2015 journal of the gardens

[majorcatfish]

decided to take off next week, my batteries were on empty, i mean flat line.....
so this morning after the girls talking my for their morning walk and a quick breakfast. hit the main garden and set or roughy set the places/cages for this years main garden....
cages for the tomatoes

pole beans

yellow bush beans/ cucumbers/ eggplant

peppers..bell/banana/stuffing /hot

once the beans and peas are done planning on planting corn and melons......

 

[Smart Red]

Gee, Major, except for the cages, poles and stakes, your garden looks a lot like mine.

I did spot my first Asparagus of the 2015 season after I locked up the chickens! It was poking up so they are coming!

 

[majorcatfish]

4/14/15 last sunday we went to the farmers market and looked around lots of plants only came home with a rosemary and a 4 pack of zucchini, one vendor had trinidad scorpion and carolina reaper pepper plants 2 of the world hottest peppers.. dw looked at me and said what in the world are you going to with those...
just looking dear....

finally planted both of my purchases

popped some seeds as well..
pole and yellow wax beans
cucumbers.striped armenian/marketmore/salt&pepper
basil
green bibb lettuce
kohlrabi

spread some fertilizer in the tomato/pepper/eggplant areas tilled in and set the cages started to set the soaker hoses it started to rain nice timing no need to water....

rained on and off last night it has been a steady farmers rain all day, so organized all my seeds and started brussel sprouts and watermelons doing yellow melons this year...

the children were put outside, well so much for reskinning the greenhouse looks like they might be going in the ground this weekend.....

with the rain have taken a couple naps...feel another coming on soon......

 

[journey11]

I'd be in a zen-like happy place looking out at your garden every day, Major. That is the neatest and tidiest garden I've ever seen, I think.

 

[majorcatfish]

I'd be in a zen-like happy place looking out at your garden every day, Major. That is the neatest and tidiest garden I've ever seen, I think.

thank you... our gardens use to be a kaoss of rows of veggies and soaker hoses going every which way spending hours upon hours weeding and watering, now after years of dragging the garden hose around, have gone to nice straight organized rows so much easier to water,weed and harvest.. <yup have become a anal gardener>

journey you are so right the gardens are my happy place you and the family are alway welcome to come down...

 

[majorcatfish]

first asparagus harvest....

 

[Smart Red]

You are a week ahead of me in that harvest. My mouth is watering and I am waiting. I love asparagus -- and not just because it is my first homegrown veggie of the year.

 

[thistlebloom]

Your gardens are looking real good in their plain browns Major, and before long will be in their dressy greens!

I wish my boss would let me take a week off this time of year.

 

[Mauldintiger]

Just because I took pics tonight of srawbale salad mix, potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage and broccoli!

 

[the1honeycomb]

since i have to play truck driver all next week, decided to get the potatoes planted
16 burbank russets
8 red
5 blue
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ordered from the potato garden last year, have to say was a little overwhelmed growing 15 lbs of seed potatoes. do not get me wrong had a great harvest but just did not a a good place to store them. so plant early and try doing a late season planting for a fall harvest as well. never know till you try.!

Hello Major! Gotta love the potatoes, I was sick for a little while and when I finally felt up to it I planned a nice meal( other than the emergency meals in the freezer) opened up the vegetable drawer to find 5-8 inch plants growing from my spuds.!! took them out and planted them and within a few days had a frost. Thought I had lost them but as of now I have 2 garden boxes full of 6+ tall plants!!! No idea what the reds are but the white potatoes are Yukon Gold. May I'll start my second planting in Bags.
didn't see your blackberry's do you still have them? thanks to a great teacher I now have 4 trellises of blackberries and one young kiwi!!