2020 How does your garden grow

[Ames]

Just started this years Patterson onions. In the trays, 900 of them, not up yet.
Pictured in front are a few of last years. 1.3-1.5 lbs. each and still hard as a rock in the root cellar.

 

[mooman76]

I started onions last fall. I tried onions and garlic here 2 years ago and didn't do well. They quit before they got bi. I think too hot in summer so I'm trying to start over the winter and I'll see how they do. I did start tomatoes and peppers in the house though, a few weeks ago. I did get a few onion bulbs to start for some green onions. I'll start them over next few days.

 

[Eutycus]

It's a tad early but I planted some okra in cardboard toilet paper centers. They don't like being transplanted but this way I can put the whole container in the ground in a few weeks and not disturb the roots. Now, if only the ground warms up some. Kind of an experiment with some 2 year old seeds. Not the variety I intended to plant but found some old seeds.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Started some pepper seeds today.

 

[bore_butter]

It's a tad early but I planted some okra in cardboard toilet paper centers. They don't like being transplanted but this way I can put the whole container in the ground in a few weeks and not disturb the roots. Now, if only the ground warms up some. Kind of an experiment with some 2 year old seeds. Not the variety I intended to plant but found some old seeds.

i've grown some okra seeds two years old. they had been in an envelope in the fridge the whole time. they were clemson variety and grew 108inches and fed the neighborhood.
know what you mean with the okra transplanting, it never worked for me.

 

[Eutycus]

Oops it was 3 years old instead of 2. Emerald Green was the variety, Clemson Spineless was the intended variety.

 

[SOLANCO]

Got a strong appetite for some ramps. I know it's foraging not gardening. But they should be coming on soon.

 

[bisleyjohn]

Planted some peas and broad beans

 

[SOLANCO]

Wife plants peas on the 17th. Seems like a religious thing.

 

[Kansas Kid]

Started some green zebra and pineapple tomato seeds indoors. Planted some onion sets outside, onion plants froze on the tops down in Texas so they will probably be later than normal this year. Burnt the asparagus beds off also.
Turned under a new plot for some okra and winter squash also.

 

[coloradoclyde]

As the snow recedes, signs of life are beginning to emerge.

 

[Eterry]

A month ago I tilled my garden, my troy bilt cranked on the first pull.
Then i got a foot of snow on it, was not expecting that.
The wife and I planted 4 bunches of Dixondale onion sets, the bunches seem to get smaller every year.
Last week i planted spinach and lettuce, it's just coming up. Onions looking good. Gonna plant a row of cilantro next. Cleaned up my asparagus patch.
March 15 is the average last freeze date around here. So next week i'll be busy.

Zonie needs to change the title to 2020-2021.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I tried Dixondale onion seedlings one year, wasn't impressed. I have better luck with sets from the local farm supply store. I still have onions in storage left from last year.

 

[Zonie]

A month ago I tilled my garden... So next week i'll be busy.

Zonie needs to change the title to 2020-2021.

Actually, I don't have to do that.
There is already a "2021 How does your garden grow" here.
If you guys would stop posting in this thread and go to the one I am giving a link to, below, everything would be fine.

2021 How does your garden grow

I see I managed to re-start a thread that now has an outdated title (2020). My apologies. For the lucky early-birds, I do have a potato story that may interest... A second cousin told of a neighbor farmer in the 30's who planted his dried-up lake bottom ground to potatoes as a cash crop. They...

www.muzzleloadingforum.com

 

[Eterry]

Thanks Zonie, I tend to hit the New Post button, and reply to what interest me.

 

[bore_butter]

a friend sent me a pic of the romaine lettuce regrow technique. his friend grows them and picks leaves off the regrown ones about 4 times then throws out the base and starts the process over with new store bought stock. the ones in the pic are from old romaine in his fridge that went bad and already has new growth.