2014 Garden pic thread!

Post em up! Here are a couple of mine getting started (except for onions, theyve been out all winter. Some small ones to the right are recent though.


I just added the irrigation drippers this year, I think Im gonna like em.








i love these little suckers, they rarely make it into the house.

Produce from this weekend. Three kinds of lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, onions, and radishes.

Sweet!


How do y'all eat chard? I just cleaned out all mine a couple weeks ago that was big from going all winter. We loved it...never had it before.

Use the leaves like spinach and the stems like asparagus.

I haven't had it before until recently either.

You guys down south are killing me. My garden is covered in henbit and volunteer ryegrass. We got 3 1/2" of rain last night so I don't figure I'll be able to get in the garden for a while.

That sucks Fur.

Planting tomatoes in this spot.

Squash, cucumbers and peppers will go here. It's a big operation but I can do it.

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Taters and a few onions is all I have right now.

You got a good team of plow dogs?

Just cats here Fur so I'm hoping that TC will loan me his.

Cats make good fertilizer.

We'll find out soon. I just buried the neighbors in a big field down at the farm last month. It got rund over so the wife told my neighbor that ole Leroy won't mind taking to the country and give it a final resting place on a hill overlooking the creek.

We'll the dirt was softer in the big green field so if the coyotes didn't dig it up it will make good fertilizer in a month when I plant my peas.

You can borrow my plow dog anytime Leroy but I gotta warn you she ain't much help.

I just bought this place at the first of the year, so I'm just now getting the garden spot ready. I still have a few crape myrtles to rip out of the ground on the edge, but the brush pile is already burned. I'm ready for some warm and dry weather so I can get some work done!

Gonna be a nice spot yotetrapper, keep us updated. I love seeing others' gardens and ideas.

Onions....white and red

Contender beans planted two weeks apart

Another batch of contender beans

Overgrown scallons and overgrown collards

Kale and some lettuce

Broccoli


Still have several beds empty and ready for tomatos, peppers, and squash.

Looks awesome Clayton!

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Those flamingos are gonna eat your beans.....

thornless blackberries starting to leaf out

Soon to be planted. Prob easter weekend.

got the better boys, cherry 100's, crook-kneck squash, carmen peppers, sweet banana, giant marconi peppers, cubanel peppers, jalepenos, blue lake bush beans, radishes, and yardlong beans, all in the dirt and growing up.

I may get adventurous and experiment with building a bamboo framed raised bed this weekend if I can scrap together enough spare parts to build another planter.

How long have those blackberries been going? I've thought about starting some one of these days.

is that a turtle exclusion fence???? LOL

This is the third season on the first row to the left, the second season for the rest. I plant in the fall.

I got over 15 gallons off the first row last year. I water regular with drip irrigation.

Details man, details. What variety? How long are the rows? What else? I could definitely handle 15 gallons of blackberries. Do they have big seeds like some of the "tame" varieties I've had?

Those rows are 65 feet. 20 to 25 plants per row. I have every variety I can find. Arapaho, Navaho, Shawnee, triple crown and some I can't even remember. The ones on the first row are trailing type, you will make more berries with these but they take more time maintain. They grow every where.

I think I'm going to like the triple crown the best. They are semi erect.

I Set up a drip system and I only use cotton seed meal for fertilizer.

Thanks for the info. I would rather not have to have a trailing type, but 15 gallons of berries is a pretty good yield on a row that size I figure. Are your triple crowns mature enough to have fruit yet? If so, are they making good?

What about the seeds? We had one tame vine on a fence row on our farm and I ended up killing it. The berries were huge but I would spend a half a day picking seeds out of my teeth when I ate them. The seed were huge. Nothing like a wild blackberry.

I expect to get a good harvest from the triple crowns this year. I'll have to let your know. They are big sweet berries. I hadn't noticed the seeds on any of them being any bigger than regular wild ones. I don't eat as many fresh blackberries though as I do the blueberries.

My wife makes sauces, pies and I make wine with them.

She strains the seeds out and makes blackberry ice cream with whole milk. Its the best ice cream I've ever eaten.

Only trying to keep the dogs out and they learn to with that small barrier. And it's just in the middle of my yard so I like there to be a bit of a perimeter. But it's otherwise use less

Only thing I have grown so far this year.

I got baby squash

I finally got to put a few seed out in one of my spots

Looks like a nice spot!

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Thanks it ain't that coffee looking soil you got. Now to keep the dang crowes out of my corn.

Cover it with oak leaves every chance you get and till them in. I have been doing this in my garden for about 5 years. My soil here is pretty decent but its really starting to run dark and look great.

TC, you suck! Baby squash on 4/25...smh. I got my squash, and cukes transplanted. Tomatoes and peppers in the ground. 4 rows of corn planted, 2 rows of beans, 1 row of peas and a row of okra in the ground. Seed was swollen yestidy. Hope we don't get the 2" of rain they're talking about monday! My ground don't drain too good. Will prob add another row of okra and finish out my corn planting as soon as it dries next week.

Strawberries coming in slowly too

All that looks good. I quit growing strawberries because of all the squirrels around my house. They would go out at daylight everyday and take one bite out of any berry that was turning red. Only got a few.

Very nice TC! When did you get plants in the ground? February?

Yes late Feb on most of them. Been adding seedlings as they've gotten big enough since then. Ill get some pics of the big garden this weekend. Mostly beans and maters out there..

looks good, did you start with grow lights?

Yes I had pics on here of my setup. I still got stuff under them. Once they get big enough I put them outside for a week or so then transplant. I needed a few more a squash so there are some underIit now a few inches tall.

Maters. Atkinsons on the left and Big Boys on the right. First time growing Atkinsons. Didn't have Beefsteaks when I got em.

Got mine planted today.

Ain't got any recent pics but we've got maters, squash, peppers, and strawberries all starting to produce. Corn is up about two feet. Looking like its gonna be a good year!

My potato garden at work. 2 40 foot rows. Should have a good crop this year. All new taters.

Sweet! My taters are looking great too. First year I can't wait.

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Maters, peppers, Kentucky stringless beans, squash, sweet taters, cucumbers, red taters, onions

Dang gum storm tore up some mater plants and knocked over my snow peas. I beefed em up for round two.

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All this rain has done the corn a lot of good!

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Radishes are doing good too.

Good looking pics from all. It's been awhile for me to check this forum. No garden for me this year, but hopefully next spring even it it's just tomatoes.

laid out planted and starting up, last week.

You did it old man! Good job!

I got a later start than most of you due to the wet weather this spring. Our prairie soil takes a while to dry enough to till and plant. I have tomatoes, several varieties of peppers, squash, okra, peas, watermelons and corn all planted and in various stages of growth. My fruit trees are also doing well this year.

TC are those purple maters any good to eat? I see you have some of that dang dollar weed also. I dug up some areas with it in there and literally sifted the ground to get roots and all out of it and the dang stuff still comes back.

This is my first year trying them...I can't wait to put one on a sammich. The dollar weed is dead now...sprayed it but yes its aggravating. The long tube like roots are hell to get rid of.


Those purple maters are "indigo rose" fyi. Also have some Brandywine that are starting. I'll report back after I taste them.

What did you spray it with?

Just gly, just in the beds....it knocks it back but i still steadily pull them when I have time. I have not come up with an educated solution for the yard yet. Need to research it I reckon. An ideas?

pink brandy wine and cherry 100,s are the only maters i like. Dont really like em.

I think if tc had a good pair of mules and some old equipment he could be a crop farmer. A couple hundred acres should keep him busy

Thanks! Maybe we can start a donation thread for acreage.

Is that you're personal garbage truck

Lol no...neighbors have owned a garbage company for about 30 years.

Got maters!

My dang squash (straight and zuchini's) are blooming plenty, but they aren't putting on any squash. I heavily limed the area two years ago, plenty of water and fertilizer, can't figure it out?

Well I finally started putting seed in the ground yesterday. Hopefully I won't have such a late start next year, but between some house repair, deck building and work I couldn't get time to turn the soil until this week. Anyways here is my garden. Planted golden queen sweet corn, okra, squash, zucchini, and cucumber. Today I'm gonna put in beans, peas, bell peppers, and tomatoes. I plan on planting some pumpkins later in June.

Not long now....I'm ready for a mater sammich!

Looks good TC and BHamfred

A few photos from this morning. The cabbage still has no heads.

I have modified my one row planter. I have posted pictures on here before but my memory has left me. I would appreciate it if some one would post my picture. Thanks.

I'd like to see it geezer. jwoolums1 at gmail

Hey TC how are you keeping the bugs off of your beans. Ive not sprayed mine with anything yet and the bugs are getting a few.

i havent had any issues yet (fingers crossed). I didnt have any with these bush beans last year either. Im hoping for a repeat.


TR, looks great. Your cabbage is broke.

We officially decided that the broke cabbage is really collards. A neighbor is having his wife cook some up to see for sure. My wife has never cooked collards but we are about to learn together if they are worth eating this time of year.

It looks like cabbage to me. If it were collards they would have bolted with the heat already.

I concur thats why I said his cabbage was broke. You got a problem with heading anywhere else in your life TR? Nevermind, dont answer that.

Enjoying my morning coffee while wandering around the garden. The seeds are coming to life.

Thats my favorite part. I know how birthing mothers feel.

Man i got so many maters that are huge and green I just had to pull a couple to fry. Can't wait till they ripen.

I thought the other day when I saw that most recent picture that the leaves on those plants are shaped more like collards than cabbage. Cabbage leaves are more round for all the cabbages I eve planted.

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Hot bananers
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Sumter cucumbers
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Finally got mine clean enough to take a pic. Maters, peppers, squash (killed my 1st planting) beans, and corn.

Oh, and 2 rows of okra.

First bottles of honey from this season.

That honey looks good

X a bagillion. How many hives did that come from?

That is only 40 lbs. I have at least 225 lbs with the rest still in 5 gallon buckets. It came mostly out of 4 hives with a little bit coming from 2 other hives that are not producing much this year so far.

It was a good run if I say so myself as far as quality. Clear and light in color and very sweet.

Holy smokes thats a lot of honey!



Vines, wow looks great! Impressive!


Tell me what you got going on with those beans to the right? If that bamboo leaned against the wire on each side for them to climb?



Oh and I see tractor tracks, that aint fair.

Mine is coming right along. Pulled some cucumbers yesterday.

TC its bamboo and some 2x4s l ripped l got another row l just put hog wire for them to run on. I am going to post a pic of my tomatoes they look real good if they will make its a lot of work, if l didn't have my farmall tractor don't think l could hold out.

Looks good vines!

waiting on a mater

Thats some good looking gardens can't wait to get some fresh vegs and eat a belly full.

That's a very tidy looking garden Vines. Nice job so far!!

Looks good

Thanks guys hope y'all have good luck with your gardens, going to try a new recipe a fried green mater sandwich with bacon and lettuce heard it was good. anybody else ever tried it?

Never but I will now!

Yup, thats some damn good food. Instead of white bread go for the gold and put that between two pieces of sour cornbread.

Good looking honey, jlc. I haven't extracted any yet, but I have some that is almost clear. I haven't fed any sugar water this year so I know it isn't Domino Honey. I don't know if it's from our early Maple flow and got moved up from the brood chamber or exactly what it is.

My daughter sold 75 lbs of it today...She has had a good day! Flush with cash for a 12 year old!

We had a slow start on our watermelons with the cold April but they are coming on now. We have several that should make it by the 4th.
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That's a big watermelon patch! What variety you plant?

We have not planted any in about 3 years so We planted about 2 acres this year. We planted mainly crimson sweat. We did plant a few of the shorter rows with some other varieties: sugar baby, star and moon, jubilee and 2 rows of yellow meat. We have gone back in the skips and planted cantaloupes.

What all have you done to keep that field so clean?

I planted them on about a 10 X 8 spacing so we could disk in between them both ways. We will disk them one more time probably Tuesday and that will be it. I have sprayed roundup/2-4-d mix twice around the plants and spot sprayed the bad weed spots. I have also hoed around the plants a few times to get what the roundup missed but the roundup and disking got most of everything. They will get real weedy from here on out but that is ok. Now if i can just keep the deer and coyotes out. The deer have started coming and eating the ends off of some of the plants. I planted an acre of peas adjacent to them just to feed the deer. Maybe it will work.

Roundup is one thing, but if the root system of your garden plants grow into the area that you sprayed 2,4D then they're dead. I wouldn't walk by my garden with a sprayer of 2,4D.

I don't put much 2,4-D. Just enough to start to see the plant turn after about two days.

Mine is lighter than that picture makes it look. It will be a good bit darker if I get any off in July. Maybe in a few more weeks you'll have some darker in there and when you extract it will even out!

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Looks good G/H beans looking good

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First harvest

An updated pic on the garden. Things are coming along. I have started picking squash, peppers and tomatoes.

That's a good looking garden Augustus! Some good dirt too.

Thanks. Lowndes County black belt prairie soil, soaks up water like a sponge in the winter and hard as concrete in the summer!

Everyone's gardens looks great!!
Reckon I'll post an update on mine too. Everything is growing well and putting on the groceries.. Well all but the peppers. A dang mole ate them while I was gone to the beach for a couple days. Replanted some more yesterday, hopefully they aren't root bound.
Okra and beans

From front to back, zucchini, cucumbers, and squash.

Tomatoes

And corn

Your blackberries look easier to pick than the ones I picked today.

No kiddin' I still earn my blackberries the old fashioned way. Every berry replaces the drops of blood I lose picking them.

I drove my golf cart in the middle of the patch and still bled. They were bitter for some reason

Cause you ran over em.

Ha. Meant they tasted bitter. That was a very good comeback

over 4 gallons of berries today. We also picked peas and cucs to pickle



this is the fruit of my fruit, blueberry, pear and fig wine. Bottled a lot of it today.

Alright Coldtrail

Planted 3 different types of tomatoes this year, Hybrid Whopper, Beefmaster, Better Boy and Cherokee Purples. So far, this is best my 6 plants have ever done. Already picked over 20 there are a ton of new blooms coming on. Planted them two weeks before Good Friday. Four of the plants are over 8' tall already.

Dang tall plants. What did u use for fertilizer?

I have cow manure mixed in with my dirt but only used this organic fertilizer for tomatoes, other than that.

Muzziehead,you need to kill that snake in the bottom of the second pic. If it's not a snake it is looks like one enough to get shot. Fake one to keep birds away maybe?

i way over planted. Bird are killing me on maters and there are more beans and peppers than I can pick...okra is out of control also. I dont have enough time during the week hardly to get to it. Ive failed as a farmer.

Put that dark yellow knotty squash in the slop bucket for the hogs or feed it to the cows. (that's what I would do) It won't be fit to eat.

Oh no its not getting eaten. ..lol. way too far gone.

Is that your latte(sp) maker on the counter?

I dont see a latte, just a keurig coffee maker.

Skeered me for a second

Picked 10 pounds of cucumbers, 6 pounds squash and a 1 1/2 pound zucchini this morning. Gonna try making some pickles later today.

Just gotta wait a few weeks and then I'll give them a taste test.