How does your garden grow.

[Dale S]

Things are taking off. Potatoes are up. The plum tree is full of flowers this year.

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[Boundless_84]

This is an in-progress raised bed garden for some special girls in my life. Last year they started gardening with 10 small planter boxes, about 16"x16" each. Hail destroyed most of it, so we decided to erect the pergola type structure above this new raised bed. It will get a layer of 1/4" galvanized hardware cloth - hopefully it will be durable enough to prevent the hail from getting through.

The arbor will get a chevron pattern wood trellis on both sides for vine plants to grow up, as well as for decoration. And along the fence is mostly flowers, and I think strawberries. And I'll have to figure out something to keep the hail off there as well. I'll post more photos once it's all finished.

[Jigsalot]

Busy planting today. Did parsnips, carrots, radishes, green onions. Have lots of tomatoes, peppers, cucumber plants in the garage and will plant in two weeks. Still too early for those plants as we most likely will get a hit of snow. Happens every year

[Jigsalot]

Originally Posted by Boundless_84

This is an in-progress raised bed garden for some special girls in my life. Last year they started gardening with 10 small planter boxes, about 16"x16" each. Hail destroyed most of it, so we decided to erect the pergola type structure above this new raised bed. It will get a layer of 1/4" galvanized hardware cloth - hopefully it will be durable enough to prevent the hail from getting through.

The arbor will get a chevron pattern wood trellis on both sides for vine plants to grow up, as well as for decoration. And along the fence is mostly flowers, and I think strawberries. And I'll have to figure out something to keep the hail off there as well. I'll post more photos once it's all finished.

Beautiful set up. You should get a ton of veg in that arrangement. I like it👍

[WayneChristie]

[QUOTE=Boundless_84;4162819]This is an in-progress raised bed garden for some special girls in my life. Last year they started gardening with 10 small planter boxes, about 16"x16" each. Hail destroyed most of it, so we decided to erect the pergola type structure above this new raised bed. It will get a layer of 1/4" galvanized hardware cloth - hopefully it will be durable enough to prevent the hail from getting through.

The arbor will get a chevron pattern wood trellis on both sides for vine plants to grow up, as well as for decoration. And along the fence is mostly flowers, and I think strawberries. And I'll have to figure out something to keep the hail off there as well. I'll post more photos once it's all finished.

great setup. you could throw a tarp over it when hails coming in no time at all

[Tungsten,]

Nice work!! My potatoes are just starting to break. Tomatoes are under lights today. Ordering dirt this week to fill my new bed. Won’t be long now🤘

[Stinky Buffalo]

Incredigirl needed to find something to support her tomato plant...

Lee & Tiffany to the rescue!

[trophybook]

300 cloves of garlic planted 3 varieties
300 onion 2 varieties
200 scallions
50 Shallots
Zucchini
Butternut
Cukes
Kenbeck
Yukon
French fingerling
Nanties carrots
Beets
Peas
Beans
Gelato
Hashplant
Just under 2 acres of garden in a prehistoric lake bed the soil is amazing

[omega50]

Don’t tell secrets in the garden. The potatoes have eyes, the corn has ears and the beanstalk.

[buckbrush]

Originally Posted by omega50

Don’t tell secrets in the garden. The potatoes have eyes, the corn has ears and the beanstalk.

Thank you for this. Can't wait to say it to my 11 year old daughter next time we are working in the garden. I can picture the eye roll right now.

I think this could be a busy thread this year. I've been talking to lots of new gardeners. Either people worried about the supply chain, finances or people who have always wanted to garden but just haven't had the time with a busy life.

I expanded the garden (been a few years since I had time for one) Pretty excited to try a few things that I haven't grown before. The area I expanded to was a pig pen up until two years ago. Should be a good area (the worms seem to think so).

[Tungsten,]

Tomatoes are doing well,been outside last while but moved them back in today. Potatoes are rockin’

[Sundancefisher]

Nothing up from seeds yet.

Planted 17 potato plants, 4 rows of peas, 2 rows of carrots, 1 row giant kohlrabi, 1 row cucumbers, 1 row lettuce. 9 butternut squash plants, 12 watermelons, 8 sunflowers.

[whitetail Junkie]

Wife And I got 10 irrigated raised garden beds going this year...just planted the seeds on May long weekend...got 10 pepper plants in the house to plant still...about 10” tall started from seeds this March....4 of them are habanero plants and I’m not sure why.

[theoldguy]

Wow that is some nice work!

[BuckCuller]

Just finished putting in a new garden on the new acreage as I didn’t have time last year.
Veg list.
Wax beans
Peas
Two flavours of beets
Spanish and red onions
Lettuce
Spinach
Carrots
Early girl and sun gold tomatoes.
Trying something different this year also. I planted potatoes, garlic and more onions in a modified Ruth Stout no hill no dig garden bed to see what happens.
The main garden has been in for two weeks and the Ruth stout for three. Just transplanted the tomatoes two days ago with some walleye carcasses buried underneath them. Have to do some more pruning when the roots take hold in the new soil.
Planted the herbs in planter boxes two days ago parsley, chives, thyme, basil, rosemary and cilantro.
Two of the tomato plants are flowering. The onions, spinach, peas and lettuce are starting to pop up the last couple days with the heat.
Got a big pile of fresh new compost in the works to add in a month or so.
Thank goodness it’s starting to rain as my rain barrels were almost empty.

Good luck to the rest of the gardeners out there.
If you don’t succeed your first year take your learnings and apply them next year.

[Tungsten,]

I’ve never started or grown cucumbers before. These are straight 8. Seeds were planted only 8 days ago. Crazy fast. I have them in a dome with heat pad and a 50 w led sitting on top of the dome

[Dale S]

Everything is looking good. This is 1 of my best strawberry crops.

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[Jigsalot]

Looks like a good chance of frost outside of the Edmonton area tonight. Throw an old sheet over your plants tonight just to be safe. Peppers and tomatoes and my cucumbers I will protect

[Tungsten,]

Nice work!
Whats the deal with beets?Mine are over 5 weeks old in small pots,no true leaves yet.Ive thinned them to one per pot by cutting the extras out.Germinated fine but growth has stopped.

[Sundancefisher]

Butternut squash in Calgary look like they got hit by frost. Damit

[Rvsask]

Wow Dale, great spuds!!!!
I've got spuds, carrots, beets, and peas up good. My cucumbers and zucchini got walloped by frost last weekend while I was up at the lake. I started a bunch more from seed last week so I'll be okay there. I was worried it may freeze so I left my tomatoes covered while I was away and they are in good health yet. Still no sign of my beans, green onions, and dill.

[owlhoot]

I have cutworms mowing down rows of beets and chard, anyone use diatomateous earth and does it work?

[Dale S]

Originally Posted by Rvsask

Wow Dale, great spuds!!!!
I've got spuds, carrots, beets, and peas up good. My cucumbers and zucchini got walloped by frost last weekend while I was up at the lake. I started a bunch more from seed last week so I'll be okay there. I was worried it may freeze so I left my tomatoes covered while I was away and they are in good health yet. Still no sign of my beans, green onions, and dill.

Cow poop works good. We are lucky to have a early growing season in the south end of the province. These fresh onions are going to be good in my scrambled eggs this morning.

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[Sundancefisher]

Potatoes poking up now
Peas at 1 inch
Carrots at 4 mm
Kohlrabi at 1 inch
Butternut squash damaged by frost a few days ago. Struggling back I hope
Cucumbers few coming up. Bought a few larger plants. Lettuce is at 1 inch

Hope this hail doesn’t pummel everything.

[marlin1]

Dale S potatoes way ahead of mine . Nice garden there . Potatoes just coming up . Carrots , some beans , and of course dill everywhere . Tomatoes all in pots so far and Jalepno . Herbs in pots too . May transfer to garden if I have room . All that rain helped

[Tungsten,]

Spray painted my white buckets. Added a shelf under my raised bed.

[Dale S]

Loving the rain. Potatoes and tomatoes are flowering. Strawberries are turning pink. The giant pumpkin is of to a good start.

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[bsmitty27]

Where do you live? My beets and corn wont look like that till july!

[Beeman]

Was over at my dads earlier today and he had a pump going to unwater his garden. First time for everything I guess.

[Tungsten,]

Nice work!
I’m realizing now why you don’t see to many gardens in Calgary. Soil temps at night are just too low. Having to move pots around is getting old. I see more cold frames in my future.