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[yorkdude]

Very nice, way too much work for me though. We are pretty fortunate, pretty easy to get farm fresh veggies from several places. Until we moved here we always had a small garden but no flat ground and heavily shaded so it would not work.

[Kristin Meredith]

Finally got the rest of the veg garden planted -- tomatoes, Anaheim chili and bell peppers.  Those plants are soooo puny.  Wish I could have bought from either the MG plant sale or the local farmers market, but not to be this year.  Also got a nice covering of sawdust mulch around  them and also the herbs and asparagus, courtesy of neighbor Kearney & Assoc.  Now for sunshine, warmth, rain and time!

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[Kristin Meredith]

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[Kristin Meredith]

Bent has done a great job of transplanting and tending to to balckberry bushes the last two years and I think we are going to have some fine results this year!

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[hughver]

Making Pesto later today. 

[Kristin Meredith]

That basil sure grew fast.  Looks so nice and healhty.

[Bentley]

Was worried that the Kentucky 31 was simply not taking.   But it appears to have come to life in the last week.  Figure it will need to be mowed in a couple of week, we are going into a warm spell, and we just had 1/2 inch of rain, so I expect it to take off this week.

[Bentley]

The "early" planted veggies and herbs seem to have made it, the basil was the only casualty.  The parsley is exploding, the dill is really taking off, the rosemary is under performing, but hoping it is ready to start growing.  The sage has come a long way and even the little pepper (that I cant even remember the variety) is gonna make it, little, but healthy. 

[Bar-B-Lew]

Admirable effort.  Hope it works out great for you.  Are you planning to vac seal whatever you can't immediately use?

I know the local corn farmer here just pulled the plastic over the seeds this week.  It looks like the frost risk is behind us and temps should be in the 70-80+ range for highs and in the high 40s to low 60s for the lows going forward.

[Bentley]

And the Candy Onion Plants from DixonDale Farms in Texas are doing great!  Every one that was planted has made it, about 57.  Problem is, how do you eat 35 to 45 pounds of onions before they go bad.  Wish I had a root cellar!  You can see the ones on the right are bigger then the left, they are 2 weeks apart, but it seems the ones planted later are catching up fast!

If you want to grow onions and have never had luck with them, I highly recommend these guys for next year. $13 includes shipping!  Sure beats the Loews onion bunches I tried 3 years ago, not one lived!

[Bentley]

I guess the herbs could be dried and vac sealed.  Kristin really planted them for the pollinator's and also for the caterpillar/butterfly population.  The onions, I have no idea how to make them stretch!

[Bentley]

And finally the blackberry's!  Man, what a difference a year makes, lots of blossom I hope means lost of berries.  We will see how I feel about them when it is time to pick, the tenor of the moment usually changes at that time.

And the baby Jalapeno's, about 15 of them.  Probably not the best to start seeds the middle of April!  Will see how many survive.  I was just tired of nursing them in the house, if they make it great!  So small you will really have to look for it in the picture.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Pick the onions and then cut them up and freeze them in vac seal bags.

If you  have way too much of a bunch of things that I use, I would drive the 4 hours to your place if you would have me over for the night.

It may be better to reach out to your local fire department and other places you have supported and provided them with the extras that you can't use.

[Bentley]

Sounds like a plan!  Will be curious if the onions get as big as they show!

[Brushpopper]

My folks always said onions can be stored most anywhere in a cool dry space.  And if you put them in the legs of pantyhose or stockings and tied a knot between each one they wouldn't rot.  I never tried it but I'm interested to hear what all of y'all think.