Gardening - Vegetables, Fruits, or Flowers

[Indseym]

Since you’ve added a tomato plant and pepper plants, it might be helpful to consider implementing raised beds for your garden. Raised beds can improve drainage, reduce soil compaction, and make it easier to manage pests and weeds. They also provide a defined space that can help with organization and can lead to better yields over time.

I recently read an interesting article about a three-year update on raised bed gardening, and it shared some fascinating insights. For instance, it highlighted how raised beds can warm up faster in the spring, allowing for an earlier planting season. It also mentioned that soil quality improves as organic matter breaks down over time, leading to healthier plants. Since you’re expanding your garden with new plants, using raised beds could enhance your gardening experience even more and help your tomatoes and peppers thrive. If you’re interested, you can check out the article for more tips at https://www.mklibrary.com/3-year-update-for-raised-bed-gardening/

[Mike Sixel]

16 minutes ago, Indseym said:

Since you’ve added a tomato plant and pepper plants, it might be helpful to consider implementing raised beds for your garden. Raised beds can improve drainage, reduce soil compaction, and make it easier to manage pests and weeds. They also provide a defined space that can help with organization and can lead to better yields over time.

I recently read an interesting article about a three-year update on raised bed gardening, and it shared some fascinating insights. For instance, it highlighted how raised beds can warm up faster in the spring, allowing for an earlier planting season. It also mentioned that soil quality improves as organic matter breaks down over time, leading to healthier plants. Since you’re expanding your garden with new plants, using raised beds could enhance your gardening experience even more and help your tomatoes and peppers thrive. If you’re interested, you can check out the article for more tips at https://www.mklibrary.com/3-year-update-for-raised-bed-gardening/

I also love them because I don't need to lean over as much.....

[Dave Borton]

Pumpkin patch bonanza. I grew 3 different varieties of cucurbits to use in our annual competition - this year, growing and then making best pumpkin pie for our spouses judging event. Wish me well.

 

Going to use cream cheese, vanilla extract, maple syrup/half&half, and freshly ground cloves and cinnamon for the win!
 

I will cart excess pumpkins to our local food pantry. There will be plenty.

[Vanimal46]

Tis the season! Let’s hope tomato season is way better this year than last summer. 

[RpR]

With the drought, I am a bit apprehensive.

Last winter I lost, at this point at least 5 roses; in over 40 years I have been working with them, including years with -40 below, I never lost more than two and it was usually due to uncovering them too early in the spring.

Cold dry winters are horrible for perennials, and usually when I uncover the roses, the bottom 3 inches of leaves are a sloppy mess.

This year they were damp and that is about all.

When I roto-tilled my South garden last week , I had dust blowing from the tilled dirt.

I found a couple of years back, continual watering with a hose is not the same as rain.

[Mike Sixel]

Someone killed our amazing thyme plant. The temps have dropped since I planted the tomatoes. But the garlic and peas look amazing. 

[Vanimal46]

5 hours ago, RpR said:

With the drought, I am a bit apprehensive.

Last winter I lost, at this point at least 5 roses; in over 40 years I have been working with them, including years with -40 below, I never lost more than two and it was usually due to uncovering them too early in the spring.

Cold dry winters are horrible for perennials, and usually when I uncover the roses, the bottom 3 inches of leaves are a sloppy mess.

This year they were damp and that is about all.

When I roto-tilled my South garden last week , I had dust blowing from the tilled dirt.

I found a couple of years back, continual watering with a hose is not the same as rain.

Sorry to hear about the lost rose plants. Last year was a huge bummer growing much of anything, and it was yet another dry winter and spring. 

All we can do is try… I put in a lot of effort with the soil before planting today. So hopefully it wasn’t a wasted effort 

[bean5302]

I think the rose trees I planted in my front yard are still alive, but I'm pretty sure the climbing roses I had in the back yard didn't make it. Rabbits annihilated my 4 of 6 of my stargazers and 3 of 6 of my liatris as well. Surprisingly, virtually everything I got from Menards made it planted into the poor soil in the front, and most stuff I got from Gertens that I planted in raised beds with folded up shop.

[Eldless]

i love gardening, but unfortunately, due to work, i have to live in an apartment now. that's why i only have begonias😒 i believe that in the future i will be able to have a couple of tomato bushes of my own😁

[Vanimal46]

Radishes were a hit and now I’m trimming both romaine and spinach for greens over the next couple of weeks. Minnesota has not seen enough sun or heat in recent weeks for my tomatoes or peppers to grow tall. They’re blooming but I am worried it could be another bad year for tomatoes 

[gunnarthor]

Rabbits decimated my garden this year. Had never happened before but this year they ate the tomatoes and peppers. 

[Vanimal46]

5 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

Rabbits decimated my garden this year. Had never happened before but this year they ate the tomatoes and peppers. 

Rabbits are abundant throughout the state. They devoured my poblano and jalapeño pepper plants then I made some reinforcements to the fence so they couldn’t do that again fingers crossed 

[Mike Sixel]

All my potatoes just died. They looked so healthy.... But there's nothing in the ground as far as I can tell. Oh well. Maybe I'll plant beets or beans. My hesitation is the two week trip to Minnesota in September.....

[Vanimal46]

Tis the season! Just got my garden planted and hoping for a better crop this year…

1 cherry tomato, 1 Cherokee purple heirloom, 2 Early girl tomato plants. Pickling cucumbers, green beans, onions, carrots, radishes, and 2 hot pepper plants in the ground 

[Mike Sixel]

We are in Scotland for a month, so our garden is on hold. Though it appears our blueberry bushes are going to be full when we get back. Alas, it's likely our table grape vine has died somehow. 

[Mike Sixel]

Going to buy tomatoes today, but it looks like most of my random potato plants didn't really grow while we were out of country . But my yard/garden is overgrown for sure. Our green bin is more than full.... And we've barely scratched the surface. 

Also, going to have to kill the trumpet vine! Yikes. 

[RpR]

I made my  trip to Hugo, Mn Feed Mill to get some uncommon tomatoes a few weeks back. They had over a hundred varieties to choose from and an even larger selection of chiles.
Praise the Lord the gent who grew them was there, as trying to finding some, without him, would have been annoying to the point of - I can live without that one.

They had them categorized, cherry type and heirloom and hybrid, alphabetically but even he had to do some deep thinking to find a couple.
IF, I had purchased all on my list, I would have had more than made any sense, although what I got , I got because this was probably the last time I go to Hugo, was not because of need, but desire. Been there done that has probably set in.
Here is what I purchased.

Chapman
Arbuzyni
Gigantisque
Goat Bag
Green Copia
Chinese Giant
Flathead Monster
Dad's Sunset
Black Brandywine
1884
Siney Brown

They are all doing very well as are the chiles plants I bought at Hugo.