when are you sowing your garden this year?

[Brian]

Thanks man, I think I'm good. It should be relatively simple, but a few things are going to make it take a lot of time. I'm going to tie it into my sprinkler drip system so I won't have to worry about watering, and that is going to be the biggest PITA.
Still haven't decided what I'm going to grow in it yet though. We wanted to do some peppers and tomatoes for sure, but we haven't decided on anything else.

I'm in the same boat, but stuck in HOA land here too. Got my 10'x4' finished last weekend but haven't dug it in, filled it up, or hooked up the drip system yet either. I think I'm going to put a small diagonal trellis on end for pickling cukes, a small vertical trellis setup for pole beans, a couple tomato plants, and then not sure what I'll do with the rest. I'm clueless when it comes to a garden, but hopefully will start learning fast.

I also want to build another smaller raised bed that I'll put between two of the split rail posts for a couple raspberry bushes if I can find the time too. The area right behind our fence is an open-space walking trail. They leave it "natural" which means we get a lot of weeds back there in the summer. I chop or spray the foot or so on the other side of the fence a couple times a year, so it'll be interesting to see how this works out.

Hopefully the added height will help with the rabbits, but I'm told my biggest problem will be when the raccoons find it.

Here's a pic before it got all snowy showing approx. where I plant to sink it in. I need to add probably another layer of side 4' boards though because of the slope.

[rbeau30]

Looks real nice!

[hollohas]

This weekend the 'maters and peppers will get transplanted outside as long as the next couple days stay nice enough to finish hardening them off. Remaining direct sow veggies will also go in. Sugar snap peas, onions, lettuce, strawberries, carrots and mint are all growing strong already. First batch of radishes are almost ready to harvest and I have two strawberries that will be ripe this weekend.

The tomatoes are really ready to go outside. I have been pinching off flower buds for a couple weeks. I don't like them flowering before they get outside and get their roots established. I'll start leaving the flowers in a couple weeks.

I also have a Myer Lemon tree that I have been growing inside for the last 5 months. It has a bunch of small fruit coming in that are the result of hand pollinating it. It will spend the next week or so getting outside during the day and coming inside at night until its ready to spend the rest of the summer outside full time. With any luck I will have fresh lemons by the end of summer.

[HoneyBadger]

I finally got my raised garden bed built and set up. This is my first attempt at a "garden": https://www.ar-15.co/threads/39065-T...=1#post1626815
Teaser Pic:


I haven't planted anything yet... I'm still trying to figure out what to plant. I think I'm going to start with easy stuff like beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, and maybe some carrots. What else grows well in Colorado and doesn't take up a lot of space?

[cofi]

We have an assload of sprouts

[Dave]

We have an assload of sprouts

They make a cream for that.

[newracer]

I'm in the same boat, but stuck in HOA land here too. Got my 10'x4' finished last weekend but haven't dug it in, filled it up, or hooked up the drip system yet either. I think I'm going to put a small diagonal trellis on end for pickling cukes, a small vertical trellis setup for pole beans, a couple tomato plants, and then not sure what I'll do with the rest. I'm clueless when it comes to a garden, but hopefully will start learning fast.

I also want to build another smaller raised bed that I'll put between two of the split rail posts for a couple raspberry bushes if I can find the time too. The area right behind our fence is an open-space walking trail. They leave it "natural" which means we get a lot of weeds back there in the summer. I chop or spray the foot or so on the other side of the fence a couple times a year, so it'll be interesting to see how this works out.

Hopefully the added height will help with the rabbits, but I'm told my biggest problem will be when the raccoons find it.

Here's a pic before it got all snowy showing approx. where I plant to sink it in. I need to add probably another layer of side 4' boards though because of the slope.

Nice, I need to build a raised bed soon. Was trying to put it off until next year but the wife has other ideas.

[cofi]

Been almost 2 weeks and my tomatoes/peppers/cucumbers have not sprouted should I re seed?

[Wulf202]

We sprout in the seed pucks so we can select the best seedlings.

2 4x6 raised beds and 72 seedlings

Its going to get crowded

[cofi]

We sprout in the seed pucks so we can select the best seedlings.

2 4x6 raised beds and 72 seedlings

Its going to get crowded

I can't do that out here if I don't direct sow the wind will kill seedlings in under a minute