Any gardening experts out there? I don’t know whether I need one of those ph meters or what, but I suspect I have some kind of issue with my soil that does not do my tomatoes any good. Every since we got some compost from the city a few years ago, I’ve had trouble with tomatoes. My tomatoes have now been in for about one week and I’ve already got yellow leaves. So frustrated! I seem to be doomed to poor tomato crops.
It is officially GROWING SEASON where I live. We begin planting anywhere between May 1 and May 15 in my USDA Region 5 location. Unfortunately, it’s still a little too wet to till, so we aren’t ready to plant yet. I am just itching to get into the dirt, though.
I think I might satisfy myself by pulling up some unruly mint that has gotten away from me in my herb bed. Oh, what I wouldn’t do for a little help from someone like houston landscaping. I hate pulling mint!
My garden area is causing me great angst as I write this. We have not yet tilled the soil at all this spring and it is filled with volunteer weeds that have been busy growing rough out the warm spring months.
It’s time to take back my garden plot and get some seeds and plants going. My hands are itching to get in there to do some digging and get veggies coming. I also found a brand new greenhouse that I want to check out. It’s filled with hanging baskets of all sizes and colors. Perfect for decking my porches and fences.
How about you? What is your gardening plan?
The smell out my kitchen window is as distinctive as one of those Padron cigars, only a lot sweeter…for this country girl, anyway.
The farmers surrounding my little town are very busy in the fields already, turning them over and preparing to plant. They’re busy with the rich manure that will make the soil even more fertile than it already is.
It’s a sure sign of the growing season that has just gotten under way. It’s heaven to my nose!
It’s been a very warm spring where I live…after an abnormally warm winter. I have an Amish friend who has a knack for predicting the weather. She has told me that she think we’re in for a warm, dry summer. So far, the spring hasn’t been that wet, so she may be right…again! Although it’s raining cats and dogs outside right now with high winds, we’ve had a dry spring. The lack of snow cover over the winter also affects the moisture level in the ground, making conditions dryer than normal.
Perhaps this is the time to think about irrigation supplies for my garden..before I can’t find any! You know how that goes…when you need what everyone else needs, it gets hard to find what you want to buy at the stores unless you’re willing to pay a premium price…which I’m not.
Perhaps a few new lawn sprinklers will do the trick and save my garden from dryness. A lack of rain at the wrong time and you might not get your tomatoes, beans or summer squash. Can’t have that, now can we?
How do you irrigate? Sprinklers? Hoses? Combination? I like to water deeply and less often, so a sprinkler fits my style.
Do you plant a spring garden or do you focus on summer fruits and vegetables? Try as I might, I can’t seem to get myself to the right place to put a spring garden in the ground. At this time of the year, we are very busy with preparations for spring holy days. This involves a high amount of cooking and cleaning, so the idea of adding the preparation of the garden for cool-weather vegetables just never gets done.
I am eagerly anticipating putting my summer vegetables into the ground, though! My garden is sprouting neat rows of WEEDS right now! I need to rototill the soil and let it sit for a bit before we put in the summer plants. It’s been so warm here that it seems like I should be getting this done NOW instead of the standard time of early to mid May!
So…how’s your garden progressing this growing season! Do share!
