Garden 2008

[kmcconaughey]

Todd, I plant my tomato plants about 36" apart in the rows, farther is better especially for grape tomatoes. I plant two rows 36" apart, then a walk way then two rows 36" apart and so on. I usually don't make the walkway wide enough. You'd think that after gardening extensively for 15 years I'd figure that out.

Peppers go in 18" apart in rows 18" apart. I believe the "mushroom fertilizer" is composted manure. How many tomato plants did you plant and what variety? Excepting the garlic, which was planted last fall, I didn't plant a garden this year so that I could concentrate on some other projects like refurbishing Cub Cadets and putting in a wildlife food plot at my parents farm. Sure do miss fresh picked tomatoes for BLTs and burgers.

 

[tcbusch]

Our onions didn't do very well this year, they bolted. The peas, green beans, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers have done very well.

 

[theaton]

Kraig, I planted 15 plants and dropped seads in another 10 holes. Spacing between plants was about 12 inchs, between rows about 18 inchs. The tomatoes are all the "red ripe" variety. Although, I have picked some that appear to be the plum variety.

I have alot to learn, but was surprised that the garden did this much this year. My property and surrounding homes was farm land 40 years ago...

A few weeks ago my father visited, and I got the "planting lecture" from a 30 year garden man

I plan to next year to cut the tomatoes by 2/3, as we have way too many and all of our neighbors havent used the ones we have gave them yet!

 

[bnolte]

The main garden is pretty much done, as far as the stuff I planted in April and May goes. Might put some cool weather stuff in, but I've gotta rework the soil and pull up what's left of the spring plantings. I've dug up about 75# of potatoes, 20# of onions, and put up about 15 bags of green beans, and had some real nice cabbages and broccoli. My tomatoes and peppers, which are planted against the house are still going strong.

Less successful were my early sweet corn, which grew only about 3 feet tall, and got attacked by worms and blight, but I still got a couple dozen. The beets were very slow sprouting, despite decent rains, but I got a few anyway.

 

[bbranstetter]

Here is a long distance shot from the roof of the house.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Looks good!

 

[blanasa]

Here's the garden so far.

Today's harvest

Crop damage.

Flowers look nice.

 

[theaton]

Garden update, all I have left is tomatoes coming out of my ears...This is the harvest about every other day. With my wife Becka 8.94 months prego, no canning going on this year. Roughly 600+ so far, with another 150 or so left. Anybody want to trade tomatoes for cub stuff?

 

[lhinds]

My garden is gone except the greens, and they are thriving. Almost to big.

 

[lbaker]

Better get with those greens Luther!! A pot of pintos, butter milk corn bread and fresh greens!!
Mighty fine eating!! My greens are only up about an inch. They know their fate..