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.

I'm excited to see how those cucumber trellis' turn out Skillz! Are you growing all cucumbers on them or changing it up?

I cover drop with winter wheat, ​it doesn't come in super thick so idk how much it actually helps. But it at least makes me feel like I'm doing something to help the soil over winter. 

Looking good Junkie4ice!!!3rd year no till... still got weeds lol. Exercise and way to be outside. I have no problem doing dirty work while I'm still blessed. Do u cover crop @ end of season?

Built a garden table and gate to keep the chickens out. I had high hopes of building a nice ​live edge table with a stainless steel sink and run water out to it to wash veggies before bringing in, but after 3 years of using a cattle ​panel to keep the chickens out it was time to at least build something lol. It'll ​due for now.

Haven't tilled in 4yrs. It sure is easier though! Been hand flipping and yanking weeds and grass roots by hand. Every year gets noticeably better though. Need to put up some basic edging. 

All plants have taken to the new soil and they're just starting to take off. Nice to watch the difference everyday now with regular watering. 

I do have a little garden Weasel I run down the rows occasionally, but I hardly call that tilling. Lol

That's why I till multiple times a ​season 😅 no way ​to do no till with our garden sizes. Though I do agree it's ​way better than tilling if you do it the right ​way!

🫢That's why I quit tilling 13yrs ago😉

What my garden looks like if I don't weed 😅

Apparently my seeds got messed up, or my ​eyes are getting old. Meant to plant green and purple cabbage, but ended up with mustard greens and purple cabbage. Anyone grow mustard? ​Not sure what to do with them all.

Speaking of, I just picked up 50# of bone meal today. Most that will be going on my potatoes. 
Also grabbed 10# of blood meal, I'll give the peppers and tomatoes a nice dosing of that before shifting to a lower nitrogen higher potassium fertilizer. 
Finally a little snack from the garden, which my son ate most of lol

Phosphorus for root growth. Bonemeal is a good,natural,supplement for phosphorus  

Also JB thanks for mentioning dill. I 4got to plant some...
Bush beans gonna get sown also...

Got my pole bean trellis strung up. 

Actually,  nitrogen promotes the above ground top growth.  Phosphorus and potassium make the roots grow big. People who put too much nitrogen on their lawns have weak root systems that leave the grass prone to certain diseases.  I used to have a lawn maintenance company back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. 

Too much nitrogen?    Nitrogen promotes root growth.

Fish & Jaybee: I get them to grow, that's not an issue.  But what I all I get is a straight root, no radish.  One year I let them grow, they got about 2 ft' tall.  Still just a root.  That's happened too many times.

I finally have one garden fully planted, plus my buckets and grow bags that are on the grill patio.  In the one garden I have 8 tomato plants, 5 pepper plants, a couple rows of lettuce, couple rows of onions, and 2 rows of potatoes.  My newest garden has 3 rows of onions, 4 cucumber plants, and a row of carrots.  Still quite a few things left to plant and I haven't even started green beans yet!