2025 gardens

[sixdogs]

Built an arbor to try my hand and growing gourds this year. The wife really likes decorative pumpkins and gourds so will see how it goes. Not very hard from what I understand so using up some space.

Get some 5' or 6' cattle fence and plant "snake gourds" at the base. They will grow up the fence and when the fruit forms, gravity will pull the gourd down and you'll wind up with a 3' or 4' straight tubular gourd. I still have one in the barn and everyone wants to know what it is and how I grew it. They dry out and the seeds rattle like other gourds.

 

[walhondingMF]

Get some 5' or 6' cattle fence and plant "snake gourds" at the base. They will grow up the fence and when the fruit forms, gravity will pull the gourd down and you'll wind up with a 3' or 4' straight tubular gourd. I still have one in the barn and everyone wants to know what it is and how I grew it. They dry out and the seeds rattle like other gourds.

That's my plan at this point. I'm going to give them something to grab and grow across the top. A friends father passed away last year and he grew all kinds. He gave me a snake, pitcher and bird house with the seeds in them. Going to try a little of each. Ill throw extra seeds along the edge of the woods and just see what pops up free also.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Do you chit your taters first? I don't and can't say if it matters. I have only cut them same time I am planting.

 

[MossRoad]

Opened the greenhouse sides yesterday. Was supposed to be the last freeze for the year. Planted kale, collards, beets, carrots, potatoes and some more strawberry plants. Clearing out the bean arch. Have to put in some groundhog deterrence before planting.

Planted a couple hundred canna lily bulbs along the fence.

Transplanted some raspberries.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Planted some jalapeno peppers, brandywine maters, crimson sweet, sweety pie, charleston grey melons and hales best catalopes. Gonna plant some Kajari (I forget the exact name/spelling) cantaloupe type melons seeds.

Got my sweet taters making slips for me. Probably be able to put them out in Late May or so.

Saw a video Hoss tools put out this week, I like them folks. Anyway he mentioned that a good deal of seeds come from over seas. Some are bought from the Netherlands but the country of origin was China as implied by the 125% tariff on it. Additionally other Asian countries such as Vietnam, Taiwan, I forget all who sell us their seeds.

I had no idea that we imported seed from other countries. We mainly plant heirloom varieties but do find some hybrids every so often we may plant.

My point in bringing this up is you better: 1. Know your seeds, who grows em & 2. Have some in storage you can plant for this/next year as there may be a shortage or overpriced.

 

[sixdogs]

That's my plan at this point. I'm going to give them something to grab and grow across the top. A friends father passed away last year and he grew all kinds. He gave me a snake, pitcher and bird house with the seeds in them. Going to try a little of each. Ill throw extra seeds along the edge of the woods and just see what pops up free also.

What geographic area and climate are you in? That affects what to plant.

 

[DJ54]

Do you chit your taters first? I don't and can't say if it matters. I have only cut them same time I am planting.

Yes, but really not intentionally. Bought them about 6 weeks ago to plant at the County Park, stored them on a cool back porch facing North. Finally got them in last week, really not sprouted as bad as I thought they would be. We got some rain a couple days later, but don't think enough to do them any good. Rain the rest of this week though, so hopefully will be up in the next 10-14 days.

 

[DJ54]

Garden was dry enough today I got into the toy box and played with my new to me 5' FH disk. It did OK for what it is, but tough to beat the old drag type disk and cultipacker for a nice finish.

Best of both worlds all in one picture, disking down the garden on a picture perfect day, and the kids in the background munching away on some lush Spring pasture.

 

[jyoutz]

I buy all my seeds from Gurneys. They are all produced in Ohio.

 

[jyoutz]

I tilled and prepped my garden this weekend, laying out the drip lines. This week I’ll plant the potatoes, onions, and cold weather greens. Also the tomatoes in the freeze protective “walls of water.” The warm weather stuff will need to wait another month.