Terri, Terri quite contrary

[terriphill]

How does your garden grow?
We'll soon see, got it all planted today!!
corn, tomatoes, okra, green beans, crowder peas, squash and zucchini, sweet peas, strawberries, blackberries and peppers.

 

[Steve_S]

Our garden isn't very edible.

 

[terriphill]

Wow! I have always wanted a garden that looked like that, but sadly it seems if you can't eat it, we can't grow it!
I have a friend who gows a garden like yours...

 

[Steve_S]

It takes a lot of water out here to keep this stuff healthy. Most of it grows naturally in cooler, wetter climates. Fortunately we don't have the amount of land as your friend or we'd suck the Colorado River dry!

 

[NutmegCT]

Terri - I *really* envy your warm weather. This morning it's 30, sunny skies. Had a few snow flakes yesterday.

Here's a picture of the kitchen garden, which was plowed, manured and harrowed last November. Lay fallow over the winter, but have to do the whole plow/manure/harrow thing again this week. New team of oxen - hope they're not too feisty.

Planting starts next week. I'll start with seed veg, then peas, parsnip and rutabaga. When the soil gets warmer, I'll start on the carrot, beet, cabbage, radish, pole and bush beans, squash and melon, etc.. Going to finish pruning the raspberry, blackberry and red currant today.

Steve - that is one beautiful flower garden. But you can't eat it!

 

[coldplugs]

Nutmeg - beautiful shot! Nice to see that Connecticut can still be so picturesque.

 

[terriphill]

Nutmeg,
ooh, to have that type of garden out my back window!! I'm so JEALOUS! Our garden is at the "county farm" we rent two 30 x 50 foot plots each year for $90. (that includes water) Its a ten-fifteen minute drive from the house.
Our dream is 5 acres in the middle of nowhere with a garage, garden, and a small house
Maybe a small pond we could stock with catfish....
You are lucky!!

 

[Basil]

Our garden isn't very edible.

Unless you're an aphid

 

[Basil]

Well, I really hate to brag, but:

 

[Steve_S]

Our garden isn't very edible.

Unless you're an aphid

Funny you mention that because we found a bunch this afternoon. Probably a dozen Roses are covered in them. Look out aphids, tomorrow we bring it!

 

[NutmegCT]

Our garden isn't very edible.

Unless you're an aphid

Oh boy - breakfast!!!!

Steve - what do you use for aphid control?

Tom

 

[GregW]

Look out aphids, tomorrow we bring it!

Get yourself a box-o-Ladybugs. Cute little carnivores.

 

[Steve_S]

Been there, done that. They don't eat all of them. You gotta get rid of every last one of those little buggers.

 

[scoutll]

Hmm, Basil Ewing,,,, He's the one nobody ever heard of....(or from)...

I did notice you are locked out too. :laugh:

 

[BIBBER]

This is our alfalfa field a week ago...this week we're hitting the 60's...