The Garden Thread 2024

[sweetandsour]

Hoping to plant a small garden this year. Deciding if I'm going to find a good used tiller or rent one. Haven't decided what all to plant yet.

Good luck finding a decent used tiller. I'm still keeping a eye open for one, but they're hard to come by. A good new one costs big bucks, which ain't happening soon 'cause I need to get new tires for my truck first. That's all TMI I know, but there it is.

[Hovannes]

Hoping to plant a small garden this year. Deciding if I'm going to find a good used tiller or rent one. Haven't decided what all to plant yet.

Ask a neighbor with a teen who needs a job, maybe?

[Hovannes]

Italian curlies are still unavailable, so I picked up a Jimmy Nardello, which should be close enough.
I also picked up a Big Zack tomato.
So I'm nearly done planting.

[Hovannes]

I still haven't put in any peppers..
They're sitting patiently in pots, awaiting my attention.
The problem is I have to erect the trellis for the tomatoes, and the peppers share the same raised bed, and I don't want to damage any of the plants in the process.
This is going to be difficult to do single handedly as the trellis is substantial.
For materials I recycled 8' treated landscape timbers and an old wooden mast from a sloop.
Fwiw, the Midnight Snack tomato has two blossoms already.

[sweetandsour]

Today will be gardening day here. Harvest whatever greens and turnips I can either cook or give away, till soil, do some mulching, fertilizing, weeding, and basically get ready to plant the spring garden on Good Friday.

[Hovannes]

I put in most of my peppers and I still have room for four more pepper plants.
I'm thinking of a Shishito and???

[Hovannes]

A trellis is in for the 'maters.

[sweetandsour]

The bees were buzzing and working over the mustard greens, which are now going to seed. This coming week I'll cut them down, till them into the soil, and plant a few tomatoes. I have a couple of Park Whoppers, a few Roma, and some Creole, which I planted last year with good results.

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[sweetandsour]

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My new tiller, was given to me by a good friend who is moving and not taking it along. I'm the 4th owner of this tiller, and the first non-cajun owner, btw.

Today was planting day here ... Creole tomatoes, snap beans, Roma tomatoes, Park Whoppers, red bell peppers, yellow peppers, jalapeno peppers, and some watermelons. Tomorrow will be a row of cucumbers.

[Hovannes]

I put in three more pepper plants today, a Jalapeno, a Long Italian, and a mystery.
Raised Bed #1 is looking good!