What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

Red Baron bunching onions... Interesting! Hubby's favorite onion is Red Baron, and we prefer the big onions that we sometimes get.

Last year, a couple of the Red Barons made a topset, like Egyptian Walking Onions, and I planted those separately. They're looking very EWO-y. I'm hoping we like them and I can integrate them in to the EWO bed. Hubby is not a fan of EWOs; maybe he'll change his tune if he likes these.

 

[SarahLadd]

Red Baron bunching onions... Interesting! Hubby's favorite onion is Red Baron, and we prefer the big onions that we sometimes get.

Last year, a couple of the Red Barons made a topset, like Egyptian Walking Onions, and I planted those separately. They're looking very EWO-y. I'm hoping we like them and I can integrate them in to the EWO bed. Hubby is not a fan of EWOs; maybe he'll change his tune if he likes these.

I'm weirdly excited for them. I have a lot more seeds, when I pull up the one silly romaine lettuce in there I'll fill that spot with more.

 

[Sally PB]

I bought 3 bags (100 each) of Red Baron sets at the grocery. I did say they were hubby's favorite... Anyway, some of the sets are round, some are long. I made sure to plant the round ones first, to be sure I used them all.

Hubby likes how hot they get. Hot, spicy, lots of onion flavor.

 

[fuzzi]

Sunday after church:

Peas before

Peas after

I've been shelling on and off since I came in.

Not sure what I will plant where the peas were, but not squash and tomatoes as they grew there in 2023.

Speaking of squash...

Zucchini!

Yellow straightneck

Big squash blossom!

 

[SarahLadd]

I bought 3 bags (100 each) of Red Baron sets at the grocery. I did say they were hubby's favorite... Anyway, some of the sets are round, some are long. I made sure to plant the round ones first, to be sure I used them all.

Hubby likes how hot they get. Hot, spicy, lots of onion flavor.

I made French onion soup with mine last year. My husband raved about it for weeks. They caramelize real nice. A lot of discussion seems to indicate seeded onions grow more plump with thicker rings of flesh than sets. I had pretty good success with my sets but I think the average size I got was about 2 to 2.5" diameter.

 

[Sally PB]

I will try growing from seed next year, and see what I get. Thank you!

 

[Smokerbill]

My rattlesnake beans, butternut and zucchini squash seeds are coming up in spite of the cool weather. @fuzzi , nice looking peas and squash. Do your squash do better when trained to grow up stakes? I'm thinking about trying that with my zukes this year.

 

[SarahLadd]

Some of the sets I planted last year

The onions I was harvesting from those

Some of the onions I got

Delicious meal with fresh harvest. Can't wait for more harvest to table cooking.

 

[fuzzi]

Welcome to the party! I can hardly wait for you to share pictures!

This is my first year growing potatoes as well; growing them on accident from peels that were in my compost bin. There's 3 of them in my cucumber/tomatillo/Bell pepper bed. My husband is very excited as he loves potatoes. Hopefully it isn't a huge letdown. I will be planting potatoes on purpose next March!

I'll be starting onions from seed in August. I previously used sets, and starts. Not happy with sets performance/variety, and the starts were just a pain since they were planted so densely in the cells it took me about an hour to separate all of them. I've always done green onions from seed so, it's time to seed all of the varieties.

I grow most things from seed. Next year I'm going to invest money into a better seed starting process, finally stop using the kitchen table...and floor/chairs, and add seed heat mats so my peppers will be happier. I've been taking over the dining area for years.... But now we eat at the table routinely

My mom composted by digging holes in her garden and burying peelings. We also had "volunteer" potato plants!

 

[fuzzi]

Alright here's them pictures. I have some supports I need to build yet for some of these tomatoes. I'm basically out of room back here for any more plant nonsense lol.View attachment 3837415View attachment 3837416excuse me. I'm taking photos. Worship my feet later, ladies. View attachment 3837417View attachment 3837418View attachment 3837419View attachment 3837420View attachment 3837421View attachment 3837422View attachment 3837423

Do the side panels on your tomato bed come off for access?