Gardening Thread- Show me your gardens!

yeah Im working on fixing up a heated green house...pssssssssssssh on cold and snow I'll melt the thing down Im getting stuff built up now so next week I can work on it.

 

Too expensive to move so we have to deal with it so if I can keep it above freezing it will be good. I ordered some chiltepin and pequin pepper seeds and a heat mat, so I can start them inside. Soil has to be 80degrees to germinate... they are supposedly 15times hotter than a jalapeno and milder than a habanero... so should be interesting

 

yep, Ive been trying to get some ghost peppers going but last year they got about 6" tall and flowered but I think they cross polinated with one of the nearby jalapenos because they were the hottest jalapenos Ive ever ate...the ghost peppers didnt do anything else.

 

If they cross pollinate it won't change that years peppers. It will only change the genetic information in the seeds. If you plant those seeds, yes you could see a change in those, but not the current ones. Peppers vary in how hot they are from year to year. I don't understand what makes them hotter some years, but I know it has nothing to do with cross pollination.

 

I didnt know...but they were the hottest jalapenos ive eaten, and they were small. I thought it was just the proximity to the ghost pepper plants. Guess that particular plant was healthy

 

Peppers coming along
Mostly hatch chilis with a few cherry and some ghost seedlings
When the snow melts and the ground thaws I’ll build them a cold frame but for now a t5 fluoro and a cooler are doing the trick lol

 

Growing conditions. Early water, late drought makes the peppers much hotter.


As for my garden, i've got my garlic coming up nicely and i think my strawberries are coming back. The strawberries are surprising because they were in pots that were completely unprotected through the winter.

 

You guys are getting me hungry...Salsa and Cabo chips (the best, I kid you not), Chilli Rellenos with Anaheim or Poblanos, and my all time favorite...fried corn potato tacos.

 

2-3 inches of new snow last night....Punxsutawney Phil needs to die also anyone that says global warming needs slapped.

 

A PA police station has a warrant out for Phil.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/2...ted-by-pennsylvania-police-for-deception.html

 

It’s called cimate change now. I shot Phils brother the other day, it felt mildly soothing.

 

Breaking up the soil to get ready for planting. I till in compost and chicken shot in the fall and cover with grass clippings for the winter. Still getting some frosty mornings. Figure to plant by mid April.

 

might see our garden by April...if this snow garbage keeps up...we wont...

 

Harbor freight has a coupon for the 6x8 greenhouse for $199 in the ads in the Sunday paper. The greenhouse is small but works great for the price with a few modifications.

 

bought a used rear tine troybuilt garden tiller, doesnt look used much. the paint is barely worn off the tines...it barely ran full choke, bought it from an old couple that are moving and need the money. I took the carb off and cleaned it ran for a little bit then started running rough again. Took off the carb again and cleaned it again and it ran good and starts right up. It had a lot of gummy stuff in the bowl and I may need to add a fuel filter till the tank is cleaned. It maybe ran a few years ago...by the looks of their gardens and the condition of the tiller gas...

 

Cool. Rear-tine tillers sure are nice.

 

Check your spark plug. Fuel spark fire!!!
Maybe put in new fuel lines

 

sell it on craigslist

I got it running already, just needed carb cleaned.

 

its taking up valuable charcoal space

 

Fresh coat of pain... that’s what I get when running the father in laws tiller.