I planted my garden this weekend. Here's what I planted. What about you?

[Maddy McCall]

I planted:

Tomatoes
Sweet Banana Peppers
Bell Peppers
TWO ROWS OF COWHORN OKRA (YUM!)
White Scalloped Squash
Yellow Crookneck Squash
Ichiban Eggplant
A row of green snap beans
A row of sweet corn
Cucumbers
Watermelons
Cantilopes
And some cool "dinosaur" ornamental gourds.

I've got a HUGE garden, compared to what I usually plant. Have you planted yet? Tell me about your garden.

[snowbear]

1. Too early here...

Can't plant in Anchorage until the end of next month.. Hey, if you like fresh salsa, toss some cilantro seeds out there.

MMmm! :9

[Maddy McCall]

4. I'll have to do that! I still have two rows that are empty.

Might just plant some cilantro and garlic. Thanks for the idea. :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. In about a month, can I come frolic through your garden?

It sounds lovely!

I wish we had room for one. :(
We use to have big gardens when we lived in the country.

[Maddy McCall]

5. Yeah, I live in the country...plenty of room.

Sure, come frolic away! :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

6. Woohoo!

I'll kidnap Dookus on my way. ;)

[Maddy McCall]

8. LOL!

I'll have to have my camera ready. This is going to be a riot. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. Yup!

Me prancing around your garden and Dookus knocked out with little stars flying around his head. Should be great fun! :D

[thecai]

3. Flowers

Due to an orthopedic disability, I had to give up on gardening several years ago. I plant hardy, low-maintenance perennial flowers now. I planted some today and I'll plant the rest in the next few days.
Your garden sounds wonderful!

[Maddy McCall]

7. What kind of flowers did you plant?

I'm sorry that you can't plant the garden you usually plant. Hope you are able to do so again soon. :hug:

[thecai]

13. Thank You...

... for your compassion! My disability is 21 years old so I wont be growing anymore vegetable gardens. My son used to help me garden but he moved far away for work.:cry:
I planted Hollyhock, Zinnias, Asters, Sweet William, "Old Fashioned Mix", Phlox, and Wildflower Mix today. (Actually, they're not ALL perenniels, but sometimes they reseed themselves). I still have lots of other seeds to plant, (but I have to pace myself). I love gardening and do miss it. If I had raised beds I could grow vegetables, the bending over and squatting down is what bothers me.
Happy gardening! I hope you post pictures when it grows.

[politicat]

9. I transplanted snow peas and english pea seedlings today; radishes.

Carrot seeds are soaking, and I'm waiting on the tomato plants to get a few more leaves before I move them outside.

The squash and cucumber plants are still too small to go outside, too.

Still inside:
Genovese Basil, Greek oregano, low growing, non-pole green beans, sugar baby watermelon, Lemon Cucumbers, English cucumbers, French round zucchini, several varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, cilantro, tomatillos.

Just waiting on the weather.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. I'm not planting anything yet...

I'm going to clear the jungle that is my back yard, and hopefully put in some winter veggies.

[alittlelark]

12. Our CO caretaker is planting this...

Code Name Quantity
Price/Ea. Total
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
02007 BEETS - Early Wonder Tall Top* (4 g.) (220 seeds)
2 $1.95 $3.90
size: 07
13404 ARUGULA - Rocquette* (1 g.) 1
$1.45 $1.45
size: 04
03303 BROCCOLI - Waltham 29 (1/2 g.) (150 seeds) 1
$1.95 $1.95
05803 CABBAGE - Golden Acre (1/2 g.) (150 seeds) 1
$1.45 $1.45
06105 CARROTS - Scarlet Nantes* (2 g.) (1200 seeds) 1
$1.45 $1.45
size: 05
07303 CAULIFLOWER - Early Snowball* (1/2 g.) (150 seeds)
1 $1.45 $1.45
size: 03
10304 KALE - Dwarf Siberian* (1 g.) (300 seeds) 1
$1.45 $1.45
size: 04
11003 LEEKS - King Richard (1/2 g.) (200 seeds) 1
$2.95 $2.95
size: 03
12704 LETTUCE, RED LEAF - Red Saladbowl* (1 g.) (800
seeds) 1 $1.45 $1.45
size: 04
13104 MUSTARD, ORIENTAL - Kyona (Mizuna) (1 g.) (400 seeds)
1 $1.45 $1.45
14004 ONIONS, BUNCHING - Evergreen Hardy* (1 g.) (330
seeds) 1 $1.45 $1.45
size: 04
17004 PARSNIP - Harris Model (1 g.) (400 seeds) 1
$1.45 $1.45
18710 PEAS, SNAP - Sugar Sprint (2 oz.) (160 seeds) 1
$2.95 $2.95
20007 SPINACH - Bloomsdale Long Standing* (4 g.) (400
seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 07
21007 SWISS CHARD - Fordhook Giant* (4 g.) (240 seeds)
1 $1.45 $1.45
size: 07
22204 TURNIP - Tokyo Market (1 g.) (500 seeds) 1
$1.95 $1.95
30210 BEANS, BUSH - Provider (2 oz.) (170 seeds) 1
$1.95 $1.95
36609 CORN, SWEET - Extra Early Bantam (1 oz.) (150 seeds)
1 $2.95 $2.95
size: 09
31304 CUCUMBERS - Mountain Pickling (1 g.) (40 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 04
26104 MELON - Minnesota Midget Cantelope (1 g.) (40 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 04
32502 PEPPERS, BELL - Early Mountain Wonder (1/4 g.) (30
seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 02
32301 PEPPERS, HOT SIBERIAN - Grandpa's Home Pepper* (1/10
g.) (10 seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
33806 PUMPKIN - Northern Bush* (3 g.) (20 seeds) 1
$2.95 $2.95
39106 SQUASH, WINTER - Baby Blue Hubbard (3 g.) (20 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
33406 SQUASH, WINTER - Ebony Acorn (3 g.) (20 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 06
39006 SQUASH, ZUCCHINI - Black Zucchini* (3 g.) (20 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 06
39201 TOMATO, EARLY - High Country* (1/10 g.) (30 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
34201 TOMATO, EARLY - Sub-arctic Plenty* (1/10 g.) (30
seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 01
34L01 TOMATO, SIBERIAN - Amateur's Dream* (1/10 g.) (30
seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
30509 BEANS, BUSH - Montana Green (1 oz.) (85 seeds) 2
$2.95 $5.90
53503 BASIL, ITALIAN MT - Ocimum basilicum* (1/2 g.) (310
seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
size: 03
50503 CATNIP - Nepeta cateria (1/2 g.) (700 seeds) 1
$1.95 $1.95
50401 CAMOMILE - Matricaria recutia (1/10 g.) (950 seeds)
1 $1.95 $1.95
51004 DILL - Anethum graveolens* (1 g.) (700 seeds) 1
$1.45 $1.45
size: 04
44301 MINT, SAWTOOTH MT. - Agastache urticifolia (w) (1/10
g.) (110 seeds) 1 $1.95 $1.95
52301 VALERIAN - Valeriana officinalis (1/10 g.) (120
seeds) 1 $2.95 $2.95
Shipping: USPS Priority/1st


He does a great job... and he gets to live free of rent and sell all produce our family does not utilize (90+%)


Here in N CA I'm doing tomatoes, zuccinni, cucumbers, basil, jalapenos, sugar cantalope, peppers, 20 corn, ongoing raspberries, peaches, lemons, oranges, and asst. herbs.

[xmas74]

14. tomatoes, sweet corn (I really hate the field corn that

they try to pass off as sweet corn around here!), okra, cucumbers and watermelons. But I haven't finished yet. When I get off of my butt (and depending on times) I will include strawberries, cantaloupe, lettuce, pumpkins, squash and whatever else sounds good at the time (and a few herbs-whatever sounds good).
I do grow potatoes pretty much year round-in a large outdoor style trash can. I saw it in Mother Earth years ago and thought "I can do that"-so I did it. Really easy to do.

[intheflow]

15. I planted some ice plant at my apartment.

My landlord has a broken sprinkler head, so one patch of the garden doesn't get watered regularly. I think the ice plant will fill in the dry patch nicely.



I dont' kow why I'm planting anything here. I'm probably moving in a couple months. But I can't help myself--it's spring and planting calls to me! :)

[alittlelark]

18. Your ice-plant will do better than 80% of the neighbors plantings!

[Nicole]

16. I planted flowers all this week

Here's a partial list:

Echinacea
Hibiscus
Salvia
Daylily
Lunaria
Leopard Lily
Hollyhock
Stocks
Cosmos
Zinnias
Lobelia
Phlox
Cannas
Dames Rocket
Clematis
Nicotiana
Love in a Puff
Datura
Foxglove
Baptisia
Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate
Brugmansia


I didn't get around to planting the shrubs yet.

[snowbear]

17. LOL... just remembered something..

This post made me think of a little postcard I got from Johnny's Seed Company a couple of years ago. I placed an order from their catalog, and it was maybe about 3 weeks after I had planted all the seeds that this postcard arrived in the mail. It said something to the effect of:

Dear Valued Customer,

We regret to inform you that due to a packaging error, the bib lettuce packet you received, catalog item 243441, did not contain bib lettuce seeds.

= :o =

The seeds you received were either (blah, blah, blah).. they went on to list a bunch of possibilities, then told me to call them toll-free to place another order for free.

I immediately ran out to the garden to see what those rows looked like and I about died laughing at the post card! I can't remember what eventually sprung up, mustard greens or something.. but I got such a kick out of that postcard that I didn't really care.. :rofl:

[dbt]

19. Congrats to everyone who planted on Saturday!

If one "goes by the almanac," Saturday was a good planting day: moon on the increase (good for crops that "bear above the ground") and in a fruitful sign of the Zodiac. (NOTE: This is NOT to say that whatever you planted on Sunday will not do well; just compare the Saturday and Sunday plantings in a month or two.) FWIW, 4/23 and 4/24 are supposed to be good planting days, too.

So far in the dbt garden since 4/2:

4 rows of potatoes (interspersed with marigolds: companion planting)
2 rows of sweet corn
1 row of snow peas
1 row of pole beans
1 row of purplehull peas
1 row of sweet onions
1 row of carrots
1 row of cabbage
1 row of okra

More beans, corn, squash, canteloupe, peppers and eggplant going in this weekend!

:9

[Rowdyboy]

20. 3 tomatoes, 3 bell peppers, 3 jalapenos,

and 6 habanero peppers. Asparagus is already planted, basil comes this week and other herbs are well established. My kitchen garden is in place!

[matcom]

21. weeping cherry tree, heather, assorted flowers

too early up here for veggies