Thread: gardening /09

Harvested three pounds of Portabella Mushrooms today. Looks like we will be having a feast tomorrow. I think I might dehydrate some of them also. Thanks; Virginia

Harvested a pound of the Button Mushrooms from the Mushroom kit yesterday. They look really good. Hopefully, more will grow.
Had some fresh from the garden Asparagus for Supper last evening. All of the crops that have been planted outside in the gardens look to be coming up (so far so good). Seeds started in the cold frames are making little plants and should be ready to plant around the first week of May. Thanks; Virginia

Received the 4 year old, ready to produce Cranberry Plant I ordered today. Will put it outside in its bed as soon as I can. (It is Raining here today, water everywhere.) Hopefully, we will have fresh homegrown Cranberries for Thanksgiving. Thanks; Virginia

Sure hope my Asparagus pops up real soon! Need to get it moved soon to the new garden beds but sure wanted to harvest this years crop first! so far no sign of it but maybe with all this rain and warmer temps it'll pop up in the next few days!

Just recived some MORE seeds from the swap sites!!! They just keep comming! At this point I think people just decided to send me some extras. That is just awsome! I have two tomatos and a pepper, cilantro, dill, all kinds of basil, corn, some flowers. all new this year. Just re set up my arrow grow with oakra, another tomato, 4 more hott peppers (for the salsa garden) and some flowers. Trying not to over do it because I dont have all the beds finished. I havent spent much so far at all. Ill have to add it up and share. Good luck everyone!!!

So my MIL is already picking fruit off her tomato plant and mine has yet to even start thinking about growing tomatoes. Sure it had 2 small (3 to 4 blooms) clusters, but that is it and that was a couple weeks ago. It has doubled in size since I got it but still nothing. I have been watering it frequently and I added those food granules when I planted it. I just hope to get something off of it...

Several years ago we grew tomotoe plants in buckets hanging upside down. We used 5 gallon buckets with a metal handle to hang from. Cut a small hole in the bottom and stuck the plant up thru the bottom and filled with dirt/planting mix. They were easy to water like this also. That was the only year we planted any like that. So if you have an extra bucket....give it a try!