So who's planting a veggie garden this year?

[pony express]

I tried to resist. Seems every year, all looks good, untill it's time for baling hay, then I get busy with other things and the weeds take over.Have a problem with crabgrass and johnson grass. Anyway, I was just going to have a couple of tamatoe plants this year. But....I couldn't MOW the garden with my rider, because of all the humps left over after the potatoes lasdt year. Broke the mower trying. Si I figured I would just break out the tiller and smooth it out and sow some grass. But once it was tilled.....yesterday I planted tomatoes and a couple of rows of beans. Then I decided to plant some indian corn just for fun, never tried it before. Still have some room left. Also have some asparagus that's finally starting to produce, as well as a patch of garlic that has gone wild, theyre so thick that the bulbs never get much size to them.

[Camille Eonich]

If we move before next summer I'm gonna try another garden.

[Mogorilla]

One of the things I have loads of luck with is herbs.   I grow two varieties of Thyme, Savory, Marjoram, two varieties of Sage, two varieties of Basil, Oregano, three sets of chives, parsely, cilantro, and Rosemary (the only one I have trouble keeping alive).    I dry all of them to use year round.  The thyme, savory and sage all get used regularly in sausage making.   
Trying a different experiment this year, growing lots of tomatoes and peppers in pots.  Have beets and leeks going in a berm and some peas thrown randomly about.  The neighbors lab has "fixed" some of our rabbit issues, much to the horror of his human children charges. 
I am eyeing the beet tops as potential greens, but they are a few weeks off yet.   
I swore to my wife once that if gas got to $4 a gallon, I was tilling up the whole yard (she has a huge area of flowers) for a garden.  Grew up in a small town and I am recalling my folks only buying what we could not grow/raise.   She is eyeing gas prices with worry ever since.

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[Delmonico]

I've been getting more greens and radishes the last few days. 





The two kohlrabi my daughter bought me plus the ones I started from seed:

 

Nothing coming up so far, should be due by the weekend, , first planting corn, squash, bean patch.

Anyone want to come help me break that concrete into smaller pieces?

I have figured out the seeds not growing problem I think.  We have a lot of a type of nematode this year due to the warm winter.  I'm going to try a little Sevin dust in the rows when I reseed.  Hate to but looks like no choice.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Nice garden, Del. 

Even here in Victoria with the mildest possible weather in all of Canada, we can't plant until May.

[mestiza letty]

Nice garden, Del. 

Even here in Victoria with the mildest possible weather in all of Canada, we can't plant until May.

Goes for us too in Northern Nevada...have 3 varieties of tomatoes, a hot an' spicy oregano, and jalapeno chilies...my little seed garden of Anahiem chilis haven't come up yet

[Delmonico]

Ours you have to play by ear, Our latest snow and frosts can be in early May.  Had I had it ready I would have planted this year in early March.  Would have loved to have put in one of those Alaska/Yukon hybrid sweet corn in early March, I'd have sweet corn by know.  I'll have the seed ready for next year, it works about half the time as long as the hot weather comes after tasseling and the ears are set, if not it will just wilt before your eyes.   

Used to do that years ago, I've told lots of folks about it, but no one else seems to be willing to risk a package of seed trying it.

[litl rooster]

I have been using the Hot n Spicy Oregano from my Toledo window box. Wow!  I am spoiled on it. 

Mogorilla Is Thyme hard to grow?

Del I love to eat kolrabi's


Corn and potatoes in the bigger gardens in this area are doing good where the water doesn't pond up. We had some much needed rain this past week. April was dry.

I hadn't been down to Lost River in some time, They grow some "baccky" down that area.

[litl rooster]

I've been getting more greens and radishes the last few days. 

Anyone want to come help me break that concrete into smaller pieces?

I understand Forty Rod has some experiance removing unwanted vermon from a yard maybe he'd help you

[Delmonico]

I understand Forty Rod has some experiance removing unwanted vermon from a yard maybe he'd help you

I got it broke up and hauled back by the alley so I can haul it off.  Wasn't that hard, I used Grandpa's hammer, the old 16 pounder.



I do have some sidewalk to do later in the year.  We need holes for the powder to work, bought a hand star drill on a garage sale for a $1.  Come on out, I'll get out the big hammer again and be the striker, you want to be my shaker?

[Mogorilla]

Hey Lil Rooster.
I would say Thyme is hard to kill.   I planted english thyme about 6 years ago.  The following year I planted lemon thyme.   Both survive missouri winters which in those six years have been mild and hard, dropping below zero for one extended period.  It is reall my go to herb.  It goes great with chicken, mushrooms, pork and potatoes.   I dry loads of it and use it to make my own sausage (I do a chicken breakfast sausage and eat it everyday).   The lemon thyme is good with all of the above, especially potatoes.   I think the english thyme was one of those small containers for under $2.   Watch and make sure to grab a perrenial as opposed to an anual if you want it to come back.   Also, my soil is hard clay, moles avoid it and speak of it in hushed tones to their children when they are bad, so if it grows here, it will grow most anywhere.

[litl rooster]

Thank's I'll look for some this weekend. and try it.  I had terrible luck with Mint. It grows rampant in the areas where I use to live. I planted some the last two years and it died. I planted some a few weeks ago and it appears to be thriving. I did notice I need to get some sevin on all the outdoor plants though.


Dell you shake I'll strike it. Nod your head when your ready and I'll hit it   40T got the powder ready?

[Delmonico]

Dell you shake I'll strike it. Nod your head when your ready and I'll hit it   40T got the powder ready?

Sorry, I use that line myself.

[Delmonico]

Daughter took this yesterday, how I deal with cabbage butterflies.  Spray bottle has soapy water in it, when they show up I hit them with it, takes them right out of the air, then I stomp on them.  Might not be as good a Sevin, but a lot more fun:

[Delmonico]

Off to plant some stuff includin' Christmas butter beans and crowder peas. 

[Tascosa Joe]

Hey Lil Rooster.
I would say Thyme is hard to kill.   I planted english thyme about 6 years ago.  The following year I planted lemon thyme.   Both survive missouri winters which in those six years have been mild and hard, dropping below zero for one extended period.  It is reall my go to herb.  It goes great with chicken, mushrooms, pork and potatoes.   I dry loads of it and use it to make my own sausage (I do a chicken breakfast sausage and eat it everyday).   The lemon thyme is good with all of the above, especially potatoes.   I think the english thyme was one of those small containers for under $2.   Watch and make sure to grab a perrenial as opposed to an anual if you want it to come back.   Also, my soil is hard clay, moles avoid it and speak of it in hushed tones to their children when they are bad, so if it grows here, it will grow most anywhere.

Mo:
Would you share the receipt for the chicken breakfast sausage?
T-Joe

[litl rooster]

Sorry, I use that line myself.

So did my Dad.

[Delmonico]

So did my Dad.

So how many times did he hit you on the head with a hammer before he figured it out?

[Mogorilla]

Hey Tasco, will do.  I will start a new thread.

[Delmonico]

Hey Tasco, will do.  I will start a new thread.

Thanks I was going to send you a PM to do that so that others besides us would see it.  My phone rang and I forgot it.