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Post by Laura on Feb 5, 2014 16:51:48 GMT -6
We have baby ONIONS!!! They are a day old..at least!! YAY!! Now it needs to WARM up!!
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Post by Laura on Mar 22, 2014 14:54:15 GMT -6
Now we have artichokes..peppers..onions..eggplant babies.. The onions are ready for their first haircut.. We have several no doubt hundreds of tomato seeds planted. Have 4 more flats to plant yet. A variety of seeds next. I have peeps who will buy for their gardens.  |
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Post by BestoFour on Mar 23, 2014 14:19:38 GMT -6
That's a lot of tomatoes.
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Post by Penny on Mar 25, 2014 8:09:56 GMT -6
Cant wait to plant outside and get my maters out there.  |
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Post by Laura on Mar 25, 2014 15:39:00 GMT -6
We have little tomato plants growing now!!! Lots of pepper plants. But it will be very nice to get them some sun!! Oh & we have Cabbage up like crazy..plus these were older seeds..last years & before!
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Post by BestoFour on Mar 25, 2014 17:33:02 GMT -6
You're way ahead of me.
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Post by Laura on Apr 1, 2014 15:53:46 GMT -6
We have no doubt THOUSANDS of baby plants..seedlings up..the Jalapenos are really big ..they came up 1st..I think we shall have a very healthy garden this year!!
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Post by BestoFour on Apr 1, 2014 21:57:32 GMT -6
yippee. Lots of good stuff.
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Post by Laura on Apr 14, 2014 16:10:46 GMT -6
We have 9 more flats of plants to repot. The plants we repotted last week look GREAT!! Now we need the SUN & some HEAT!!
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Post by Laura on Apr 19, 2014 15:27:17 GMT -6
We took some time out today & did some much needed transplanting..we got 3 & 1/2 flats out of 3 flats of plants..3 are ours the rest are for sale. We have 4 flats to do on Easter. Then we are done with the transplanting. We have to get the larger greenhouse up so we can have all the plants outdoors.
The plants we have to do tomorrow are mainly peppers & a flat of tomato plants. If that many.
We have 9 flats of tomato plants out in the greenhouse now. Plus the onions,and the artichokes..& cabbage plants..48 of those..I sold heads of cabbage for 5-7 dollars last year!!
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Post by spuds on Apr 19, 2014 17:08:52 GMT -6
Good job!
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Apr 20, 2014 6:04:06 GMT -6
We took some time out today & did some much needed transplanting..we got 3 & 1/2 flats out of 3 flats of plants..3 are ours the rest are for sale. We have 4 flats to do on Easter. Then we are done with the transplanting. We have to get the larger greenhouse up so we can have all the plants outdoors. The plants we have to do tomorrow are mainly peppers & a flat of tomato plants. If that many. We have 9 flats of tomato plants out in the greenhouse now. Plus the onions,and the artichokes..& cabbage plants..48 of those..I sold heads of cabbage for 5-7 dollars last year!! we made up 6 1/2 flats outa 3..just to clarify.. when seed gets "older" we plant the cells with 2-3 seeds..if more than one per cell..we have Ours..and Plants for sale..gonna be a good year..or so I can say now.. |
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Post by Laura on May 19, 2014 7:37:51 GMT -6
Update We just yesterday alone planted the following..
136 hills of potatoes
70 feet of beets 2-35 foot rows
140 feet of carrots 4-35 foot rows
140 feet of onions 4-35 foot rows
We finished planting the 48 heads of cabbage they are very happy to be in the ground.
Today they are calling for rain..so..we kinda have a lil break from planting. The rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70's.
I may have forgot a few things..it is windy here & it is tough on you when planting.
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Post by BestoFour on May 19, 2014 19:53:01 GMT -6
good grief. Do you take all this to the farmers market?
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Post by Laura on May 22, 2014 7:58:43 GMT -6
BOF..we take a huge amount of things to the market..I do not take my beets when they are fresh..we turn them into pickled beets. They sell like crazy!
We do take carrots, onions, no potatoes. We grow those for our eating.
The list is a pretty long one..when we have time I will post what we take!
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Post by BestoFour on May 22, 2014 10:33:36 GMT -6
maybe you should sell your pickled beets with the stuff you sell on here. Do you eat all of those potatoes? I guess they keep better for you than for me since we don't get that cold.
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Post by Laura on May 22, 2014 20:07:07 GMT -6
maybe you should sell your pickled beets with the stuff you sell on here. Do you eat all of those potatoes? I guess they keep better for you than for me since we don't get that cold. I sell a lot of the beets at the market. They might be a bit pricy to send via the snail mail.?? I will get a list of things we sell there. |
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Post by Laura on May 22, 2014 20:08:49 GMT -6
I wont sell the potatoes at the market. We will no doubt run out next spring before we want to.
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Post by Laura on Jun 1, 2014 11:53:44 GMT -6
After many days of very hard work we HAVE the WHOLE GARDEN planted.!!! Except for a few things we plan on sticking in places that have a bit of room.
This is the LARGEST garden we have planted. I will get a complete list when I get a few extra minutes. Plus we will take a few pics when the plants are not covered with garden dirt.
It has rained 2.96 inches in the last 18 hours. What is really strange is that it has all soaked in the ground. When Phil tilled for the final plantings it was very dry.
I think we shall do very well at the markets this year. As we have several items planted that people will come for.
List to follow!
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Post by MinnMike on Jun 7, 2014 5:54:42 GMT -6
2014 garden so far-Kale, Garlic, yellow onion (sets), Ailsa Crag onions (started from seed),Cincinnati Market radish, Holland White cucumbers, Potimarron winter squash, Yellow crookneck summer squash, spaghetti squash, Moon and Stars watermelon,Legend tomatoes (started from seed I saved from last year from plants that Phil started last spring), Kentucky Wonder pole beans, Pontiac red potatoes and my big experiment this year-potatoes started from True Potato Seed that grew on Yukon Gold plants I grew last year- I hope they will produce some tubers that I can save and plant next year.
Oops ! I forgot Golden Acre cabbage, and of course chives, garlic chives and horseradish
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 7, 2014 8:29:15 GMT -6
2014 garden so far-Kale, Garlic, yellow onion (sets), Ailsa Crag onions (started from seed),Cincinnati Market radish, Holland White cucumbers, Potimarron winter squash, Yellow crookneck summer squash, spaghetti squash, Moon and Stars watermelon,Legend tomatoes (started from seed I saved from last year from plants that Phil started last spring), Kentucky Wonder pole beans, Pontiac red potatoes and my big experiment this year-potatoes started from True Potato Seed that grew on Yukon Gold plants I grew last year- I hope they will produce some tubers that I can save and plant next year. Oops ! I forgot Golden Acre cabbage, and of course chives, garlic chives and horseradish Sounds like Yo have been busy..Us Too! next time we are in town and have a minute we will stop in..Give Us a call to make sure we are around and stop by.. we have the garlic chive seeds planted (somewhere) Laura planted them..and the Hops..well I added some additional netting for them to climb..they are doing very good... Rain..means a break for me..I been nose down in the garden for..How many days?? shake as for What..and the amounts of what we have in the ground..I'll refer everyone to My bookkeeper  Oh Laura...make a list |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 27, 2014 8:18:50 GMT -6
I didn't have all the pics I took today uploaded..so, A few pics for now, so much more to photograph..but it's raining..AGAIN   Globe Articokes  Potatoes  lettuce, 1/3 of the cabbage, 2 beds of onions  Second planting of corn  Garlic  |
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Post by spuds on Jun 27, 2014 19:08:46 GMT -6
That is so nice
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 28, 2014 2:35:07 GMT -6
Thanks Bro  been taking up a lot of time...and a lot of sleepless nights during these storms  |
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Post by BestoFour on Jun 28, 2014 15:33:31 GMT -6
is a globe artichoke just a regular artichoke?
what happened to your first corn?
Your garden looks great by the way. How do you keep it so clean?
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 1, 2014 7:43:34 GMT -6
Nice Garden ya got there! Keep up the nice work!
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Post by Laura on Jul 27, 2014 7:44:32 GMT -6
The garden has gone crazy in some areas. Green beans are producing nicely for us!
The artichokes are Imperial Star chokes for the northern climates. They are doing well!
Took some to the market yesterday & sold all of them. People were very surprised to see them!
Our Okra will be next. However we really enjoy it so I am not sure how much will make it to the market.
Took a handful of ripe tomatoes with us also & they were gone pretty fast.
Today is kraut making day!
Weather here..rained a bit yesterday & a couple very small chances in the forecast for the next 14 days. Nothing major..no ground pounders in sight..no measurable rain period! & it is dry!
Garlic is pulled & hanging..305 heads!!
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Post by w8in4dave on Aug 5, 2014 8:22:15 GMT -6
Woot woot for Kraut! Love the stuff! going to try and make a small batch myself this fall Sounds like your selling alot and things are going great! keep up the good work! |
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Post by Laura on Oct 15, 2014 19:15:48 GMT -6
And now it is mid October..let the garden rest for the fall & winter. We have peppers out in the garden yet. I just have to pull em off the plants. We have been hit by frost several times here & things really never died. Now they are done & we are going to get our garlic planted here soon.
We have lots of fresh dried peppers for our Hot Chocolates. I used some tonight & wow..talk about sneezing.
It is all fun & we will do one more out door farmers market here & then take a couple weeks off & go indoors.
We are busy making different items for the markets. Esp. candy.
Work has been...well work. A major printing company bought the company out & all sorts of changes are taking place..S-T-R-E-S-S..would sum it up!!
Take care everyone!!
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been taking up a lot of time...and a lot of sleepless nights during these storms 
