Vegetable Garden

Who's got one ? what are you growing ? and how's it coming along? Mine consists of sweet corn , cabbage , brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli ,cucumbers, zucchini, peas, tomatoes , peppers , acorn squash, pumpkins, and assorted spices. The cold wet weather hasn't been very conducive to good growth so far for me. But with warmer weather in the forecast things should turn out. I hope those of you growing fair better.

We will be picking a few green table onions we have about 700 and so far this year.

Red Norlands,Yukon Gold,and Magic Molly. True Potato Seed is going to have to go thru a vigorous growing process this year Round 2...  

Potatoes are cracking through

2nd round of true potato seeds sprouted. Not sure if I'll have enough time to at least get seed potatoes for next year...

Dang. Really wanted to plant garden tomorrow in Oconomowoc,  but had a ferocious storm and now its really muddy. Pea size hail assaulted us, but I think my little greens in the annex will survive.  Took the plastic roof off 3 days ago

A ways from planting yet here in the north, but turned the soil in about 1/2 of my raised beds today. Took my time doing it by hand and picked out about 8 dozen nice garden worms. The gills are ​going to be happy.

One variety of carrots popped up this morning, ​

Started seeds indoors for zucinni (griller zuke), and cucumbers (a bush variety and a vine variety).  The bush variety I'll put in a grow bag.  Did pretty good last year with those, though a different kind than I'm planting this year.

Got my tomatoes outside for a few hours yesterday to start the hardening process. It sure is difficult to find time to harden plants between 60 hour work weeks. They won't get back outside today but tomorrow and Saturday they will, and I figure if I plant them late on Sunday they should be fine by Monday for a full day. Debating on moving my sweet potatoes outside this weekend too, it's definitely early but without a freeze in the forecast I think they should be okay. Peppers still waiting several more weeks, they're doing great with the indoor heat and fully rebounded from topping. Got a feeling this is going to be a good year for peppers.
I'm going back to growing pole beans and asparagus beans this year. Not for us, I don't find them overly appetizing. But they're a high protein source so I'm going to have a patch designated for some meat chickens that I'll get around the 4th of July and raise till processing end of August. Feed cost is up so much that I think I can really cut back on the cost of raising them by growing high density pole beans.

Starting some seeds in the pods today. Some Italian beans, a few other pole beans, sweet, sliced cucumber, diva cucumber, and some griller squash. These will be second phase cucumbers. All cucumbers all going probably about June 10 or later so that the cucumber beetle should’ve moved on by that time.

Looks good. 

Thought that I would add my garlic entry!

Peas and beets popped up this morning.

Gotta put up rabbit fence today!

Yeah there's just no way I'm going through and turning hundreds of pumpkins lol. I see pictures on FB of people putting cardboard ​underneath and covering them with towels and things like that. Just not happening. Thinking if I plant them closer to end of May ​or even beginning of June that should be later than last year and still plenty early for October ​harvest. Plus that way I can do a late tilling and kill off some of the ​late blooming weeds.

You know I should rephrase it. We did pick a few pumpkins early to keep on the stand in real late summer along with a few squash and gourds. But most of them sat, and then there’d be a sale at the end of the year.