Too Soon To Till?

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dems4me

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I worked in mine Wednesday and got all muddy.

I still have the last of my garden still producing from what I planted in latesummer/early fall :lol: I have about 8 brocolli heads that are almost ready to be cut :smile: I havnt' even begun to think about tilling it all over :lol:
 

luvscats

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do you have a compost pile or even a large bed of leaves that are breaking down? I went out and turned my leaf bed over. No dirt, just a big deep pile of leaves set aside to break down. I just needed to get outside and work in the yard a bit. It was heavenly.
 

Sharon

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No doubt! When it's this wet, the dirt forms clods that get hard and don't break up easy when you need them to in the early spring.

All I did was pull pepper plants and cages. :lol: I wouldn't dream of tilling in the mud.
 
I need some ideas on something I can plant early and harvest before summer.
I plan to start plants indoor again in the plastic tray greenhouses then open them up once the plants are too tall for the covers. They will be in the basement, so a constant 65-70 temp will be maintained once uncovered. Summer crops will be 3-4 tomato, beans, bell peppers, squash, pumpkin. Not starting the squash or pumpkins inside.
 

Cowgirl

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I need some ideas on something I can plant early and harvest before summer.
I plan to start plants indoor again in the plastic tray greenhouses then open them up once the plants are too tall for the covers. They will be in the basement, so a constant 65-70 temp will be maintained once uncovered. Summer crops will be 3-4 tomato, beans, bell peppers, squash, pumpkin. Not starting the squash or pumpkins inside.


Peas (I love Sugar Snap), spinach, lettuce, kale, radishes, turnips, and broccoli are all cold weather crops. I wouldn't start the peas inside though. Or the beans (this summer). They do really well direct-seeded.
 
Peas (I love Sugar Snap), spinach, lettuce, kale, radishes, turnips, and broccoli are all cold weather crops.
When could I plant them outside? I assume that even though they are cold weather crops I'd need to start them inside and then move them out?
 

luvscats

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ummm yummmm you can eat the sugar snap peas right off the vine. they are soooo good. and greens fresh out of the garden! plus with the cool weather crops you don't have as much bother with bugs!
 
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dems4me

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When could I plant them outside? I assume that even though they are cold weather crops I'd need to start them inside and then move them out?

I think some people plant peas on St. Patricks day :shrug: I guess you can start them now then transplant :shrug: I started my peas in little pots and transplanted them last year and it did okay, but I think direct planting may be better :shrug: I'm still new at this :crazy:
 

Cowgirl

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When could I plant them outside? I assume that even though they are cold weather crops I'd need to start them inside and then move them out?

I think it's too much work to start plants inside, so I try to direct-seed anything I can. Pease and beans are way easier outside. Peas are cool-weather, so you can start them early. Probably mid to late March. If we get a cold-snap, you can always cover them up with a sheet of plastic, or an old bedsheet or something. I can't remember when I started mine last year....but I know it was early because I get impatient. :lol: Peas are great, because you can put them in the back of a bed (and make a trellis for them to climb) and put something like lettuce or spinach in front of them.

Beans should be planted a little later, once the soil starts to warm up.
 
I think it's too much work to start plants inside, so I try to direct-seed anything I can. Pease and beans are way easier outside. Peas are cool-weather, so you can start them early. Probably mid to late March. If we get a cold-snap, you can always cover them up with a sheet of plastic, or an old bedsheet or something. I can't remember when I started mine last year....but I know it was early because I get impatient. :lol: Peas are great, because you can put them in the back of a bed (and make a trellis for them to climb) and put something like lettuce or spinach in front of them.

Beans should be planted a little later, once the soil starts to warm up.
Thanks! I've got a chain link fence along the back of my bed, so I'll plant the peas right in front of it.

I'll do the peas and beans direct seeding, but I'll start the tomato and pepper plants inside. I like for the kids to help with the seeds and then watching them grow.
 
Thanks! I've got a chain link fence along the back of my bed, so I'll plant the peas right in front of it.

I'll do the peas and beans direct seeding, but I'll start the tomato and pepper plants inside. I like for the kids to help with the seeds and then watching them grow.

If your house is cool, tomatoes will grow, but not really do a whole lot. They like warm sunny locations. If you put them by a window in a cool room with a cold draft coming from the window, they'll look kinda punky....

I used to start mine in Feb at the office which had these HUGE windows and it was always warm. By the time it was ready to plant, I had re-potted them at least once if not twice. Maybe 3-4 foot tall.

This year I have some fragrant locust seeds from Long Island to plant. I'll probably start them late Feb-early March.
 
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luvscats

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are your gardens fenced? deer around my house eat everything...roses, rhododendrons, crepe myrtles, tomatoes.....I didn't get one tomato last year. I thought for sure they wouldn't eat the tomato leaves but they did.
 
are your gardens fenced? deer around my house eat everything...roses, rhododendrons, crepe myrtles, tomatoes.....I didn't get one tomato last year. I thought for sure they wouldn't eat the tomato leaves but they did.
No. Deer leave my garden alone. Bunnies on the other hand.... Had a kitten living in the garden for a bit last summer, until I saw it and tried to catch it. It lived there for about 2 weeks though.
 
are your gardens fenced? deer around my house eat everything...roses, rhododendrons, crepe myrtles, tomatoes.....I didn't get one tomato last year. I thought for sure they wouldn't eat the tomato leaves but they did.

They'll eat just about anything. I gave up trying to keep them out, none of the "urban remedies" works. I started planting the tomatoes directly in front of the house by the front door, and the deer have yet to spot them.
 
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