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Home Garden 2024 / 2025

Oh, my bad, the onions were bought in small bundles. Little bulbs with 6" leaves, I forget what they are called but they come in bare root form. I've never tried to grow onions from seeds.
 
The pretty thing bought me a potato growing kit a few years ago. it was a small box with a potato in it.

:laughing
 
Bubba_s said:
Yes. I forgot to mention that the peas are coming up too. I always do lettuce, beets, arugula, carrots if I grow them (Also saw one of those popping up, they take a long time to sprout) from seeds. I will be planting cucumbers and squash (Yellow crookneck) a bit later, also from seeds. I usually buy tomato and pepper starts but this year I'm going to try and make my own starts. We'll see, if it works out and I have a lot I will share with anyone willing to come and pick them up.



Congrats on the new home!! Very cool of the previous owner to show you around, that's awesome. Enjoy it!!!
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I'm thinking of growing arugula this year. Seems fairly straightforward. Might have to cage it like my plants last year though. A squirrel or some critter kept snacking on my thai chili plants last year while they were still small.
 
mean dad said:
The pretty thing bought me a potato growing kit a few years ago. it was a small box with a potato in it.

:laughing
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We had a red potato sprouting in our pantry. I stuck it in our compost pile and it just broke out of the ground. If I remember correctly, if a potato has two or more of the eyes sprouting, they will grow potatoes. We'll see, I've only grow potatoes twice, once by accident, lol

gnahc79 said:
I'm thinking of growing arugula this year. Seems fairly straightforward. Might have to cage it like my plants last year though. A squirrel or some critter kept snacking on my thai chili plants last year while they were still small.
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Of all of the things that grow, arugula usually has the least issue with pests (I'm thinking bugs/snail, not rodents). Fresh arugula is soooo good. Go for it!
 
potatoes are fun because sometimes, you don't find all of 'em come harvest time so whatever you missed gives you volunteer spuds next year!
 
Broccoli has always been one of my most successful home garden crops. I start from seed in late August/September in seedling six packs, then transplant out to the garden or greenhouse in November. My favorite variety is Arcadia which has enormous main heads and continues to put out side heads for weeks afterwards. They yield way more than I can consume so I always have loads to give away to neighbors. Here is my wife some years ago holding our most gigantic head of broccoli ever.

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And here is one of my dozen plants this season just starting to form a tiny head in mid-December-

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And by mid-January it turned into this monster head-

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Now at the end of February I am still harvesting small side heads every couple of days and have six new young broccolis maturing for a late spring harvest. But by May or June the heat and aphids will be stressing the cool season crops here in Solano county so my broccoli season will end until fall.

-Bill
 
900ss said:
Let me know if you would like me to mail some seeds.
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Would love some.


Last week I ordered a rose I've been looking at for over 20 years - never had the yard for it. They call it the "butterfly rose" and I'm going to use it to hide an ugly portion of fence and a view into the neighbor's yard
 

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My current winter bed. Various onions and leeks, carrots, bok choi. Just planted the cilantro and celeries. In process of building another bed designated for peppers and tomatoes but waiting for warmer weather (for planting) so the soil mix gets to cook a bit longer.

The smaller bed is my wife's herb bed... various mints, basils and other various herbs.
 

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My current winter bed. Various onions and leeks, carrots, bok choi. Just planted the cilantro and celeries. In process of building another bed designated for peppers and tomatoes but waiting for warmer weather (for planting) so the soil mix gets to cook a bit longer.

The smaller bed is my wife's herb bed... various mints, basils and other various herbs.
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Someone has a very green thumb! :thumbup

Mine is a very light brown.
 
I live in a condo in San Jose that gets pretty much zero sunlight on the deck or front porch. At work in Campbell I have a 4 foot square concrete thing filled with soil in which I have planted tomatoes, peppers, basil, spuds and other things. Due to the configuration of the building nowhere gets a stay 6 hours of sunlight.

In another soil patch I have "the artichoke that will not die"; It's probably 6 years old and keeps coming back. I don't use any pesticides, and if you don't already know, earwigs FUCKING LOVE ARTICHOKES!!!!! In another small spot I planted corn a few years back, but some critters would burrow under the driveway and wall and absconded with lots of the plants, the whole thing!. Bastids! Oh well, critters need to eat as well, bless their little mangy flea-ridden souls.

Last year some tyke was chomping on my tomatoes. I never did figure out what manner of beast it was.

I did have one awesome tomato worm last year; I tossed it on the driveway and he was probably a crow's lunch. I still lose sleep over that, the moth they turn into is beautiful. Weird looking fucker as a caterpillar though.

TIME TO PLANT!
 
i have chickens and they LOVE tomato worms. saddly in the last ~6 years i've only found 2 of the things.
 
Rambeezi said:
My current winter bed. Various onions and leeks, carrots, bok choi. Just planted the cilantro and celeries. In process of building another bed designated for peppers and tomatoes but waiting for warmer weather (for planting) so the soil mix gets to cook a bit longer.

The smaller bed is my wife's herb bed... various mints, basils and other various herbs.
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Looks great, I don't do much over winter but I think I will change that this time around.

I just planted a bunch of seeds in my seed starter this weekend. Jalapenos and Anaheim peppers, and Black Krim and San Marzano (OG Romas) tomatoes. 18 of each. Once these get going I'll put them in bigger pots and throw another batch of something different in. I'm over the chilly weather and ready for soil temps to go up!!
 
My garden gets inundated with those giant green guys. They get tossed over the back fence into the no-man's land along the walking trail.
 
GAJ said:
Someone has a very green thumb! :thumbup

Mine is a very light brown.
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Thank you!

Bubba_s said:
Looks great, I don't do much over winter but I think I will change that this time around.

I just planted a bunch of seeds in my seed starter this weekend. Jalapenos and Anaheim peppers, and Black Krim and San Marzano (OG Romas) tomatoes. 18 of each. Once these get going I'll put them in bigger pots and throw another batch of something different in. I'm over the chilly weather and ready for soil temps to go up!!
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This is my first winter garden. Usually after the summer season I amend the soil and let it cook during the fall and winter months. Wife wanted to keep the summer gardening momentum going so we researched what we can grow during the cold season in zone 9. Looks like vegetable gardening will now be a continuous thing for me... not that I mind. :cool
 
the only problems with vegetable gardens is you now have vegetables. i wish cheeseburger gardens were a thing
 
auntiebling said:
the only problems with vegetable gardens is you now have vegetables. i wish cheeseburger gardens were a thing
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The magic cheeseburger gardens are most likely to be found in food deserts, oddly enough...

See what I did there :laughing
 
Update on the tomatoes and peppers I am sprouting:

I have them in a sprouting tray thingy with a heat mat under them. Almost all of the tomatoes have come up and none of the peppers yet. Not too worried about the peppers, they've only been planted for a week or so. The tomatoes look pretty scrawny, I moved them to a window with a lot more light.

Other stuff:

Radishes are doing the best (No surprise there). Carrots are taking a while to show up, there are a couple. Maybe they won't make it in this round because I planted too soon. Not sure. The potato I put in the compost bin is looking very happy. Not sure why I haven't grown them more. I'll probably put the squash type plants in the fron t yard this year. Full sun and plenty of room to grow. Maybe I'll plant pumpkins for Halloween this year.

How's about you guys??
 
Not a damn thing yet.

My garden is in wine barrel halves and they're chock full of rain water that needs to be drained. Adding to the headache is the fact that they're on sand colored hardpack and I don't want brown water staining it so it's turned into a small project to get that part done, then I need to get rid of the soil itself and replace it with the magic Antioch loamy clay soil.
It'll be a few hours of drudgery so I've been avoiding it to be honest.

But I'm living vicariously through your radish exploits so keep the updates coming. In fact after reading your posts I decided I need radishes in my life to eat and grow.
 
mean dad said:
Not a damn thing yet.

My garden is in wine barrel halves and they're chock full of rain water that needs to be drained. Adding to the headache is the fact that they're on sand colored hardpack and I don't want brown water staining it so it's turned into a small project to get that part done, then I need to get rid of the soil itself and replace it with the magic Antioch loamy clay soil.
It'll be a few hours of drudgery so I've been avoiding it to be honest.

But I'm living vicariously through your radish exploits so keep the updates coming. In fact after reading your posts I decided I need radishes in my life to eat and grow.
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Do the radishes! I think I said it earlier but they are very gratifying veggies to grow. They pop up quick and are ripe faster than just about anything.
 
My 4 foot square planter at work has been fallow for a couple of months. It doesn't get 6 hours of sunlight but generally things work out. I turned the soil over today and pissed off a whole bunch of earthworms and a few interesting looking grubs. Live and let live!

IMHO this means the soil is healthy. I will buy a bag of shit next week and work it in, let it sit for a few weeks. I planted an artichoke a few years back in a different patch that refuses to die and has massive leaf growth. I expect 'chokes to start appearing in a few weeks. I have stated before how earwigs love these things.

I will toss some of my fish pepper seeds from last season in there shortly and see if they sprout. I don't go for the sprouting with heat pads malarkey; when did good old Mother Nature use heat pads? Paging Charles Darwin, survival of the fittest.....:thumbup

Hey, I'm just a poor dumb immigrant so what do I know?:x
 
900ss said:
My 4 foot square planter at work has been fallow for a couple of months. It doesn't get 6 hours of sunlight but generally things work out. I turned the soil over today and pissed off a whole bunch of earthworms and a few interesting looking grubs. Live and let live!

IMHO this means the soil is healthy. I will buy a bag of shit next week and work it in, let it sit for a few weeks. I planted an artichoke a few years back in a different patch that refuses to die and has massive leaf growth. I expect 'chokes to start appearing in a few weeks. I have stated before how earwigs love these things.

I will toss some of my fish pepper seeds from last season in there shortly and see if they sprout. I don't go for the sprouting with heat pads malarkey; when did good old Mother Nature use heat pads? Paging Charles Darwin, survival of the fittest.....:thumbup

Hey, I'm just a poor dumb immigrant so what do I know?:x
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I do almost everything from seeds in the ground but I usually buy peepers and tomatoes as starts. I'm trying to get my starts going early so I can use my own. I was planning to offer some here but now that I know about the prejudice against heating pads, I'll just throw the extras away. :twofinger :teeth :laughing

How about some things I don't grow:

Pattay pan squash: Very cool looking, taste like shit (to me anyway)
Zucchini: I stopped growing these because they get so big, produce WAY more than I can use, and I much prefer the texture of yellow straight/crook neck when cooked.
Sunflowers: I used to love growing these in several varieties, then I found a rodent nest under a piece of would, filled with sunflower seeds/shells...No thanks!
Super hot peppers: Neat, fun, but my butthole wants nothing to do with them. Jalapenos, anaheims, bells and soranos.
Artichokes: Like you mention, bugs all up in them that are hard to get to. I don't use pesticides.
 
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