The good, the bad, and the downright ugly
馃崊馃崊馃崊Tomatoes are the star 馃崊馃崊馃崊
We do only non GMO, organic, and try to stick with heirloom so our crop has not been great in the past because of disease, pests, etc. so we went crazy this year and my wife did probably 100 starts and more direct sow. It's new ground to us so we tested the soil and it was only lacking nitrogen which we added. We used steel posts and 4 strands of wire along with some soiled goat bedding and manure for mulch and boom. Tomatoes gone wild! This pic is actually about a week old and the tomatoes have exploded. Every one is producing or about to, even some of the ones that looked sickly after transplant. It's incredible but kind of a head scratcher considering our paltry harvest last year.
Baby Maters!
馃尪馃尪馃尪Peppers are the dogs馃尪馃尪馃尪
Peppers did great... last year but they are struggling this year and of course we planted less of them.
馃馃馃Don't buy clearance plants!馃馃馃
I bought some red potatoes and garlic off the clearance rack at Tractor Supply. Some were already rotten and I wasted the few bucks I spent and the time to plant.
馃尳馃尳馃尳A Common Theme馃尳馃尳馃尳
- The things that did not do well last year like tomatoes, corn, onions we planted a ton of this year. BIG MISTAKE
- The things that did well last year like peppers, cabbage, broccoli we planted less of. BIGGER MISTAKE
馃馃馃The Good馃馃馃
- Ambrosia Melon
- Musk Melon, Pearl of Wisconsin
- Cantaloupe, Sierra Gold & Honey Rock
- Watermelon, Sugar Baby & Crimson Sweet馃崏
- Lettuce, Mesclun 馃
- Swiss Chard
- Radishes
- Carrots 馃
- Zucchini
- Beans, Edamame & Wax & Dragon Tongue
- Peanuts (our first year) 馃
- Oregon Sugar Pod
- Cucumbers 馃
- Cabbage, Red & Nappa
- Onions, White & Red
- Cilantro
- Basil
- Tomato, Lucid Gem & Green Zebra & Creole Original & Cherokee Purple & Jonathan Baer & Solar Flair (that rhymed 馃槑) & Kellogg's Breakfast & Black Vernisace & Emerald Evergreen & Black Cherry & Stupice & Matt's Wild Cherry & Large Red Cherry & Chadwick Cherry & Black Krim & Crimson Cushion & Pineapple & Dad's Sunset & Tappy's Heritage & Zombie & Brandywine Black 馃崊
- Corn, Hybrid Kandy King & Golden Bantam Improved 馃尳
- Sunflower (first year), Mongolian Giant & Titan 馃尰
馃尪馃尪馃尪The Bad馃尪馃尪馃尪
- Artichoke
- Lettuce, Coastal Star & Red Fire
- Cauliflower
- Green Onions
- Yellow Squash
- Beans, Bush
- Bell Peppers, Red & Yellow
馃馃馃The Dead, RIP 馃馃馃
- Garlic, Clearance
- Red Potatoes, Clearance
- Jalapenos
- Brussel Sprouts
- Broccoli
- Peas
- Cabbage, Green
We're pretty pleased with what we've already started harvesting and will harvest soon. Add asparagus, herbs, apples, hazelnuts, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, paw paws, and of course Maple Syrup馃 and we are thrilled with what our new land and some hard work provides us.
How goes your garden?