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Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:39 pm
by KYgundude
Got mine a good bit done yesterday. Some grape tomatoes, regular tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, basil, thyme and Italian oregano. Going to add eggplant, bush beans and garlic chives.

How about yours?

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:02 pm
by Van Zan
I ain't gonna make it. Soil is in great shape but to damn wet and to damn cold.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 8:45 pm
by JustShootIt
Usually we have ours done by Derby weekend, but the weather has us a little behind this year.

I set out about 30 tomato plants (various kinds), about 12+ bell peppers and a couple rows of squash and cucumbers.

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^Pic of garden last week before I started planting....

After all the rain today, there's no telling when I'll be able to finish up....guess it's suppose to rain all the way thru Wednesday....

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:09 pm
by KYgundude
JustShootIt wrote:Usually we have ours done by Derby weekend, but the weather has us a little behind this year.

I set out about 30 tomato plants (various kinds), about 12+ bell peppers and a couple rows of squash and cucumbers.

Image

^Pic of garden last week before I started planting....

After all the rain today, there's no telling when I'll be able to finish up....guess it's suppose to rain all the way thru Wednesday....
I'm sooooo jealous. I have room for 11 plants. Damn condos.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:17 pm
by jackalo626
I got some seeds that needs planting off site

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:43 pm
by Mike
Last year at this time I had tomatos starting to show up on my plants in pots that I started indoors in February.

This year I barely have some sprouting plants.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 11:00 pm
by Eireguy
I'll be doing mine next week.i usually do it then because they say after Derby is when they're is supposed to be no more frost

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 11:55 am
by JustShootIt
Checked on the garden today.....we had strong winds and hard rain and I was worried some of the plants would be broke over, but all was well.
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Counted and so far I have 44 tomato plants in.....16 pepper plants (all green peppers so far) and 2 rows each of squash and cucumbers.

We started alot more plants inside this year than we normally do. Have alot more plants ready, just didn't get then in yet......rest will be started by seed in the garden once it dries up.

Sweet corn will be planted in a different plot.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:03 pm
by Toddstang
jackalo626 wrote:I got some seeds that needs planting off site
LOL!
Like off site hidden in the forrest out of sight from helicopters?
:lol:

Im running behind but hope to have mine going by next weekend.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:31 pm
by jackalo626
Toddstang wrote:
jackalo626 wrote:I got some seeds that needs planting off site
LOL!
Like off site hidden in the forrest out of sight from helicopters?
:lol:

Im running behind but hope to have mine going by next weekend.
New meaning to green thumb. I'm on my way to your place.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:32 pm
by Toddstang
LOL!

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:28 pm
by Wyldman
No garden for us this year. Neither of us is in any shape to go digging in the yard just to have it all destroyed by the goddamned squirrels, so we opted to forego a garden this summer.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:58 pm
by guncrank1
Well right now my hoe is sharpened waiting but my back yard is a swamp

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 3:43 pm
by irishrob
No garden this year but I did finish my chicken coop & run built & now have 5 hens & 1 rooster thanks to Chickenlady. Should start seeing eggs in a couple months.

Re: Is your garden in by Derby Day?

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 4:35 pm
by guncrank1
Coach wrote:
guncrank1 wrote:Well right now my hoe is sharpened waiting but my back yard is a swamp
Does a sharp hoe cost more?
Sure more than a dull hoe
But easier to turn trick