500 onions, 500 potatos

[Kenneth in Texas]

Planted and in the ground :licking:

Now we wait

 

[mddorange]

You are not worried about a freeze this early?

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

Not at all, spuds will take 3 weeks to come up and onions can handle a fair amount of cold temps. Actually a little late this year in getting them in the ground, usually done by feb 1st but had a killer flu this year.

 

[mddorange]

Sorry to hear about the flu. I had a similar situation when they put me on anti-autoimmune drug that lets me get sick at the drop of a hat. Were you doing all work yourself?

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

Sorry to hear about the flu. I had a similar situation when they put me on anti-autoimmune drug that lets me get sick at the drop of a hat. Were you doing all work yourself?

Still recovering from that stuff. Over the worst part but drained me of my energy, surely will come back in time.

Wife and I planted everything, I disked, I tilled, she stuck them in the ground, we both raked.

 

[mddorange]

Sounds like a good team.

 

[nybirdman]

Ya I could do that too;only would have to remove two feet of snow and jack-hammer a few holes!Warmed up to 21 degrees,heat wave,down to minus 12-15 for the next four days.
Garden will have to wait until the end of May...........

 

[KretZ]

what are you going to do with all those spuds?

 

[jimmyj]

That's a lot of onions and spuds. I think we're going to have to come on over to help you eat all of them! I won't be planting until May I bet the way things are right now (same weather as nybirdman)

 

[EddieWalker]

How do you plant your potatoes? Karen, my wife, is the gardener and last year was her first attempt at growing them. We got a late start and hoped to do better this year, but we haven't done potatoes yet and didn't know you should start so early. She has been reading about raised beds, and then other methods like planting them in old tires and sacks of dirt. From what she has read, they say the red clay soil is too hard for potatoes and if you use something above the red clay, they grow better and you can dig them up easier.

Eddie