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.

A wife that is OCD and hours and hours of manual labor! Despite me telling her how much I don't care about the weeds between the rows and just to weed around the base of the plant, she insists on a weed free garden.

If you look back a page or two you'll see what my garden looks like without weeding, it's a mess. She does a great job in the beginning of the season and now for the rest of the summer we really won't have to weed at all. 

So while I appreciate the compliment, I have to give all the credit to her!

OK Junkie, 'fess up!  How on earth do you keep your garden so clear of weeds?  Gotta know your secret.

Things are coming along. First planting of carrots coming in thick, third planting is in front of them but just germinated this weekend 

Got the corn, squash and pumpkin patch ​tilled while the wife weeded the tomatoes today 

Its by Livingston.  A slicer type it said..
For the tomatoes I'm not sure ....forgot to mark them.   I did several variaty. ​Some of the package but mostly what you saved

Wisk. What varieties of heirlooms did you plant?

Planted cukes today. Heirloom 70 day. May be ​ok ..some in containers never did that before...its an adventure. 😂 

Radishes sprouted 

Both of my pole bean areas terminated in last two days after all that rain. Now gone on a mission trip for a week so I wont get to see the progress and if they find the fencing or climb something else nearby (like they did last year with the tomato cages and even up the apple tree nearby). First planting on onions starting to bulb. I gave them a final fertilize before I left. 1st planting of cukes, a pickling variety, is flowering but all males right now. Can't wait to get some fresh cucumbers!

Local kids had some luck and dropped me off some goodies this morning. Great nitrogen boost for the compost when nitrogen is tough to come by this time of year!

I planted deep to get more root off of stem ...jus a few leaves showing now

Measure them each day so we can see their growth.     Mine are growing 1/2” - 1 1/2” day.

Heirloom tomatoes in the ground. This will be interesting...hardened fo 5 days

Thanks for the info on the hail damage. Ill be interested in seeing how they recover. Just in case, I did stick a few more cucumber seeds in next to these guys since there was not much left of most of the leaves

Cat scratching is common on my early season heirlooms, I expect more.