OT: The garden is alive!

[O.S.O.K.]

Well, we planted a garden at the end of February. I added watermelon and cucumber at the end of March... We did have to cover the tomatos a couple of times to prevent frost bite but it was a good decision to go-in early. Here's the garden now - the tomatos are loaded with fruit, the jalepos also have fruit - the zucs have taken off and the watermelon and cucs have come up and are off to a good start. The only problem is the bush beans - they seem to be struggling....

[.45colt]

VERY NICE ,,, Stop it your killin Me. We had some snow here the other day and it's raining and cold here again. send some of that Texas/warming this way.......................Please.

[RIHMFIRE]

very nice....
our soil down here......wait a minute...its not soil...its sand...
and i cant get anything to grow in it....

buy i planted a bunch of flowers and ferns this past weekend....
I need to go to the cattle ranch next door and collect some fertilizer!

[Pitchy]

Nice garden, do ya have varmints that get in it?

[Jeff Quinn]

Instead of Bush beans, you should plant Obama beans. They are chock-full of fertilizer!

My taters and onions are doing really well, and the sweet corn is poking out of the ground. Still a bit early for cukes, peppers, maters, and beans here, but the plants are off to a good start in the greenhouse.

Jeff

[stretch]

The snow has melted form my garden here in central Maine,
and next week it oughta be dry enough to tun over. It's been
a long, snowy winter. It wasn't all that cold, although we did see
-18 F. But we had A LOT of snow.

I'm looking forward to planting by Memorial Day.

O.S.O.K. - it's lookin' good.

-Stretch

[O.S.O.K.]

Thanks guys... we are in town and there are no varmints other than the insect/worm type that cause any problems.

The beans may just need a bit more water... not sure. Or maybe it's the acidity of the manuer mix we worked in...

[Hobie]

... Obama beans. They are chock-full of fertilizer!

We're hoping those will be re-named "has beans"...

[rjohns94]

I just planted today. I put in tomatos, peppers, broccoli, aspargus, romain and head lettuce, corn, eggplant. I still have the onions and potatos to plant. Your garden is very much more mature than mine. I added blueberries to the garden also this year. Just to see how it goes. Well done.

[vancelw]

... Obama beans. They are chock-full of fertilizer!

We're hoping those will be re-named "has beans"...

Keep it up Hobie. . . You'll get a "nastygram" from yourself telling you to move this to the political section

About the Texas warm weather-with it comes plenty of hail. We've had several tornado scares and hail already. My dad's garden got pounded to bits last Tuesday by egg-sized hail (with more than a few tennis ball sized ). Just another excuse for me to be lazy and not try to grow one. I've used the deer as an excuse for too long

[O.S.O.K.]

Not to mention that come July, the garden will be subjected to 100 degree days... which burns a lot of plants up. The peppers seem to thrive though... along with okra

[Rusty]

These are made a few miles from here, at least they were invented here. They offer a lot of advantages for amateur or experienced gardeners alike. They can be expensive for low yeild crops but are great for tomatoes and the like. http://www.earthbox.com/

I have two and will be getting more as soon as I can get to the Earthbox research center in Ellington,Fl.

[O.S.O.K.]

Rusty - they just look like plastic planters.... am I missing something?

[Jarhead]

Mighty fine garden...I bet watermelon get big in Texas! My buddy in Georgia had one over 100lbs....
Nobody even thinks of planting here until June...

[geobru]

I turned my garden over today. This is the first time it has dried out enough to do that this year. We are still getting frost every night that it is clear. (6 of the last 9 days!)