Your 2026 Garden

[StarOnFire59]

It's going back and forth. Yesterday it was windy and cold. Today it's not as windy but it's still going to be chilly.

Maybe wait a bit on the planting. This year you got the weather we usually get. We had about an inch of snow all winter season long. Totally unusual for the Treasure Valley. It only dropped to the low 20s. It usually gets down to 2-12 degrees. I will plant May 1-8, all outside, & most will grow.
I will grow spinach and a few other things inside that it gets too hot for here .Also, not trying asparagus or celery again. They require too much water, which is a commodity here.

 

[StarOnFire59]

The best time to thin seedlings is when you're already overwhelmed because that resistant feeling you get not wanting to pull perfectly good seedlings, completely disappears and you're ready to just throw them all in the trash

Aggressively thinned! Gonna have to put alot of plants at the road stand for sale when the thaw comes also you'll all be proud of me, everything has LABELS lol

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Beautiful!

 

[FernwoodHollow]

Beautiful!

Thanks! I'm still more than 6 to 8 weeks out from last frost so these are my slow starting herbs, flowers and peppers. Hoping to get all my produce seeds started in 1.5 - 2 weeks!

 

[kattabelly]

The best time to thin seedlings is when you're already overwhelmed because that resistant feeling you get not wanting to pull perfectly good seedlings, completely disappears and you're ready to just throw them all in the trash

Give the thinnings from anything edible / not poisonous to the chickens, if you aren't already. That way (ime) it feels less like just killing healthy seedlings for no reason.

 

[FernwoodHollow]

Give the thinnings from anything edible / not poisonous to the chickens, if you aren't already. That way (ime) it feels less like just killing healthy seedlings for no reason.

For the ones that I pull out I do, for the ones that I just snip at soil level I just mix into the potting soil in their little pot to break down haha the chickens get basil and pepper microgreens like I'm some fancy restaurant

 

[jxp]

Filed under 'you learn something new everyday'...

Apparently chickens like young rhubarb leaves and they're not a poison for them.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Fixing up all my pots for planting this spring. Dumping the used potting soil in the wheelbarrow, add a scoop of compost, A scoop of new potting mix, and a scoop of vermiculite, mix it all up and put it back in the pot. Some of my pots are large totes, 5 gallon buckets, cat litter buckets, whatever I can find to plant in. Never have enough room in the garden for all I want to grow, so back patio and front deck with pots gives me lots more to grow. Saves me a lot of money on potting soil by just refreshing it, and everything grows well. Hope I didn't jinx myself by saying that, lol.

Great ideas! I use green stalks also, never enough room in my garden for everything.

 

[Debbie292d]

Maybe wait a bit on the planting. This year you got the weather we usually get. We had about an inch of snow all winter season long. Totally unusual for the Treasure Valley. It only dropped to the low 20s. It usually gets down to 2-12 degrees. I will plant May 1-8, all outside, & most will grow.
I will grow spinach and a few other things inside that it gets too hot for here .Also, not trying asparagus or celery again. They require too much water, which is a commodity here.

Ahh, you're of the same attitude as we are...what doesn't kill them make them stronger.

That usually works, but we got tired of the killing part, so just wait until mid-May or Mother's Day.

 

[Debbie292d]

Filed under 'you learn something new everyday'...
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Apparently chickens like young rhubarb leaves and they're not a poison for them.

Perhaps the younger leaves aren't so bad, but rhubarb leaves actually are toxic to chickens. That's probably why they didn't take more, and I'll bet they leave them alone from now on. Ours don't touch ours.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

The best time to thin seedlings is when you're already overwhelmed because that resistant feeling you get not wanting to pull perfectly good seedlings, completely disappears and you're ready to just throw them all in the trash

Aggressively thinned! Gonna have to put alot of plants at the road stand for sale when the thaw comes also you'll all be proud of me, everything has LABELS lol

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For thinning I usually cheat and just put one seed per pot to begin with, or if they’re too small for that (EX: oregano) I just let them duke it out among themselves.