Thread: In The Garden 2023

Well I don't know if I'm early or late but I've got my tomato sets started from seeds. They are growing by leaps and bounds. I just hope they will make it until the 24th of April. My old neighbor was a really big gardener and he'd said that he'd never put his tomato starts out until the 24th of April as that was the latest recorded killing frost.

I plan on putting them out on the porch here in a couple of weeks and then bring them back in to harden them up.

By the way--I planted more than I need just in case.

I just picked this gnarly beast of a broc about two hours ago. A hair under a foot across, over 2-1/2 lbs. Wife calls it
BROC-ZILLA.

This is the second head, the first one was a couple days ago and was huge, but not as big as this one. Variety is Castle Dome, and I will be planting more of this in the fall. I am very impressed. Compared to the Sun King, this is gargantuan, a veritable Tyrannosaurus of brocs.

Broke ground about a week ago, still early here. Mother's day is usually our safe zone.

Just doing some bush type green beans, and a couple bell pepper plants.

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Yesterday it was freezing rain. It covered the ground in white.
We plant about May 15th here!

Originally Posted by randydance062449

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Yesterday it was freezing rain. It covered the ground in white.
We plant about May 15th here!

Yeah, here too. And I was on the lake fishin when it hit.

Well I've come to the conclusion that I was too early with my tomato sets. I have 8 that were decent so I planted 4 in the direct sun.



I'll get the cages out tomorrow and have them so I can irrigate them.

Well I've been a bit busy. As I said I put out my tomato sets out but I decided to make an irrigation system this year.

It's not really a drip system but it is a direct watering system.

I used pvc pipe and fittings and everything was primed and glued Except the pipe that feeds the plants. I only press fit it as It'll be easier to store this winter.







I think that this is the last year I'll get out of the wire cages, they aren't look their best.

Our onion sets are just peeking up.
Haven't planted anything else
Chance of snow tonight

Originally Posted by rolodave

Our onion sets are just peeking up.
Haven't planted anything else
Chance of snow tonight

Dave did you plant the WI Sweet Onion? Just wondering.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Dave did you plant the WI Sweet Onion? Just wondering.

No
They go in next. You ifdid mean WW sweet onion??