My garden is coming along fine. Going to the plant store, which is also the fruit/vegetable stand, is as tempting for me as is going to Tractor Supplyl when there are baby chickens there.
Yesterday I bought ancho peppers, tomatillos, tabasco peppers, chili peppers, and finally they got in some Roma tomatoes. I’m still waiting for them to get more cucumber and squash plants. Once I get those planted, I think I’ll be done buying plants. I’m still waiting a couple of weeks before planting the cream peas and okra seeds but other that, I’m just about finished planting.
I’ve planted onions, potatoes, 26 tomato plants, 6 eggplants, 6 zucchini, 6 bell peppers, 6 tomatillos, 6 tabasco peppers, 2 chili peppers, 3 ancho peppers, radishes, cantaloup, watermelon, green beans, purple hull peas, beets, carrots and that’s all I can remember!
Julia says
Love it! I am hoping to make one on our new porch. We moved from Ohio, where I could have a garden…to Chicago, where I can’t really have a garden. But i am hopefully going to put together a deck garden… (can you even do that?!). Enjoy it!
Linda in NE says
You have lots of variety in your garden. And 26 tomatoes, wow, you are serious about your tomatoes. I was thinking maybe 6 this year since I canned quite a few last year. With 6 zucchinis you’ll be able to supply the county if they do anything at all. Happy gardening!!!
Laura says
I was going to say the same thing about the zucchini! LOL
JudyL says
The last garden I had in MO, we planted over 100 tomato plants.
Judy D in WA says
WOW, you are going to have a fabulous garden! I cannot wait to see it all grown and productive!
Joan says
Judy-
Cucumbers and squash are super easy to grow from seed! It’s actually better to directly sow them where you want them in the garden then into another container first. Give it a try! I bet they’ll be up before the plant store gets more plants in. Plus you can visit Tractor Supply to get the seeds……and whatever else ends up in your cart!
JudyL says
It’s kinda late here to start seeds. We need to get as much head start as possible before it gets too hot so I’ll stick with bought plants for this year and start my own seeds next year. The store will have plants tomorrow so I doubt my seeds are up before then. 🙂
WiAmy says
I was going to say something similar to Joan. At one point we bought zucchini and cucumber plants, but soon found that the plants we planted by seed often caught up to the ones we bought as plants in a very short period of time! Are you trying for more than one planting time so that you can extend the season? Maybe Texas gets to hot for things to do well later. Can’t wait to see how things grow in Texas!
JudyL says
Yep, we have to get things in the ground early here. It will be too hot here before some of y’all are even able to plant.
Karin says
I wish I had a rototiller so I could make a garden! I’ve tried to do it w/o a tiller in years past, and it just never worked, too many deep rooted weeds/grass/blackberries here 🙁
JudyL says
We got an almost brand new little tiller at a second hand store for $25. You might could even pay someone to come till up your spot for you.
Johanna says
You’re quite the busy girl! I get in lots of trouble at the plant store too. Not as much though since my favorite greenhouse closed. They had quite a large collection of houseplants and cactus along with veggies and succulents that are hard to find around here.
Cathy Robillard says
too early for me to plant all that. I do have my broccoli and brussel sprouts in. Had to cover them the other night cause we had a frost.
you are much warmer that the east coast. May 15th for me.
hope your garden grows well this year.
Quilter Kathy says
I will have to live vicariously through you since I can’t start planting until June 1st 🙁
Vicky says
So we’re all going to move to your neck of the woods to have fresh veggies!!
pdudgeon says
what about lettuce and raddishes? can’t have a salad without them.
JudyL says
Radishes is on my list and already planted. Lettuce tends to bolt when it’s this hot and I get fantastic lettuce through my co-op so I’ll plant lettuce in the fall and through the winter but not in the summer.
vickie van dyken says
Yummmie! I bet you will be able to come up with a color pallete for Vicki with pics as your garden grows 🙂
Helen B. Ellen says
Oh, Judy, your garden sounds DELICIOUS!!
I don’t have enough land (or sun) to have much of a garden, but I love having fresh produce, so I go to the farmer’s markets around our area.
You will have a blast watching your efforts turn into wonderfully healthy and beautiful produce. With your fresh eggs and fresh produce, you will be so busy in your kitchen!
cityquilter grace says
thinking you might not have much time to quilt there judy…a garden like that will keep you plenty busy til fall!
JudyL says
Most everything will quit growing towards mid-July because of the heat and drought so I don’t mind giving up a few months of quilting if I can get a good harvest.
CindyM says
We’re in such a high desert area that we have to have a drip system in our garden… but it works great. I just put it on the same timer as our yard. Last year our garden was quite lush. I grew up in Iowa where you pretty much planted things and they grew and grew and produced and produced. We adapt!
CindyM says
I’m envious of longer growing seasons, but I do love the longer fall and winter here in the Rockies. I only planted radishes so far — and those in my little boxes that I can roll into the garage when we get that April snow storm… but they have sprouted and pushed through the dirt! Exciting! Last year I planted a dozen tomatoe plants in our meager raised beds — I actually loved having that many tomatoes, and didn’t can anything. We just eat tomatoes 3 times a day and give quite a few to friends and our daughter.
JudyL says
We probably don’t have that much of a longer season but we can start earlier. By July, everything will be burning up here.
CindyM says
When we lived in Texas, I was burning up by July, too! *L*
Patti Tappel says
We too went to Tractor supply today. We admired the chicks, but passed on those. However that would have been cheaper as we bought a $999 riding lawn mower!
Sharon Spingler says
Woman……..back away from Tractor Supply!
Pam says
Do you soak your okra seeds overnight? That’s what I used to do and always thought that it gave them a head start on sprouting. Now I grow roses and a few peppers, tomato, and citrus.
jen says
I spent the whole day in the garden….I think I might live pretty close to you in No. Tx, so I have a bit of advice. You can plant your peas and okra now and zucchini, yellow crooknecks, and cucumbers can be planted from seed right now too. Don’t wait for the nursery plants….they aren’t worth the price because the seeds are dependable germinators. I’m envious of your large numbers of plants….we only have room for a few of each thing. *Sigh*…maybe next year.
Patty says
Sounds like someone will be spending a lot of time in the garden this summer, the doing quite a bit of canning!
Janet says
Sounds like you have the garden about full. I planted 450 strawberry plants and 15 rasberry bushes this past weekend. Garden is plowed and ready to plant. I am having a had time not planting but it is a little early. Our temp’s have been unusually high this year and I am thinking about chancing it with a few tomato plants.
Jan MN/TX says
Wow! I’m tired just reading that list…and the hoeing hasn’t even started!!!
Mel Meister says
How do you handle all the hornworms on all those plants? I only had six tomatoes and the hornworms got them all. My husband and I were out there every day picking off those big ugly things! We must have a lot of those moths living around here.
I want to try to get some sort of screening for the tomatoes this year to keep the moths off.