Your 2026 Garden

[Nomadicus]

I saw @Nomadicus hasn't been on to start the new year of gardening thread, so here goes 2026!

Plus, I was excited as I just planted 4 tomato plants indoors under the new grow light 15 minutes ago. There are 3 Rutgers and 1 Tiny Tim.

This year is an experiment to try to grow these in the house, to harvest.

Otherwise, I've bought some kale (for the chickens), corn, pumpkin, squash, sunflower, and flower seeds. We're old so slowing down on what we plant as less to take care of. In a couple of months, I'll start the flowers indoors.

Has anyone else ever grown tomatoes completely indoors?

Have you ordered or bought your seeds yet for this summer?

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Thank you.

 

[Nomadicus]

Our gardening will be greatly downsized this year. It looks like this spring I will finally get both hips replaced. Nothing is definite yet but the appointment has been made with the sports med doc to explore the possibility. Local doc didn't want to do it. In addition I'm waiting now for the appointment with a neurosurgeon for possible back surgery for disk repair if possible.

Wishing everyone great gardening success this new gardening season.

 

[Nomadicus]

If I can strong arm some grand kids into help with putting he posts in the ground for the trellis support (https://growhoss.com/products/hortonova-trellis-netting-59-x-100?variant=45579308564790) we do want KY Wonder and two different pole Lima beans for both canning and freezing.

 

[Debbie292d]

Our gardening will be greatly downsized this year. It looks like this spring I will finally get both hips replaced. Nothing is definite yet but the appointment has been made with the sports med doc to explore the possibility. Local doc didn't want to do it. In addition I'm waiting now for the appointment with a neurosurgeon for possible back surgery for disk repair if possible.

Wishing everyone great gardening success this new gardening season.

So glad to see you, Larry!

I'm sorry to hear about your hips and back, but glad you sound like you have a plan with the professionals for each.

Our garden is scaled way back, too, from what it used to be. About half. We plan to help the asparagus, blueberries, and gojoberries expand on one side, then a larger area for the pumpkins, squash, and zuccini (the latter we're planting for the first time.) Then the other end is corn and sunflowers, and raspberries beyond that. Maybe green beans on the metal racks that are already there. Our seedless purple grapes we're so tickled with, are down at one end of those. And, we hope to get some peaches this year. We overpruned our peach tree two years ago because most of the branches broke. Last year we got three.

 

[jxp]

Our gardening will be greatly downsized this year. It looks like this spring I will finally get both hips replaced. Nothing is definite yet but the appointment has been made with the sports med doc to explore the possibility. Local doc didn't want to do it. In addition I'm waiting now for the appointment with a neurosurgeon for possible back surgery for disk repair if possible.

Wishing everyone great gardening success this new gardening season.

You're about a year and a half behind my dear brother. (except he only had to do one hip) Good luck with your surgeries. I sincerely hope they all go well and your pains are much relieved afterwards. You're smart to downsize the garden this year. One of the hardest things for Brother was to not do all he felt he could while recovering. The reminder usually lasted for many hours. Please keep us informed so we can pray and/or send good vibes your way.

 

[fuzzi]

Best wishes on the THR surgeries. I had one hip done, age 49. It made such a difference in my life, I could garden again. And don't ignore the precautions after surgery, you'll heal soon enough.

 

[fuzzi]

Ordered the blocks to redo my raised bed gardens this afternoon, having them delivered. I'm using my sick time payout I received at retirement to pay for them, a worthy investment!

What I have done so far:

 

[Emanuel_acrehomestead]

I saw a video a couple years back about mushroom compost. They claimed it's recovered and bagged from commercial growers and even though the spores aren't producing enough for them to be commercially viable, there's still some left in there. So whenever the video guy buys it in bulk from his local mushroom farm and takes it home, he makes a proper conditioned home for it and grows out some mushrooms for his own use before using the compost on his garden. Made me want to grab a few bags from the big box store and try it. Haven't yet.

I use mushroom compost every year to grow potatoes and I have never had such an abundance using regular compost. Mushroom compost is a game changer

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I know I won’t be buying seeds from eBay ever again everything I bought last year wasn’t what it was suppose to be or never even grew. I plan on starting my seeds in feb. esp the longer to grow plants like peppers. I do have one plant in my aero garden and it’s a baby pine tree lol and a bunch of apple trees I think might all be dead idk