Vegetable Gardening

[tulip]

Here are some photos of my garden from today (March 17, 2010).

Veggies that somehow managed to overwinter despite our three rather large snowstorms and very cold winter are mustard greens, collards, Swiss chard, leeks, garlic, and some volunteer onions from last year's patch.

My herbs and strawberries have pulled through nicely.

Today I planted lettuce, more collards, kale, spinach seeds, and mesclun mix (seeds). Tomorrow I'll plant potatoes (Red Pontiac and Yukon Gold) in separate wire bins with compost. I need to plant peas and broccoli, but I'm running out of room! I may have to build a few more beds this year.

And carrots!! Where am I going to plant carrots? Need more room...

It's Spring!!

[kmehrzad]

Tulip, you've got quite a garden going there - it's very nice. What's even better is the reward you get in the summer when the harvest comes in.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Definitely no winter veggie survivors here!
But I've got my seeds ready!:

[badger]

my kale has shrugged off the copious amounts of aphids late fall and amazingly still growing all spindly. I should chop off the top to see if they'll grower bigger leaves?? my brussel sprouts are starting to bloom now, too.

Any suggestions whether I should let them bloom and harvest the seeds?? Are the little kale leaves and the spindly stem edible? (may sound silly, but never know!)

[tulip]

If you need the space for something else now, then take them out. Otherwise, you might consider letting them bloom. Brassica flowers attract beneficial wasps. If the variety you planted is open pollinated, you can use the seeds. But if it's a hybrid, you'll need to buy new seeds or plants.

Lisa, you must be chomping at the bit to start your big garden! I've decided to forgo the seed starting process this year, except for direct seeded crops. Instead I will buy seedlings from the local community garden organization. They have a greenhhouse and every spring sell a nice variety of plants, inclding heirlooms that hard to find elsewhere.

[NoNo]

ACK! You have things planted already?! We still have to get our seeds and had plans to expand the garden, but now I feel like we're way behind. Time to kick things into high gear, if I can find time away from making soap. At least I have my farm delivery service to hold me over.....

[copperlegend]

I have peas soaking for the day, and they'll be planted as soon as I get home from work tonight. I still have some major garden cleanup in the veggie beds, including some very persistant dead brussels sprouts. I took tomorrow off to have a 3 day weekend to clean up the flower beds, and start my seeds.

Ah, gardening is such good therapy!