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I haven’t had a lot of luck the last few years. 2 years ago it started raining in the spring and didn’t stop til fall.
Last yr I had major bug issues.
Over the years I’ve grown a lot of different vegetables. I’ve learned that the best way for me to go, is to only grow what we eat fresh. Peas, green beans, Brussels Sprouts etc that need to be picked pretty much every day once they start coming then either canned or blanched and frozen is ALOT of work and in the end doesn’t taste much different than what I can buy cheap in the grocery store.
This year I bought a seed starting kit https://www.homedepot.com/p/Burpee-36-Cell-Self-Watering-Greenhouse-Kit-95036/203110194 and started seeds indoors for the first time. I planted poblano, Anaheim and cubanelles. These are my favorite peppers to eat and their plants can’t be found at the greenhouses here. That kit worked great. The instructions were to set it in a sunny window but I bought a cheap led light and run it 12 hours or so every day. Anyway, I planted 12 of each variety and narrowed it to 3 of each into solo cups when they outgrew the planter kit.
Im planning to get them in the garden this week. Hopefully they survive transplanting.
I’ll be buying tomato plants and have seeds for zucchini, acorn squash, green onions and a lettuce “salad mix”. I have two different varieties of cucumber seeds too but am hoping to find them in plants at the greenhouse. I’m planning to trellis my cukes somehow to keep them off the ground and make more room in my garden. I always put in one cherry tomato plant too.
Who else is planning to grow some veggies this yr?
Any tips/tricks the rest of us may not know about?
Happy Spring!
Last yr I had major bug issues.
Over the years I’ve grown a lot of different vegetables. I’ve learned that the best way for me to go, is to only grow what we eat fresh. Peas, green beans, Brussels Sprouts etc that need to be picked pretty much every day once they start coming then either canned or blanched and frozen is ALOT of work and in the end doesn’t taste much different than what I can buy cheap in the grocery store.
This year I bought a seed starting kit https://www.homedepot.com/p/Burpee-36-Cell-Self-Watering-Greenhouse-Kit-95036/203110194 and started seeds indoors for the first time. I planted poblano, Anaheim and cubanelles. These are my favorite peppers to eat and their plants can’t be found at the greenhouses here. That kit worked great. The instructions were to set it in a sunny window but I bought a cheap led light and run it 12 hours or so every day. Anyway, I planted 12 of each variety and narrowed it to 3 of each into solo cups when they outgrew the planter kit.
Im planning to get them in the garden this week. Hopefully they survive transplanting.
I’ll be buying tomato plants and have seeds for zucchini, acorn squash, green onions and a lettuce “salad mix”. I have two different varieties of cucumber seeds too but am hoping to find them in plants at the greenhouse. I’m planning to trellis my cukes somehow to keep them off the ground and make more room in my garden. I always put in one cherry tomato plant too.
Who else is planning to grow some veggies this yr?
Any tips/tricks the rest of us may not know about?
Happy Spring!
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