I got some tilling done yesterday which is mainly for the spring plants that I will be placing outside. Lettuce is one of those plants and the rest are going to be from seed. I will plant seeds of peas, radish, celery, and potatoes. (more…)
It looks like that it is that time already to begin planting the main part of the garden indoors. Starting indoors I find to be the best solution for getting ahead of the game. Although space is limited I am still able to grow quite a bit before Spring weather arrives. (more…)
I wasn’t expecting my new plants to arrive today because it is still early in the season and it has not warmed up to weather suitable for planting them. Luckily I probably could plant my potatoes because they will be placed in the ground protected by the soil. I could possibly plant my strawberries and when cold weather occurs I can cover them with row covers or similar material. (more…)
One of the good things that happened this week was a harvesting of just a few strawberries. I wasn’t sure if there were going to be many berries this season, but there was enough to have the first harvest. Only a handful were picked and there are still plenty left on the plants.
The next harvest I am sure will occur sometime this week either tomorrow or sometime during the weekend. Hopefully there will be many more than the first harvest. The first is always a small amount, but the second or third time is when you reach the peak of strawberry picking season. (more…)
Today was perfect for picking lettuce leaves especially after the rain we got this past week. The cool weather also helped them and it showed when I started harvesting the plants and how big the leaves were. They were similar in size to my spinach leaves that were picked last month.
I probably could have picked some leaves in mid to late May if I wanted to, but I wanted to make sure that the leaves got as big as they possibly could. Most of the plants had large lettuce leaves which were the oldest and the first ones harvested. (more…)
I had ten more tomatoes that were still in pots and continuing to grow, but starting to look like they were becoming pot bound. This is something to avoid when growing indoors and since they had grown as far as they could in the containers I thought it would be best to place them in the garden right away.
I have over twenty tomato plants that are either steakhouse, Roma, or cherry tomatoes. I should have more of the super sauce Roma plants than any of the others because I planted all 25 seeds that came in the packet and only a few of steakhouse and cherry. Hopefully more sauce to be made this season. (more…)
I wanted to keep you informed on the status of everything that I am growing in the garden which includes all vegetables, fruits, and flowers that I have added into the ground. So far the only two plants that are producing include the zucchini and tomatoes. They just happen to be the first of the season and soon I will have beans, cucumbers, cantaloupes, and many more with flowers.
The blueberries are on their way to harvest time with just some more sun they will soon be ready to be picked. It doesn’t look like I have as much as I did last year, but I still think I will have a descent harvest for 2014. While the blueberries are getting started the strawberries are finally winding down for now. With a little care they will come back during the summer and at the end of the season harvest. (more…)
Another harvest of strawberries was completed this week and this time I was able to get about two and a half pounds of these delicious berries. I think this will be the most that I pick this year unless I have a very exceptional summer or late crop harvest. The good news is that I picked more than last year which is always good news for any garden.
Some more great things are happening with some of my other plants as well. Flowers are beginning to emerge from my zucchini and tomato plants. The zucchini are actually starting to show signs of fruit which may or may not have been pollinated. I always rely on bees and I try to stay away from pollinating plants by hand. The only plant that I pollinate are the corn stalks when they are ready. (more…)
Setting flowers into the garden is best done at the same time that you are planting everything else. Usually I tend to plant them once I get all the other vegetables and fruits set into the ground. They will take some time to produce the blooms that you need to attract bees and insects. The summer is where you should see them flowering and continuous blooms will come.
As previously stated I had some tomatoes grown inside after the first batch had begun sprouting or didn’t sprout. I have added them into the garden and now I only have just a couple of more left that will soon go out probably by next week at the latest. I also have a few more flowers that will go into the garden as well. (more…)
The past weekend it was finally time to start picking the first harvest of strawberries of the 2014 season. The best part about gardening is when you begin harvesting all your fruits of your labor because this is when all your hard work pays off. Since these are ever bearing berries I will be harvesting them throughout the year as long as I properly care for them during the season.
I also completed the final section of corn and I can now start thinning out the plants that I don’t need. I will most likely start with the first planting I did and remove what plants I no longer need and then I can give them some plant food. They are heavy nitrogen feeders and I will be giving them exactly what they need during the next couple of weeks. (more…)
