Was at the local Peavey Mart (TSC out east). Their gardening area looked pilfered but I was told by an employee that they’ve just recently started putting things up but “that it’s flying off the shelves”. When asked about potatoes though, I was told they hadn’t arrived yet. So I guess I’ll just have to do my rounds
I would offer you some of mine but I am anti social until this covid is over, though I do have some 3 or 4 varieties of potato seeds, and I could send you a few (a few of some, more of another , through the mail if you wanted.
Peavy mart gets them when the danger of freezing is over. They do have a good selection.
Thanks Peppercorn. I now drive in front of a Peavey daily as part of a new jobs, so I’ll check regularly. If I’m really stuck comes planting season, I’ll let you know and we can see if we can work something out.
Finally got some seeds into dirt.
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Peppers, and Celery.
Also, we're going 100% climbing beans this year to save some space.
Was at our local Walmart yesterday and noticed that they had seed potatoes put out.
Was at our local Walmart yesterday and noticed that they had seed potatoes put out.
Same here, and I’ve picked up a couple of bags. And now, I’m ready to garden this year!
Gardens are all planted and coming up nicely. Had some hail a week ago, but quite fortunately didn't seem to damage too much that we can tell so far. Will see when the tree fruit is getting bigger if it hurt them much.
Hi Learner,
Too lazy to search your posts. What did you plant for fruit trees/plants?
Thanks
Fruit trees: apple, crabapple, plum, cherry, apricot. Also have raspberries, strawberries, honeyberries, black currant, red currant and grapes. Just planted some elderberry this year too. Am harvesting rhubarb now. Usual garden stuff, potatoes, carrots, onions, peas, beans, parsnips, tomato, peppers, beans, beets, leeks, chard, spinach, cucumbers and zucchini and various other herbs. Am trying some cantaloupe again this year as well as a few cabbage.
We also water with a pump from the creek that goes by at the bottom of the yard and also have a number of rain barrels set around the house too.
I've finally pulled the first produce in the past two weeks: My first good harvest of black currants, large green beans and peas, kale, my beets are about ready to be pulled also. Garlic is starting to dry up. I tried a 3 Sisters garden this year and it is exploding! The garden is a hot mess because my mower broke and there's been massive shipping delays in the part I need (I broke the first replacement and had to reorder it plus another!) so there's 6-7 foot tall grass around except where I have been stomping it down.
I've never had success with corn but this year I both fertilized the heck out of the soil and then did a 3 sisters planting. I've resisted artificial fertilizers for a long time but finally did a soil test and found that our clay is practically devoid of many nutrients (probably why a lot of the more needy veg have struggled when I was only doing manure from the horses as fertilizer). The land was previously pasture and often grazed down to the nubs, so probably overgrazed and under-fertilized.
Buy a scythe.
Anyone have good experience on planting pawpaw seeds? I've gotten my hands on two pawpaws and I'm looking to plant the seeds. Rather than keep them in the fridge all winter it seems more sensible to plant them outdoors so they cold stratify but most advice I've seen so far is to put them in the fridge in peat moss.
