Well wholly hell WTF was I thinking, stam you hit the nail on the head (way to early). On the upside, since I started early when the mice found my peas (wiped them out). I was able to get some more planted and now have peas that are about 6 inches tall.


I would really like to do peppers and have some that I started from seeds, I have a area that is full sun. But am concidering doing them in a small green house instead.


Any pepper help will be appricated, I started bannana peppers jalapenos, palambos and cayanne. Going to buy some bell pepper starts.

I've put in 1/2 my walla walla sweets in raised beds and two rows of corn(different varieties) are in and should be breaking through in a couple of days. There is a lady in town that sells tomato plants (over 30 varieties) and peppers and she is open for this season's business this Saturday. I'll be there. Probably won't put the tomatoes in the ground yet, just in the green house for another week or two. Need sun!

Snake

All I know is that Stam is the master gardner! That pile of rhubarb he gave me cut up enough to make 3 pies.

The rhubarb pie I made yesterday was awesome!

Got some good eats there, Stam!

I stopped by your place Stam and put a few seeds of my own in the ground. It's ok if you prune them some after the weather gets a little warmer, but I'll be there to harvest them early in the fall.

You forgot to mention how JG's mexican tomato plants are doing

Just came in from soaking the veg garden for the hot weather expected this weekend. Onions and corn are catching up fast. Raspberries are incredible. Eight Jalapenos plants are coming along nicely and 10 toms are looking great. This year's tomato varieties include:

2 Champions
1 Glacier
1 Box Car Willie
1 Health Kick
1 Grape Juliet
1 Sun Gold
1 First Prize
1 Italian Sweet
1 Sweet Million

Pics will follow eventually.

Snake

Hey Snake, next year you need to plant a Momotaro tomato. Hands down one of the finest flavored toms there is.

I always plant a Glacier each year as it's always the first tom to produce fruit.

Sun golds are little gifts from heaven ,fantastic little mouth grenade

I've got the garden going a little. Here's the corn and rhubard. Romaine lettuce, cabbage, cilantro, peppers, and peas in my two raised beds. I've also got blueberries, beans, potatoes, and you can see the rasberries. Fruit is coming on strong, cherries, apples, peaches, plums. Lots of sun.

Compost. It will take awhile, like a few years, to develope a good soil.



I'm going off memory here, but the ratio should be in the neighborhood of 90% carbon (leaves, sawdust) and 10% nitrogen (grass clippings, greens, manure). One sign of going too hot on the nitrogen is a strong odor. Good compost will only have an earthy, dirt odor.

Aunty, I agree, raised beds are the way to go. I've got six of them separated by gravel covered with indoor/outdoor carpet. No mess. No weeding.

Captain: Thanks for the info on the Momotaro, I'll look for it. It's tough enough finding Glacier starts.