Gardening discussion

[Bob Green]

I just ate a bacon and tomato sandwich with a nice, red Early Girl tomato from my garden. One tomato is perfect size for one sandwich. I have three Big Beef tomato plants with some large tomatoes growing. Once they start to turn red, I need to cover them with bird netting.

[Bob Green]

I got the itch...but it is too early so I went in the backyard and fixed a trellis. Flora and I made our first trip to Norfolk County Feed and Seed, and picked up two packs of lettuce seed and a pack of snow peas seed. I will grow the lettuce in containers and the snow peas up the trellis I fixed. I’ll probably sow the seeds in two weeks.

[CameronBornAndBred]

I've had seeds growing in the greenhouse since early January. Today I'm selling a bunch of milkweed seedlings, but I've also got a nice variety of herbs growing as well as tomatoes.
I'm really happy with the tomatoes (roma and rutgers) so far. I bought 4' led grow lights for this season, and they've made a world of difference in getting them off to a healthy start. I'm not putting them outside until April, though, as tempting as it is. I know we'll have another night or three of freezing temps in March.
Earlier this week I started some cucumbers and lots of wildflowers.

[Bob Green]

I've had seeds growing in the greenhouse since early January.

I should look into buying a small greenhouse.

[Bob Green]

Worked hard in my garden today mostly planting stuff in grow bags and pots. I planted three jalapeño pepper plants in pots, six Asian eggplants in grow bags, six tomato plants in grow bags, pots and in the ground, plus some herbs.

I reused some rejuvenated potting mix in addition to making a bunch of potting mix myself. Peat moss, Black Cow compost, perlite mixed together with slow release fertilizer, blood meal, bone meal and garden lime.

I’m waiting until the first week in May before planting Asian long beans, okra, zucchini, squash and cucumbers.

[Bob Green]

Chris,

I dropped your long bean seeds in the mailbox at the Post Office this morning so they’re on the way.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Chris,

I dropped your long bean seeds in the mailbox at the Post Office this morning so they’re on the way.

Thanks so much! Like I messaged in my DM to you, I'm in the process of finishing up our 2nd garden behind our office. I've still got most of our veggies growing at home, but this gives us room to do some more, plus all of our milkweed for the monarchs (we now have our first caterpillars) as well as a few other plants that Julie wants to grow for clothes dye.

[Bob Green]

There are little tomatoes on three of my tomato plants. Squash and zucchini plants are growing nicely. Time to take some pictures.

[Bob Green]

Squash and snow peas

[Bob Green]

Snow peas

[CameronBornAndBred]

Those look great, Bob. I'll have to post some pics later, too.

I did catch one of our monarchs emerging from the garden this morning.

[Bob Green]

The Monarchs are beautiful.

[Bob Green]

I transplanted 35 okra plants into the ground this morning giving them a big dose of fish fertilizer and water. I will post a picture in a bit.

[Bob Green]

Okra

[Bob Green]

I went out in the garden early this morning and saw a couple bees jumping around in my squash plants so my expectation is to harvest soon. As a backup, hand pollination was executed.

[Bob Green]

Long beans

My long beans are off to a nice start.

[Bob Green]

Morning harvest of grey zucchini and straight neck yellow squash. I grew the zucchini from seed while the squash came from a starter plant I bought at Norfolk County Feed and Seed:

Morning harvest

[CameronBornAndBred]

Morning harvest of grey zucchini and straight neck yellow squash. I grew the zucchini from seed while the squash came from a starter plant I bought at Norfolk County Feed and Seed:

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Looks great!

I've been enjoying a few singles coming in this week for our grilled veggies and salads, but my tomato plants are exploding and I'll be doing lots of freezing next week. I like canning, too, but it takes up lots of space.

[Bob Green]

I harvested my first tomato. One grape tomato ripened before the others so now it is sitting in my kitchen window. After I admire it for a day or two, I’ll eat it.

Squash and zucchini plants continue to produce. Jalapeño plants have tiny peppers forming.

[Bob Green]

I have cucumbers…and more zucchini and squash than I know what to do with.

Cucumber number three was eaten in a taste test. It tasted good.