovate part of my shed; maybe I can work them in. Hmmm

I show how i did it in Helpful Hints for Building coops thread if you look back.

 

[GardenTillers44]

Back from the equator and ready to get the cold frames up and running. All the cold weather crops are sprouted and growing in the greenhouse, and a broody Sussex hen is sitting on 8 eggs to replenish the flock. We expect a thaw next week so we can spread some compost and let the girls (our garden tillers) do their thing.

 

[deepbluesea]

I'm going to pot up the rest of the peppers tonight after work. I've also got a plan to bring my extra plants (in early April) to work with descriptions and have a little plant sale for my friends. I grew them to order the last couple of years, but this will be easier. It offsets my seed costs/addiction.