Veg Spring 2018 Garden Pictorial

[Txkstew]

Starting in mid February of this year here in Southeast Texas, I tilled my garden spot for the first time since I broke my small leg bone while tilling it in October 2016. I'm simi retired now, so I have lots of time to do something I really enjoy, and it gives me some much needed exercise. I managed to not do what I was doing last time, and not break a leg. The weather was mild all of February, but wet. Right after I tilled it, here came another big rain. After letting it dry a little, I tilled again, even though it was still too wet. I don't care, it was going to happen

2/18/18


3/4/18

 

[Txkstew]

Bedding plants in the ground

3/16/18


A week later
3/24/18

 

[Txkstew]

Beautiful weather, but cool nights in the upper 40's and 50's
4/1/18

4/3/18

 

[Txkstew]

4/8/18

Planted more squash and egg plant
4/11/18

 

[Txkstew]

4/19/18


4/19/18

 

[Txkstew]

4/22/18


4/22/18

 

[Txkstew]

4/24/18


4/26/18

 

[Txkstew]

5/2/18


5/2/18

 

[Txkstew]

5/7/18


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[Txkstew]

5/9/18


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5/9/18

 

[Txkstew]

5/13/18


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5/18/18

 

[Martinhouse]

Beautiful! Oh, how I wish I had broccoli greens like yours!

 

[momma_soapmaker]

Gorgeous garden!! I am sooo jealous!

 

[Pinecone]

Me, too! Lots of work there, but good eating!

 

[Vicki]

Beautiful! Thank you, love seeing pictures.

 

[Dinghy]

Beautiful!

 

[20Gauge]

Gorgeous garden!! I am sooo jealous!

I am ..... though it is more about being able to post pictures. LOL

 

[Txkstew]

If you're having trouble posting pics, it is probably because the files are too big. I open my pics in a photo shop type program, and resize the file to about 30%, and save them to my desktop. This gets them to under the 240 kb size limit that this forum's software allows.

 

[20Gauge]

If you're having trouble posting pics, it is probably because the files are too big. I open my pics in a photo shop type program, and resize the file to about 30%, and save them to my desktop. This gets them to under the 240 kb size limit that this forum's software allows.

I figured that was the case. I'm working on the resize bit. Meanwhile we have picked 67 peppers so far this year. Not too bad. Things are really starting to get moving and I am hoping to get over 500 this year..... Not bad for a little over 32 sq ft.

 

[Yarnball]

LOVE to see the pics of gardens!!

 

[Stanb999]

Love your work, great pics of the abundace you have nurtured.

 

[Buick Electra]

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Nice garden! I love looking at garden photos. We had a cold wet spring this year, and ours looks a bit funky. Still hoping to get a few veggies, though.

 

[20Gauge]

Nice garden! I love looking at garden photos. We had a cold wet spring this year, and ours looks a bit funky. Still hoping to get a few veggies, though.

We had the same problem year after year... so we decided to go with concrete planters. It is working very well.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

We had the same problem year after year... so we decided to go with concrete planters. It is working very well.

It seems to be a pattern for us as well. We do all raised bed gardening. I think the soil was still too cool when we put our seed plants out. Our tomatoes are already showing signs of blight, and cuke blooms are falling off without producing anything. Squash are doing the same. Peppers are all doing well. We're still waiting to see how the beans and peas will do.

 

[20Gauge]

It seems to be a pattern for us as well. We do all raised bed gardening. I think the soil was still too cool when we put our seed plants out. Our tomatoes are already showing signs of blight, and cuke blooms are falling off without producing anything. Squash are doing the same. Peppers are all doing well. We're still waiting to see how the beans and peas will do.

Our peppers are doing very well. We have harvested 87 so far this year. Just for a test, we placed several cucumber seeds to what will happen. they are over 6 feet tall already and we now seeing cucumbers starting. We can now say we are independent on one food item at this point. It feels great!

We have not gotten to the point of being able to can them, but we no longer need to buy peppers.

 

[20Gauge]

It seems to be a pattern for us as well. We do all raised bed gardening. I think the soil was still too cool when we put our seed plants out. Our tomatoes are already showing signs of blight, and cuke blooms are falling off without producing anything. Squash are doing the same. Peppers are all doing well. We're still waiting to see how the beans and peas will do.

For us it was poor soil no matter how we amended it. The rains would leach everything out faster than we could put it in. We have very sandy soil that was wet far too much. So with the raised garden, we have a proper drain system, excellent soil and a frame work to protect them from Deer.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

For us it was poor soil no matter how we amended it. The rains would leach everything out faster than we could put it in. We have very sandy soil that was wet far too much. So with the raised garden, we have a proper drain system, excellent soil and a frame work to protect them from Deer.

It sounds like you have a great set up. Would loves to see pics of your garden as well. Maybe I could get some ideas for my own gardens.

We switched over to raised beds, because of the ease of working them. We use lots of our own compost, and have developed very nutrient rich soil. DH keeps the soil tested. Good drainage as well. I'm food independent with our peppers, too. I chop and put in our freezers in abundance in good years, so I hardly ever run out. Beans and peas, I can those, and hopefully they last until the next growing season. So far, they have. Tomatoes I can, too, and have a good stock of them in my pantry room. The cukes and squash, we just like to eat those fresh from the garden throughout the growing season. I made so many dill pickles one year, we are still eating on them a couple of years later.

Happy Gardening!