Your 2025 Garden

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Still hammering out my plan for this year. I think I have maybe 80% of it planned out, barring the pots and hanging baskets. Other than those I’m mostly down to arguing with myself over herb placements.

 

[Nomadicus]

I did fill trays with seed starting mix today but got side tracked with lots of company here today. Tomorrow I will put the seed in. The moist mix has been on the heating matte so they will go into warm ground tomorrow.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm glad I did unpack and setup the seed starting heating pad as it is much below normal temps this coming week. I've never seen snow here before but that may be inevitable Tuesday with the forecast calling for 82% chance for snow during the day.

 

[NanaK]

I'm glad I did unpack and setup the seed starting heating pad as it is much below normal temps this coming week. I've never seen snow here before but that may be inevitable Tuesday with the forecast calling for 82% chance for snow during the day.

That is also coming our way. Expecting unusual cold temps all week and snow possible Tuesday evening and Wednesday. We may stay below freezing for a couple days.

We don't get snow very often and it's very rare for a long freeze like this.

I have about 25-30 collard plants. I may cut a few for the chickens and some to cook this week to add to what I have in the freezer just in case I loose some. It's even more rare to loose them all but anything can happen.

 

[Nomadicus]

That is also coming our way. Expecting unusual cold temps all week and snow possible Tuesday evening and Wednesday. We may stay below freezing for a couple days.

We don't get snow very often and it's very rare for a long freeze like this.

I have about 25-30 collard plants. I may cut a few for the chickens and some to cook this week to add to what I have in the freezer just in case I loose some. It's even more rare to loose them all but anything can happen.

Ma harvested all of the larger leaves on our collards yesterday. I wish now I had gotten the roll of frost blanket when I saw it. I didn't see a need for it then.

 

[NanaK]

I'm not going to cover. I usually start cutting whole plants about now anyway to prepare for spring.
Every 3 years or so I leave a few to go to seed (old family heirloom). Brassica seed stores well in the freezer. So if I do loose them, I'm still good.

I have several meals of collards in the freezer ready to heat and eat. Freezer is pretty full but I'll still cook one more batch.

I don't grow collards during summer. I used to. They can take the heat but the bugs love them too. So they are a fall/winter crop for me.

 

[Nomadicus]

Collards, Broccoli, and Cauliflower all do best here as a fall/winter crop. Me thinks we need another freezer.

 

[dannichols525]

Not in the garden but maybe a few in containers of sterile soil. There is a virus here that wipes them out before they can ripen more than 2-3 and it's not worth the expense or time or labor to plant a row for canning only to watch them all die. We used to put out 300 or more plants a year for marketing. Miss those days.

We have a similar problem here and solved it by buying virus resistant plants tomato plants. I know there are varieties that will grow just about anywhere. Check out labels.

 

[dannichols525]

My gardening this time of year is indoor window gardens. Bonsai gardens.

They are not edible but still fun to grow.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are still on hold No extra gumption to garden.