Tortoise's 2018 garden(s)

[tortoise]

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Do you have a light you can put over 'em? I use a regular "shop light" with flourescent bulbs and put it with in a couple inches of the plants and they do great.
I usually plant tomatoes right up to the first set of leaves.

 

[baymule]

Shop lights work just fine.

 

[tortoise]

We are 2 weeks from historical average last frost date! And beautiful weather! I didn't have to bring seedlings in last night!

I planted [in the garden!] kale, Swiss chard, and half my peas.

Also planted 12 more trays of seedlings. I think they are mostly hollyhock and columbine.

I ran out of potting soil - still have more seeds to plant. Finally getting to the end of it though!

 

[sumi]

If only growing the things we want in our garden grew as well and was as resilient as weeds? We'd never go hungry lol

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yay on apple trees! I planted a plum today. I'm a little bit worried - I thought plums were supposed to grow like weeds...but apparently not?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

We hit 91 yesterday but it wasn't too bad because the humidity was really low. I'm sure that won't last for much longer...

 

[NH Homesteader]

Your garden is huge! Sounds like a great year for you!

 

[baymule]

Wealth. Wealth takes many forms. It can be the simplest things.

Congrats on the wood chips, I know what that means to you.

 

[tortoise]

I suppose silver lining is that other than the areas underwater, it's nice and wet for transplanting. I may have gone to the local greenhouse and bought 3 flats of veggies for buy one get one free. Broccoli because I didn't start any. Cauliflower because mine got a late start and don't look so great. Cabbage because mine don't look right. I had a few empty rows. LOL. Apparently nobody has seed potatoes left? I'll have to check the little hardware store in town.