2023 Garden thread

[dennishoddy]

The key to big onions is variety and planting date. I would recommend an intermediate variety and planting late February or early March for your area. I've always gotten bigger onions planting in ground vs container. View attachment 388469

I tried growing big onions for 30 years, never getting anything bigger than a golf ball. We don’t have a garden anymore so it’s pots that used to be around the pool that disappeared Easter weekend.
These got in late March, so I knew it was late. A variety I never heard of so took a shot at the pots. If nothing else, end up with green onions. I did a deep dive on YouTube and discovered they are heavy feeders so started putting a pinch of miracle grow around each bulb weekly before the rains. That really got the bulbs growing nicely.

 

[tynyphil]

Green beans, sweet corn, potatoes harvested,mowed and tilled. Ready for pumpkin planting. Cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, okra

yet to share their first production

 

[kirk1978]

Got my taters out of the ground...found out, I'm too old, fat, and lazy to be using a shovel like this

 

[rickm]

That is one garden job i never cared for was digging potatoes or sweet potatoes, my back always gave out way early now its my back and legs that wont let do very many at one time.

 

[2busy]

Got my taters out of the ground...found out, I'm too old, fat, and lazy to be using a shovel like this

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I use a potato fork/ garden fork .

 

[2busy]

Corn after taking bushel and a half to my mother. Small ears that will be cut off the Cobb

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

I use a potato fork/ garden fork .

Gotcha beat.....I use grandkids, they use tater forks! Allows me to keep my supervisory skills honed sharp too.

 

[2busy]

Gotcha beat.....I use grandkids, they use tater forks! Allows me to keep my supervisory skills honed sharp too.

Only because I don't have any kids to produce grandkids.

 

[Letfreedomring]

Found out pretty quick that I need a better vegetable peeler. Got them cleaned, sliced, blanched and on sheet pans in the freezer to be vacuum sealed when ready. Just wish the other half liked carrots!

 

[tynyphil]

Got my taters out of the ground...found out, I'm too old, fat, and lazy to be using a shovel like this

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I’m there. My soil is pretty loose especially since I mound the soil as they grow but my preferred method of harvesting the potatoes is by hand. I don my thigh high waders, use a garden fork to just slightly lift the edges of the row to loosen soil Then on my hands a knees I work my way down the row digging only with my hands. Never skewered a spud and not hard on my back.