Preparing to garden

[Corona688]

Last year my garden was so thin they didn't notice it when they rototilled the "unplanted" the parts... I waited over a month for them to rototill it in the first place so I could plant, grrrr!

Not making that same mistake this year. Already got some carrots on the go -- same ones as last year, that funny packet of purple carrots has an unbroken 100% germination rate so far. Also seeing if I can get some broccolil, dill, and a few strawberries going. Nearly everything's in those little "tomato greenhouse" things with the twelve peat pellets each. Their included tomato seeds are from 1999 to 2001, good thing I didn't want them. What're you planning to plant this year?

[godfry n. glad]

In the annuals, just a couple kind of tomatoes (Romas and a slicer) a couple of eggplants (aubergine for you Eurp types), and maybe...just maybe...a couple of bell peppers.

I'll try once again with planting hollyhocks; maybe put in some more Casablanca oriental lilies. I usually add a few rudbeckias each year, too. By an large, though, my garden is planted into most perennials and I spend most of my time weeding, feeding and pampering.

Oh....wait...what with the chickens living in their new under the boardwalk condo, and once the new back fence is completed, I'll be replanting raspberries....three kinds.

I've got a pebble walkway I've been putting off for over five years. I really need to finish that.

[curses]

All of my gardening has to be done in pots on the front walkway, so I'm limited to what I can plant. This year is going to be tomatoes, basil, oregano and bell peppers. I'm also going to give garlic a go, but I don't know how well it'll do in a pot.

[Corona688]

I have some experience growing garlic in a pot actually. it seems to grow but not get all that large.

[Plant Woman]

Well I bought a big galvanized watering trough that is 2 feet wide, by 8 feet long and 2 feet deep. My husband cut a good portion of the bottom off leaving just enough so that it keeps it integrity (so much for a drinking trough!) I am going to fill it this week with soil and plant vegies in it. Oh and I plan to line the bottom with hardware cloth to keep the moles out but allow the worms in.

I have lettuce and snow peas started in the greenhouse, but that's about it. I am going to sow some carrots in situ and figure out how I can keep the neighbors cat out of it. Anyway this is my experiment this year in getting a head start in the garden, getting the soil warmed up in super raised bed. A problem in the NW is our soils remaining cold well into June. If it's successful I will buy a few more over the next year. My vegie garden will have an industrial retro look to it. :giggle:

[Plant Woman]

Do you plant your garlic in fall same as the daffs?