2024 Garden Thread

[SAM]

Where's everyone getting plants, attempts to start indoors are again meh. Late this year and will likely get plants this week

I start most stuff inside. Works well, except when it doesn't. Plants were a little wonky this year, but are doing well in the garden.

Stuff I don't start inside I usually get at Lowes or Home Depot. They do fine. Also, I've gotten plants at local nursery (Sweet Valley Farms on RT202 in Ringoes).

I finally got remaining plants started indoors (peppers, eggplant, squash, melon) in the garden this week. Full kitchen remodel and new floors throughout going on for the last two weeks has put me behind this year.

 

[ekuhn]

Where's everyone getting plants, attempts to start indoors are again meh. Late this year and will likely get plants this week

I had a local lady selling some on the road side. Gasko's for the others, but bought he bigger single pots instead of the 4 pack starters.

Home Depot and Tractor Supply for a few.

 

[qclabrat]

I had a local lady selling some on the road side. Gasko's for the others, but bought he bigger single pots instead of the 4 pack starters.

Home Depot and Tractor Supply for a few.

How's Gaskos, I hear it's pretty expansive

 

[ekuhn]

How's Gaskos, I hear it's pretty expansive

Starter 4 pack of vegs are like 1.79? a whole flat is like $12? They have some expensive items, but I don't think they are off the mark at all.

HD and TSC def more money

 

[don]

Finished up a clearing out/transplant/regrade/sod job last week that I started last November.

Rented a walker track machine to transplant 3 decent sized hollys from behind my garage to a side in the front yard. For as small as these are they are capable and very maneuverable.


Earlier in the fall of 2023 I had taken down a coupe of trees that were grown in and throwing off the grade. I tried eating away at the stump and got pretty far but it was not enough machine.


A couple weeks later I got a bigger machine 😀




Which got the job done but the stump put up a good fight - between the 2 trees - the roots were all over the place.


Graded and left for the winter


A couple weeks ago I rented a rear tine tiller and mixed up a few yards of topsoil. I then got a gate and drove that with weight on it to pack and shape the area.


From the opposite angle


Sod was delivered last Friday mid day


a third of the way through

 

[don]

done and getting watered





I was sick of tripping over the stump so I hit it with the power washer and chainsaw'd and chopped it into pieces I could get into the truck and dropped them off at Mazza

 

[SAM]

First of the snap peas and cauliflower.

 

[michael.su]

The persimmons are coming! The persimmons are coming!

 

[Patrick]

First crop of the year!

 

[Robin]

 

[qclabrat]

First crop of the year!

View attachment 240279

Mine aren't even close and mostly picked by birds

 

[SAM]

 

[SAM]

Rainbow garden

 

[SAM]

Get about a pound a day of snap peas. Vines are 6 ft high. The coming heat wave should slow them down, if not kill them. Cucumbers along the front are ready to take over, if the cucumber beetles don't get them.

 

[stb222]

Made this contraption for the cukes to climb up.

 

[Roadie]

Made this contraption for the cukes to climb up.
View attachment 241280

We have been going vertical for cucumbers and squash with these closet organizers the past couple years.

 

[SAM]

Lots coming on in the garden.

Summer squash:


Pablanos:


Blueberries:

 

[SAM]

Squash are getting away from me, have to pick them when I get a chance tomorrow. And, lots of red bell peppers coming on.

The zuch on the right is the right size for picking.

 

[Patrick]

We have the whole neighborhood picking blueberries. It's unbelievable! Froze a couple quarts too

 

[SAM]

picked those summer squash and one zuch. Heat wave didn't slow down the snap peas like I thought it would. Vines are starting to yellow at the bottom but are still producing. Also, a photo of the Red Zeppelin onions doing well.