What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

I got a third raised bed in its position and filled it with dirt. I also typed the other two with compost. Three more beds to position and fill, one of which I still need to build. I need a 4x4 for the corner posts though, and I don't want to go to the store.

I also found some wild strawberries on the side of the house. We had a bed full of them when we moved here that I cleared last Spring to install a swingset. I haven't seen a wild strawberry since then. Squirrels or birds must have dropped some seeds next to the house though. Unfortunately, the wild ones are so tiny that I would need about a dozen to have a handful. They are very tart though. I would love a jam made from them, but I will never get enough to make jam unless I purposefully plant them in mass and protect them from birds and rodents. That's definitely not happening this year.

 

[pasdechat73]

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Happy aloha Friday all!!!!

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[pasdechat73]

We're still getting frost every so often in the Sierra Foothills so I haven't been able to plant anything outside yet except snap peas which are coming up like crazy.

I hear you! We're still getting snow & frost too. And I'm regulated to container gardening b/c the ladies and gents are free-ranging crazy birds. Can't wait for it to get warm so DH and I can work more on the property. Only been up here since May and had maybe 2-3 months of decent weather. People laugh when I tell them were in SoCal. Glad to see another cold weather CA friend in the gardening gathering!!!

 

[microchick]

Got the last of my beets, carrots and turnips planted. Now our weather is expected to turn to 'crappola' next week with rain, thunderstorms, highs of 48 and lows of 28 on several nights. Now I'm wondering if I need to do anything to protect my spring seeds? Some are only under a half an inch of soil.

What do you all think? Should I toss straw or tent plastic over them?

 

[karenerwin]

Spent several hours yesterday covering the strawberry patches and the tomato and pepper plants out in the garden. Low was supposed to be 33. Checked on everything when I got home today.
Strawberries look good. Peppers look good. About half the tomato plants look good, the other half definitely got frost/freeze damage. Not sure why some did and others didn't. In several instances they were under the same cover. The wind was blowing wickedly last night so that may have something to do with it. Tonight's lows are supposed to be 44, but the next 4 nights after that are 33 followed by 2 nights of 39 before going back up to 48.
Hoping for the best. Realized when I put them in so early that I might lose some or all of them.
Couldn't see into the greenhouse wagon to tell how things were in there.

 

[karenerwin]

Got the last of my beets, carrots and turnips planted. Now our weather is expected to turn to 'crappola' next week with rain, thunderstorms, highs of 48 and lows of 28 on several nights. Now I'm wondering if I need to do anything to protect my spring seeds? Some are only under a half an inch of soil.

What do you all think? Should I toss straw or tent plastic over them?

I vote for straw. Tenting plastic did not save all of my plants last night, but maybe since yours are still seeds they would be alright. I still vote for straw.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Forgot to post before but I got all the peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants started today. Decided not to do the Roma even though it was open because we didn’t really like them last time we grew them haha course they’re not really meant for raw eating but still. Focusing on better varieties.

Planted 5 different types of tomatoes as well as 5 types of peppers and then 2 types of eggplant.

Here is it all set up.

Was thinking of starting the squash and cucumbers inside too to give me a bit of an advantage but it’s so fast growing as is and such an early spring this year I don’t think I will need to.

Probably gonna plant all the greens tomorrow.

Got some planters for those. Long window box type things. Figured they’d be perfect.

Still need to figure out something to grow the beets in..... maybe just in ground. Idk. Don’t have that much room in ground though and don’t want them being eaten.

I also got tons of potting soil and some plastic trays to start the onions and speaking of those, I also went a little crazy and bought more vegetables.

4 different kinds of seed potatoes (couldn’t decide what kind to get haha), 2 different onion sets, and some garlic bulbs. Also got 2 different kinds of carrot seeds.

I am very indecisive.

But shouldn’t need to go to the store at all now.

Not really sure how to grow the potatoes though. Can they be put in containers? I was thinking like a garbage can type thing or is that too big? Not big enough? Stupid idea? Maybe just in the dirt???

 

[microchick]

Thanks @karenerwin. Luckily we have a bale of straw in the barn! It's supposed to start raining tomorrow night. Then Easter night the low is going down to 28 with 100% chance of rain on Sunday so I'll probably get out tomorrow and put a coat of straw down on the rows.

I did notice that we do have an onion or two peeping above ground!

 

[DCUK22]

I am trying my hand at starting seeds inside this year. So far I have Teddy Bear Sunflowers, Roma Tomatoes, Summer Squash and Pole beans sprouting. Anyone have tips? They are in egg cartons (I have plenty of those laying around) in potting soil

I started mine in my ducks eggshells!! It works great!!

 

[BReeder!]

Not really sure how to grow the potatoes though. Can they be put in containers? I was thinking like a garbage can type thing or is that too big? Not big enough? Stupid idea? Maybe just in the dirt???

Plant a seed potato and it will grow. I had better results in the ground than in containers last year, but I didn't mess with the container plants much. Some people swear by containers and some by the ground. Either way, do some research on the types of potatoes you have before planting. Some potatoes need to be hilled (covering part of the plant as it grows) and others will only grow at the level of the seed potato whether you hill them up or not. The latter type I would not recommend for deep planters like a garbage can as it would not be efficient.