Veggie Garden Update-April 2009

Tina's Veggie Garden Update in Tennessee: Hi all. The vegetable garden is coming along nicely, but I am a bit upset I don't have more space! It is not possible so I am really really having to do creative manipulating of the plants in order to fit cool season crops in with warm season crops. It is not an easy thing at all.

Above you can see some broccoli. I had no idea we already had heads forming as it was not so long ago I planted these starts of broccoli, Brussels sprouts and red cabbage. There is a bit of bug damage but it is below my aesthetic/functional level so I have not used any insecticides on the plants. If need be, I will apply some Sevin dust.
The elephant garlic is looking mighty good. The regular garlic and onions are also doing well. I expect I'll be able to harvest them in about a month or so. The crops are early this year. However, since this same space will be used by a warm season crop I am having to delay planting them. The peppers, and tomatoes have a spot and have been planted, but the corn, zucchini and cucumbers will have to wait. I have decided not to grow gourds this year, or if I do it will be scaled down. I have so many from last year still that I want the space this year for other crops. Instead I have planted yellow crookneck squash starts on the A-Frame trellis.
My new peas finally materialized. I learned a hard lesson last month when I planted old pea seeds. Only a very few (there on the left) germinated. The new ones I purchased had no problem growing. The green row on the bottom of this bed is radishes. The Brussels sprouts are in the furthest bed.
And finally-my bananas are returning! I think this one is promised to my friend Judie. I must get out there soon and dig it up for her.

I hope your veggie garden is growing well....

in the garden....

Skeeter's Veggie update:Well, once again here in my Georgia Garden, the spring rains have gotten the best of me. We have gone from a 3 year drought into too much rain. But I am not complaining as our boat will finally see the lake this week! But as for getting the vegetable garden started, well, I should just go with a water lily garden instead. The garden plot is standing in water and no planting will be done in that spot for a long time. The few seedling I have (cucumber, beans, corn, tomato) are now in pots by the house soaking up the sun and hopefully, they will survive being transplanted a day ago. Not looking too good for now but I think some may make it. It may be time for us to move the veggie garden to a new spot. Gee, a bit depressing to think of all that horse fertilizer we placed on the garden going to waste being a soggy ick for now. But who knows, it may dry up in time and provide us with great crops such as last year.

The small bed I used in the flower garden to plant carrot, radish, lettuce and spinach seeds is doing great. The lettuce is just about ready for me to start nipping at it... As is the Spinach and look at that radish growing strong!

Even though we planted the cabbage a bit late, it seems to be trying to form a head now! Yeah, we will surely get to enjoy these veggies as they are far from the soggy veggie garden. Hum, maybe we should just incorporate more veggies into the Flower Garden instead of a traditional Veggie Garden. Something to think about...

On a happy note, I think my gardening is being passed along to my neighbor. He had a small plot of mostly tomatoes last year and this year, I gave him some extra cabbage and onion and now he has extended his garden! He has even planted blueberries for the first time ever. He said it was fun growing and eating the fresh tomatoes last year so he decided to try his hand at more goodies this year. I told him that when I am missing some bags of dirt, that I will know where to go looking for it. He laughed at me and then said he hopes the deer do not find his garden. Ha, in time, they will...

Hopefully, next month will be more exciting with my VEGGIE GARDEN UPDATE, In the Garden...