Garden 2017

[Randall]

Oh, shucks. Thanks, all! There's definitely some sweat equity growing out there.

Originally Posted by Rockandrollin

Holy crap batman! You got ripe peppers already in zone 6a!

I assume you planted out pretty mature plants. If that's not the case, could you share your success plan?

That pepper plant is in a 5 gallon grow bag. It's a Ghost Pepper I've overwintered a couple of years.

I call it overwintering but it really keeps growing through Winter in a sunny window and I just prune it to look like a nice house plant. It even squeezes out a couple of peppers through the winter. I'll eventually bump it into a 10 gallon bag once I know for sure I won't have to drag it back indoors due to weather, haha.

I know several people here overwinter peppers. It's definitely a great way to get them to really produce for the season.

[Deborah]

It's all just incredibly wonderful! Really is!

[Rockandrollin]

Originally Posted by Randall

Oh, shucks. Thanks, all! There's definitely some sweat equity growing out there.




That pepper plant is in a 5 gallon grow bag. It's a Ghost Pepper I've overwintered a couple of years.

I call it overwintering but it really keeps growing through Winter in a sunny window and I just prune it to look like a nice house plant. It even squeezes out a couple of peppers through the winter. I'll eventually bump it into a 10 gallon bag once I know for sure I won't have to drag it back indoors due to weather, haha.

I know several people here overwinter peppers. It's definitely a great way to get them to really produce for the season.

Interesting. Thanks

2 thumbs up on your garden!

[Randall]

Some of the first greens from the garden and the berries are making me berry happy.

[daylilydude]

Originally Posted by Randall

Some of the first greens from the garden and the berries are making me berry happy.

Randall i'm green with envy over your greens... i'm not a big tomato lover, but I do love me a mess of greens.

[Randall]

Originally Posted by daylilydude

Randall i'm green with envy over your greens... i'm not a big tomato lover, but I do love me a mess of greens.

I hear you there. I'm as much a fan of greens as I am tomatoes.

I start them early indoors and treat them like gold so I can get to that first harvest as quickly as possible.

I blanch and freeze them to get me through the Winter. I still have a couple of packs left from last year. I try to make sure to never run out!

[bower]

Yow morels in a row next to the garlic Was that on purpose???!!!!!
Man that is some sweet garden... everything looks fantastic. Excellent asparagus for four years from seed! And I can't believe you have strawberries already.
Also those are crazy pretty strawberries with the pink flowers.

[Randall]

Originally Posted by bower

Yow morels in a row next to the garlic Was that on purpose???!!!!!
Man that is some sweet garden... everything looks fantastic. Excellent asparagus for four years from seed! And I can't believe you have strawberries already.
Also those are crazy pretty strawberries with the pink flowers.

Aww, thanks!

I wish those morels were real, hahahah.

Unfortunately, they're the inedible, ornamental variety. I inherited them from my Grandmother. She always had them in her flower bed along with some of those old glass insulators from along the railroad tracks. I made sure I got them so I could keep them in my garden for her.

[BigVanVader]

Yeah dude your garden looks amazing. Very nice and grats!

[bower]

Originally Posted by Randall

Aww, thanks!

I wish those morels were real, hahahah.

Unfortunately, they're the inedible, ornamental variety. I inherited them from my Grandmother. She always had them in her flower bed along with some of those old glass insulators from along the railroad tracks. I made sure I got them so I could keep them in my garden for her.

Aw... you coulda fooled me! I've never eaten a morel.
We have a few of those rocket fuel ones, 'false morel' they call it. Your ornamental ones, they look just like the blonde edibles to me (from a picture book, natch!)

[countyhoosier]

are those Toscana strawberries? If so how do they taste. Everything looks awesome.

[Randall]

Originally Posted by countyhoosier

are those Toscana strawberries? If so how do they taste. Everything looks awesome.

Oh, garsh. Thank you!

They are an everbearing variety. I seem to remember the word "Rose" being in the name.

This is their second season. I plucked blossoms last year so I havent' gotten to give them an honest taste test.

Once I get a few nice ripe ones, I'll report back

[jtjmartin]

A M A Z I N G ! This is my first year "really" growing garlic. Ahhh, mine do not look like yours! Tips?

[Randall]

Originally Posted by jtjmartin

A M A Z I N G ! This is my first year "really" growing garlic. Ahhh, mine do not look like yours! Tips?

Thanks!

I more or less follow this information and plant out when the weather cools in the Fall.

http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/hom...scene568b.html

I mix a good bit of compost into the bed before plant out.

I keep it mulched heavily and pull weeds if necessary and I feed it once every two weeks in the Spring with a diluted (1 tsp per gallon) liquid fertilizer (Foxfarm Grow Big).

[Randall]

A shot of how the Ghost Pepper plant is doing this Spring