Officially spring the garden is started

[plumberroy]

we didn't get the rain called for last nght and today. It has been windy so I broke out the tiller and tilled some of the north end of the garden. I now have a row of Taters, peas and a half row of onions in the ground.  I like to get potatoes in on st patricks day but it was to wet
It is officially spring on the homestead
put eggs in the incubator yesterday pullets will be added to the laying flock roosters are freezer bound 
Roy


 

[bilmac]

Yup mine is started too, only mine was pepper starts planted in the house so that I can plant them 8 weeks from now when the ground is thawed out. I will be starting tomatoes in a couple of weeks. I usually just buy my plants from a nursery, but I have decided to concentrate on heirloom plants in case the Dumby crats really destroy the country

[FourBee]

My friends always get ahead of me in the garden because their soil is a sandy loam, where mine is clay loam.
  We've had so much rain this winter I haven't been able to do anything to the plot.  
  They've already started onions and taters.  Last week  I finally was able to till up the garden, but today I have 12" inches of snow on it, and here it is the first day of spring.   It'll be slow goin, but I'll get there.  
My bantams started laying in February because of the heat lights I've had on in the barn for my lambing Ewes.  Now some of the hens are setting already.  

[guzzijohn]

I plowed up our garden last Thursday and had to put the snow blade back on this Sunday so I could get a car out. Pictured is my 1958 IH 350 that my father bought new for $2,800. It is also the first vehicle that I drove as a kid. I still have the manual and bill of sale.
GuzziJohn

[FourBee]

Pictured is my 1958 IH 350 that my father bought new for $2,800. It is also the first vehicle that I drove as a kid. I still have the manual and bill of sale.

Now that's a treasure of a lifetime.   Brings back similar memories of my childhood.
4B

[bearmgc]

Ya'll got a good head start. Kudos. Just put in the stakes for the fencing around the garden, to keep out my "Rez" dog. Snow melted again, but way too muddy to till. If it stays warm here in Wyo, I'll at least be tilling on Thursday, God willing.

[charles p]

It is so rewarding to look at a freshly prepared and planted garden.  Rows straight and not a weed in sight.  Then your dog goes to work.  I once applied bone meal to my potato sets.  Dog dug them up during the night.  Happened two years in a row.  That dog has passed away now but my blue heeler will walk all over my garden if I leave the gate open.  So will deer.

[boondocker]

I plowed up our garden last Thursday and had to put the snow blade back on this Sunday so I could get a car out. Pictured is my 1958 IH 350 that my father bought new for $2,800. It is also the first vehicle that I drove as a kid. I still have the manual and bill of sale.
GuzziJohn

That looks like some nice rich soil Guzzi and I dont see any stone. What part of the country you in. When I get back to Ne Pa this weekend , its time to break out the Troybuilt. Wife wants a bigger garden this year so I may hook up the plow on the 9N. I grow really nice rock in Pa, I have walls to prove it. I will post a pick of the old 9 when we are done with Disney.

[guzzijohn]

Boondocker,
About 40 south of Wichita, KS. Don't have to go more than about 15-20 miles east to start running into some rocks.
GuzziJohn

[bilmac]

I started sodbusting yesterday for my Obama garden. Biggest garden I've ever had. Don't want one this big, but the Dems have me scared. 

Anyone else noticed how much more interest I gardening since he got elected? Folks who have never gardened before are digging up parts of their lawns to put one in.

[bearmgc]

You bet. I increased the size of my garden, and gonna do some extra canning this year. It helps to lower my stress level, and do something tangible, to prepare for inflation.

[FourBee]

You bet. I increased the size of my garden, and gonna do some extra canning this year.

We've never canned before, always fill up a couple of freezers, but that may be something to consider.   I also raise my own longhorn beef, no grain whatsoever, just plain ole grass fills their meat full of Omega 3 acids, something we all need.  

[bearmgc]

Fourbee, water canning vegies aint hard, and the results are truly delicious. Just buy the stuff, and jump right in. The "Ball" canning book is a great book for beginners. If'n you have questions, this is also good place to get answers.

[nodlenor]

I've planted some radishes, spinach, and lettuce. Would like to get some 'taters planted some time this week. We have been gardening for over 40 years and we learn something new every year. We can and freeze both, just depends what we are working on. Bearmgc got it right, gardening helps lower the stress level, just ask those weeds. It is also very rewarding to bite into some of those veggies knowing you raised them yourself. YUM-YUM.

[gypsyman]

Have been gardening and canning since I helped my mother, since I can remember. Over 50 years now. Mom's gone, but the garden goes in every year. Planning a bigger garden this year. Price of canned veggies has gone up so much. And, it isn't going to get any better.
It'll be the end of April, the first of May before I get all my stuff in. We had a pretty good frost last night. This close to the lake, it stays colder longer, but, it works out in the fall. There have been years were I had fresh tomatoes out of the garden on Thanksgiving.
Brings me closer to God. Can't help but think that I have a direct connection with him when I'm out hoeing and the sweat is running down my back. He sends me a cool breeze off the lake alot of times. Always thank him for that. gypsyman

[Bob Riebe]

Due to cold and wet, last  year I did not get the garden in till the second week in June; this year hopefully I can start next week.

If  we do not get rain or snow, it will actually be dry enough that a continued lack of rain could be real bad by June. Frost is still in the ground so up here while some things can go in, this spring could be another crap-shoot like last year.

[bilmac]

I have just reciently acquired a 10 acre place in the country where the wife and I can weather out a gvt collapse. I felt God's hand guiding me, it was very improbable that I could have done this without help. But I couldn't understand why. It came to me this morning that I need to learn dependence on God, and there is no better way to learn that than by being a farmer. We could thrive on this place or we could starve, but the difference isn't up to me it's up to him. Will we get hailed out, how many grasshoppers will there be this year, will we get an early or late frost that's all stuff that's in his hands not mine.

[FourBee]

I felt God's hand guiding me, it was very improbable that I could have done this without help. But I couldn't understand why. It came to me this morning that I need to learn dependence on God, and there is no better way to learn that than by being a farmer.

 Congrats  bilmac;  much truth in that statement.  Happy gardening.....

[plumberroy]

Well I'm eating green onions from the garden now peas are growing good potatoes are up  got some Kale in the ground a while back. This week green beans and corn was planted  and sweet tator slips and tomato plants were put in. then we got 38 degrees this morning
Roy