2021 Gardening Thread

[flywise]

Yessir they can when it's small... My wife's "girls" are not completely free-range, but we let 'em out when we are home and around. With a garden that's growing good, they do some pretty good bug control, but they will pull emerging plants and scratch in the dirt for bugs and such if you don't keep 'em out... maybe a hot wire for a while?? My grand pa used to do that when he'd start his garden... After a couple weeks, the chickens wouldn't go anywhere near his garden...

Hmmm, well I guess I’ll have to get creative. As I plowed and tilled today they were all over it finding bugs and worms.
Thanks for the heads up

[SaltwaterSlick]

If we don't watch 'em ours will peck veggies of all sizes and shapes too... We feed 'em the scraps from processing veggies and table leftovers so they have a natural propensity to go for them. Fun to watch 'em fight over a big ol' green tomato worm!! It's pretty violent and green blood everywhere!!

[texansfan]

Planted thus far:
Boston pickling cukes
Tomatoes
- big boy
- celebrity
- Amelia
- walkers improved

Mint
-spearmint
- sweet mint
- chocolate mint

Lemon Balm

Mini eggplants

Seeds ordered from Willhite:
Corn
Popcorn
Carrots
Sunflowers
Purple hulls
And five other things I can't remember that i ordered.

All fruit trees have buds that have popped
Two pecan trees look dead

I'll plant more Lettuce today as the rain is here

My red onions and garlic that I planted in December look to be doing great

Collard greens and broccoli don't seem to want to give me anything although they seem to be pretty stout

[Johnny]

I'm late to the party but got things rolling today. I got my new tractor delivered yesterday along with a 5ft tiller and what a game changer. I've been using a small walk behind tiller for 20 years! I just tilled in about 10 yards of shroom dirt straight from the Monterey Mushroom plant. I'm gonna let that sit for a week or so before planting. Will get pics soon of garden area.





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[SaltwaterSlick]

Very nice Johnny!! Congratulations on the new toys!! Will sure make clearing shooting lanes and such easier too!!

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Any of y’all use a drip irrigation system to water your gardens? I’ll be putting mine in today little late on some stuff but better late than never.

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Just got our garden planted 100x40. 17 40’ rows mixed vegetables
Tomato
Squash/zucchini
Peppers 3 variety
Carrot
Spinach
Cucumbers an pickles
Corn
Okra
Green beans
Watermelon
Cucumber
With a few rows of flowers for the bees
In 2 weeks time I’ll plant dill and cilantro.
Also plan on putting in some huge sunflowers.

First year garden at the new house. Grandpa had a garden here all his life except the last 7-8 years. Picking up where he left off.

[bboswell]

I'm late to the party but got things rolling today. I got my new tractor delivered yesterday along with a 5ft tiller and what a game changer. I've been using a small walk behind tiller for 20 years! I just tilled in about 10 yards of shroom dirt straight from the Monterey Mushroom plant. I'm gonna let that sit for a week or so before planting. Will get pics soon of garden area.





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Congrats Johnny! Some tillers give the option to change the direction of tiller rotation, if your does you really wanting so that it’s pulling back on the tractor vs pushing it if that makes sense.

[BarW]

Just got our garden planted 100x40. 17 40’ rows mixed vegetables
Tomato
Squash/zucchini
Peppers 3 variety
Carrot
Spinach
Cucumbers an pickles
Corn
Okra
Green beans
Watermelon
Cucumber
With a few rows of flowers for the bees
In 2 weeks time I’ll plant dill and cilantro.
Also plan on putting in some huge sunflowers.

First year garden at the new house. Grandpa had a garden here all his life except the last 7-8 years. Picking up where he left off.

Cilantro?
What area you in for that? I'm southeast Texas. Love that stuff but never tried to grow it. Guess I'm researching now.

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[eradicator]

Cilantro?
What area you in for that? I'm southeast Texas. Love that stuff but never tried to grow it. Guess I'm researching now.

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I plant cilantro in the fall and it grows all winter until it finally bolts when it gets hot. It reseeds itself if you let it. I planted one plant about a decade ago and it now comes up every fall on its own all over the garden lol. I always keep some seeds and throw them out in the fall just in case

[BarW]

I plant cilantro in the fall and it grows all winter until it finally bolts when it gets hot. It reseeds itself if you let it. I planted one plant about a decade ago and it now comes up every fall on its own all over the garden lol. I always keep some seeds and throw them out in the fall just in case

Good to know thanks

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[SaltwaterSlick]

Congrats Johnny! Some tillers give the option to change the direction of tiller rotation, if your does you really wanting so that it’s pulling back on the tractor vs pushing it if that makes sense.

You know Brent, I'm gonna look at my Deere tiller to see if it has that option... My tiller (72 incher) will push my tractor when I push in the clutch. Reverse rotation would stop that... One side of my wife's garden spot is near our back yard picket fence... I've punched it twice because of that!!

[SaltwaterSlick]

And so far, so good on the rain over the past few days... Nothing that will stop me from making rows for my bride to start puttin' stuff in the ground... If we don't get a downpour, I'll be making rows Wednesday or Thursday... Got my fingers crossed and said a little prayer to the Good Lord for the opportunity to git-er-dun...

[Man]

I plant cilantro in the fall and it grows all winter until it finally bolts when it gets hot. It reseeds itself if you let it. I planted one plant about a decade ago and it now comes up every fall on its own all over the garden lol. I always keep some seeds and throw them out in the fall just in case

Same here was wondering if cutting/preventing the bolt will have it continue to produce the good leaves?

[scotty]

Any of y’all use a drip irrigation system to water your gardens? I’ll be putting mine in today little late on some stuff but better late than never.