Gardening Thread - Show me your gardens!

Do it lol it takes a couple years to get the bed established but then it’s the gift that keeps on giving

 

I’m 5 years behind on starting mine. Always next year???

 

Potatoes are flowering

 

The asparagus I have seen growing locally looks pretty pathetic. I think it's just too hot here unfortunately. Cool season crops here are just hard to grow.

It's all a trade off. I can get an early start but the season is short because by mid July it's too hot. Lows in the 90's isn't uncommon. Fruit just won't set on at those temps. Tomato's are pretty much done end of July.

 

Yeesh
That’s too damn hot lol

 

Yea not much will thrive in that kind of heat, including humans.

 

Humans are like cockroaches and will thrive almost anywhere there is water. And we have lots of that. Warm season crops like hot peppers and okra thrive. Cotton, soybeans, and winter wheat (#4 state in the US). And the most important crop is probably hay.

Ranchers say grass is the factory and cattle is the product (#2 state for beef cows in US).

Edit: I can't believe I failed to mention our fastest growing cash crop. Lol.

 

nice! Hope ours get that big someday...

 

Bell pepper, Roma tomato, jalapeños

 

Ours are only 2 years old. Hit them with Muracid, use pine bark nuggets fpr mulch. They like acid and water.

 

Always a work in progress . My back has been acting up again so not really keeping up with garden work . Sweet corn ,tomatoes,green peppers, blueberries and

 

It must not get too hot where you are at. Mid 70s? Plastic would burn the plants down here. I mulch my beds.

 

I just harvested and processed lots of our collards. 6 fat large freezer bags full. So fresh and good the stems even raw are tender and sweet. Just cut, blanch, cool quickly drain and pack. Into the deep freezer.

 

Sometimes it gets really hot . Never been a problem with the plastic . We get some heat waves occasionally in the 90s . East central NY

 

Too much work to mulch for me . Weeds are out of control even with mulch . I do have some mulch in the garden .

 

Does the plastic helps with keeping moisture in?

Years ago when we seeded the yard the landscaper told us to use plastic for locking in the moisture, and keeping birds away.

 

Definitely

 

Do you see an improvement in growing time over no plastic?

I wonder if plastic will work with hydroseeding. Are hot, dry months is coming. Unless I wait for Fall.