Who's got their entire vegetable garden out yet?

DCcan

DCcan

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xtsho said:
We've been eating from the garden for awhile.
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Some people grow by numbers. Other people just rub the dirt and smell it.
Some people read books, others eat the covers when you give it to them.
testology1980 said:
Agree. This is not a rocket science.This is why I don't get it....That why I suspect its the seeds.
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DCcan said:
Just look at xtsho's garden pictures and tell us what you see. He's a plant guy. He thinks medium is suspect and wetness is off
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ColoradoHighGrower

ColoradoHighGrower

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Where area are you in @xtsho? In Colorado, it almost frosted early this morning, but our peas are doing okay, so must not have. I think we're in the clear, except for hail season... our peas are about 4 fingers tall, onion and garlic sets coming in nicely, kale/lettuce/spinach kicking butt, and our hops vines are already climbing about head-height. Waiting a couple weeks to put in toms and peps, but in the same boat as you with about 35 starts of each in trays..

We're trying black plastic ground cover and automated drip lines throughout. We have a 20x10, 16x8, and a 4x25 (feet) well established raised beds we've been dialing in for a few years now, and i just built another 4x8 deep box and will be putting in a second one today (we need space to put dirt from landscaping projects, so this was the logical solution!)
 
Cannasaurus Rex

Cannasaurus Rex

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Central Ontario...snowed last couple days fer f sakes. We're 2-3 weeks away from safe to plant, except for early flowers and seeds. We only have one daffodil blooming, our first crop of dandelions, but I don't think any leaves will be on the trees until after may 2-4. Its really been cold for a month or so...spring is social distancing from us.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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ColoradoHighGrower said:
Where area are you in @xtsho? In Colorado, it almost frosted early this morning, but our peas are doing okay, so must not have. I think we're in the clear, except for hail season... our peas are about 4 fingers tall, onion and garlic sets coming in nicely, kale/lettuce/spinach kicking butt, and our hops vines are already climbing about head-height. Waiting a couple weeks to put in toms and peps, but in the same boat as you with about 35 starts of each in trays..

We're trying black plastic ground cover and automated drip lines throughout. We have a 20x10, 16x8, and a 4x25 (feet) well established raised beds we've been dialing in for a few years now, and i just built another 4x8 deep box and will be putting in a second one today (we need space to put dirt from landscaping projects, so this was the logical solution!)
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I'm in beautiful Portland Oregon. I think it's zone 8b. I got out real early and planted the early cold season crops. We had a few frosts after I planted but it didn't phase the early crops. I also plant at the end of summer and overwinter crops like beets, kale, carrots and other greens. I'm going to plant fava beans this fall as well. They're supposed to be a good overwintering cover crop.

I don't have very much space so I'm utilizing as best as I can. I've done a bunch of reading on succession planting. My goal is to have my garden full 365 days a year. It can be done with the right crops and proper planning.

You have a great state there in Colorado and if I ever moved from Oregon Colorado would be at the top of my list. I've spent a bit of time there all across the state. Denver, Colorado Springs, Canon City, Trinidad, Pueblo, Ft Collins, I've been all over. But my favorite place was Durango. Beautiful little town. I spent a week in Farmington NM and then drove up into Durango for another week before flying back to Portland. The Animus river ran right behind the hotel I was staying at. Beautiful country. Unfortunately I was always there for work and didn't get to explore as much as I would have liked. But as Arnie says, "I'll be back". :bigjoint:
 
xtsho

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spek9 said:
I don't miss Calgary today then! 12C (54F) now at 0833 hrs, headed to 20C (68F) later today here on Shuswap Lake, BC. No clouds.
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It got up to 87F here yesterday and is supposed to top out at 83F today. It was 60F this morning. But it's supposed to drop back down to the low 60's in a day. The weather has been very unpredictable. We didn't even have a real winter. A couple cold days and that was it. It really messes up some crops. I have about 25% of my overwintered onions bolting. But they're still eatable. I pull them and use them as green onions. And the scapes are delicious.
 
ColoradoHighGrower

ColoradoHighGrower

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xtsho said:
I'm in beautiful Portland Oregon. I think it's zone 8b. I got out real early and planted the early cold season crops. We had a few frosts after I planted but it didn't phase the early crops. I also plant at the end of summer and overwinter crops like beets, kale, carrots and other greens. I'm going to plant fava beans this fall as well. They're supposed to be a good overwintering cover crop.

I don't have very much space so I'm utilizing as best as I can. I've done a bunch of reading on succession planting. My goal is to have my garden full 365 days a year. It can be done with the right crops and proper planning.

You have a great state there in Colorado and if I ever moved from Oregon Colorado would be at the top of my list. I've spent a bit of time there all across the state. Denver, Colorado Springs, Canon City, Trinidad, Pueblo, Ft Collins, I've been all over. But my favorite place was Durango. Beautiful little town. I spent a week in Farmington NM and then drove up into Durango for another week before flying back to Portland. The Animus river ran right behind the hotel I was staying at. Beautiful country. Unfortunately I was always there for work and didn't get to explore as much as I would have liked. But as Arnie says, "I'll be back". :bigjoint:
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Wow! I'm impressed on your progress for Portland area!! Yeah, CO is pretty awesome- don't tell anyone, although, i think the cat is out of the bag already...

So we're essentially moving in the same direction with successive planting, but i need to do more research on what can be planted in the fall and survive till spring here. I've had kale straight up grow through the winter two years ago though. That stuff could survive on the moon i think. Maybe that's why Martians are green!! I think we're zone 5b here on the front range, but our winters can get pretty cold for periods of time.. lots of volunteers each spring though! We need to look into a cold box or similar...

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greg nr

greg nr

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It got down to 30 last night. Standing ice on anything holding water. Even covered up, some of my tomatoes are toast. I think a couple of basil plants also bit it.

But, that's why I started extra seeds... And there is always a *gack* garden center if I get in a bind.

Only things not caring are the peas, lettuce, and other early season crops. Our last risky date was supposed to 4/20. Not this year.
 
Boatguy

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greg nr said:
It got down to 30 last night. Standing ice on anything holding water. Even covered up, some of my tomatoes are toast. I think a couple of basil plants also bit it.

But, that's why I started extra seeds... And there is always a *gack* garden center if I get in a bind.

Only things not caring are the peas, lettuce, and other early season crops. Our last risky date was supposed to 4/20. Not this year.
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I had snow yesterday.... Not common in essex county
 
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