Gardening Thread - Show me your gardens!

They eat sap from holes made by Sapsucker woodpeckers , I've watched them follow the woodpeckers from tree to tree

 

Thats interesting...how cold does it get there in the winter?

 

I'm right on the coast like literally 100' from the Pacific Ocean at high tide so we don't get the winter where it freezes and stays like that for months but we get cold spells and then it warms up a bit usually . Lowest temp are generally -10C (14F)

 

Still amazing those birds survive there...I thought they all migrated in the winter.

 

Mandatory Progress Pictures:

Potatoes



Peanuts:



Peanuts in bloom:



Potatoes in bloom:



Tomatillos going crazy:



Tomato growth spurt:



Corn

 

we still havent even planted yet Still can get frost till middle to end of May

 

Yeah its pretty cool . The Anna's are the only ones that over winter here , they also go into torpor at night when its cold which is basically a temporary hibernation that slows their metabolic rate till the morning

 

How deep are your potato beds?

 

8 inches.

 

Now that they're blooming you'll want to start hilling them, then. Otherwise you'll have pretty low yields

 

Ill make sure to try that.

This is my third year doing them and I've had great yields so far.

 

Hilling can really increase your yields, and it can let you harvest a potato or two here and there during the season without disturbing the plants. It lets more potatoes form higher up the stems

 

Yukon golds you dont need to mound. The others grow tubers as you mound them up.

 

that makes a lot of sense. - Time to start experimenting

 

Nevermind then.

#yukongoldsforlyfe

 

I just found this out recently myself...I thought they all needed mounding as the plant grows it starts to sprout roots. But I found out that is not the case with Yukon golds.

 

Oh, you're growing Yukons? I must have missed that. Never mind.

 

Being a wildlife biologist, I'm
Impressed with your knowledge. Most hummers go into torpor nightly or they wouldn't survive.

 

If I don't understand how something works and it interests me I usually make a point of learning about it

 

That's a good philosophy.