let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-24
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GreenDragon
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A very nice setup you have there - I'm "green" with envy! 
You might not be when I have to keep up with all the trellising and pruning!A very nice setup you have there - I'm "green" with envy!
GreenDragon
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GrowleyMonster
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Wow, pretty hard core!
Veggie acre plowed today. Seeds have all arrived...it's go time this weekend! Based on our success with Milpa gardening last year we've got about 35 lbs of extreme variety. Some things will grow now, some later, and some not at all, we will adjust the mix accordingly next year. We will mix them all up (except the corn) and throw them in the seed drill.
GreenDragon
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Looking forward to seeing this in full glory this summer. I did something similar (on a MUCH smaller scale) last year and really enjoyed it.
Out of curiosity, how do you adjust the drill for a mix of all different sizes of seeds? I would be worried that if you set it deep enough for the larger seeds, the small ones would not be able to make it to the surface upon germination.
Out of curiosity, how do you adjust the drill for a mix of all different sizes of seeds? I would be worried that if you set it deep enough for the larger seeds, the small ones would not be able to make it to the surface upon germination.
I just set it at about an inch and a half and hope for the best. I have really sandy soil so most things can make it up even if they are a bit deep.
Alpine
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pier
pier
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Here's what's in it, the things in smaller amounts were just old seed we through in, the mix is primarily made of the things that are in ounce and pound denominations.
Beets
Gourmet Blend beets (1.5g) -65 days
Carrots
Danvers 126 carrots (12g) - 65 days
Danvers 126 carrots (1/32oz) - 65 days
Tonga di Parigi carrots (800mg) -65 days
Dragon carrots (1/32oz) -85 days
Atomic Red carrots (1,400mg) -70-75 days
Cosmic Purple carrots (2,000mg) -70 days
Carnival blend carrots (500mg) -65-75 days
Chantenay Red Core carrots (3g) -65-75 days
Cowpeas
Texas Big Boy Pea (1 lb) -70 days
Texas Creme Pea (1 lb) -65 days
Red Ripper Pea (1 lb) -70 days
White Dixie Butterpea (1 lb) -75 days
Mississippi Pinkeye Purplehull Pea (1 lb) -70 days
Lady Cream Pea (1 lb) -60 days
Dixie Lee Pea (1 lb) -65 days
Tohono O'odham (Papago) cowpea (14g) -63 days
Flowers/Cover Crops
Black Oil Sunflower (2 lbs)
Pacific Beauty Calendula (500 seeds)
Calendula (450mg)
Tall Blue Bachelor Button Cornflower (1oz)
Crackerjack African Marigold (1oz)
Crackerjack African Marigold (3,000mg)
Petite French Marigold (1oz)
Borage (300 seeds)
Mancan Buckweat (2 lbs)
Brown Top Millet (1.5 lbs millet)
Red clover (4oz)
Brightest Brilliant Rainbow Quinoa (1000mg)
Green Peas
Green Arrow shelling pea (25g) -65 days
Wando shelling pea (25g) -68 days
Super snappy pea (21g) -65 days
Greens
Lacinto Kale (1oz + 2g) -60 days
Red Giant Mustard (2,000 seeds) -45 days
Rainbow Swiss Chard (200 seeds) -60 days
Ruby Red Swiss Chard (4g) -55 days
Alabama Blue Collards (2g) -75 days
Vates Kale (2g) -55 days
Red Russian Kale (2g) -40 days
Nero Toscana Kale (8g) - 62 days
Premier Blend Kale (10g) -25-55 days
Melons
Moon & stars watermelon (1oz) -95 days
Moon & stars yellow flesh watermelon (1oz) -90-95 days
Sugar baby watermelon (1oz) -75-80 days
Green flesh honeydew melon (1oz) -110 days
Okra
Clemson spineless okra (4oz) -56 days
Radishes
Cherry Belle Radish (500 seeds + 6g) -24-25 days
Easter Egg Blend radish (2g) -30 days
Summer Squash
Marrow white summer squash (1 lb) - 80-100 days
Sunburst hybrid pattypan squash (100 seeds) -50 days
Eight Ball hybrid zucchini (100 seeds) -55 days
Round zucchini (1 lb) -50 days
Yellow crookneck summer squash (1 lb) -50-60 days
Early prolific yellow straight neck summer squash (1 lb) -50-60 days
Early white bush scallop summer squash (1 lb) -54 days
Italian striped zucchini (1 lb) -55 days
Grey zucchini (1 lb) -45-50 days
Black beauty zucchini (1 lb) -55 days
Cocozelle summer squash (1 lb) -55 days
Yellow bush scallop summer squash 1 lb) -50 days
Turnips
Purple Top White Globe turnips (14g) -50 days
Scarlet Ohno Revival turnip (6g) -50 days
I'm curious what you will do with the massive quantities of unidentifiable veggies (all mixed together), once they are harvested.
Bob
Bob
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Last fall we donated over 700 pounds. Hoping to double that or more this season.
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MadFarmer
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Potted ~ 50 tomato seedlings. The varieties:
4th of July
Super Sweet 100s
Carbon
Brad's Atomic Grape
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
4th of July
Super Sweet 100s
Carbon
Brad's Atomic Grape
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
How many workers will be required to harvest your tomatoes? Are they determinate or indeterminate?
Bob
Bob
They are all indeterminate but the summer heat come June or July will end their productivity. The workers will be three, myself, my wife, and my daughter. The harvesting is pretty easy as long as I keep up with the pruning and trellising...I never fully do and some harvest ends up suffering.
Today, I "started" my tomatoes in a 3" pot. When I opened the 2020 seed packet, I realized that the only reason there were still seeds in that vintage, paper packet was because 7 of the very tiny seeds were stuck to the adhesive at the bottom. I used a blunt tool to liberate them—likely damaging at least some of them in the process. Since I actually want only one of the prolific, indeterminate, yellow pear tomato plants, I started them all in the same 3" pot, in 5 separate divots. Maybe one will germinate.
Bob
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