N&C Midwest - MAY! Spring has sprung!

AtlantaMarie wrote:At least it's brown & not white, SR....  :-)

Scorpio Rising wrote:It’s pretty and seasonal today here!  I have errands, and I need to plant some Yukon Gold potatoes.  Will spend some time in the yard; need to mow, then finish off my last raised beds/old window boxes to get them ready.  They have some weeds and grass in them.  And need topped off.  

Hardening off some tiny little seedlings that are unlabeled; I think they are peppers .  Plan to start my super hotties this weekend; tomorrow probably since it is going to rain.  I put them in peat pots as they dislike transplanting.  Melons, squash, cukes go in peat.  I will also start my sunflowers

Windsor.Parker wrote: SR, "super hotties" started indoors Today: red Ghost & chocolate Scorpion  Habaneros!

Windsor.Parker wrote:

Scorpio Rising wrote:It’s pretty and seasonal today here!  I have errands, and I need to plant some Yukon Gold potatoes.  Will spend some time in the yard; need to mow, then finish off my last raised beds/old window boxes to get them ready.  They have some weeds and grass in them.  And need topped off.  

Hardening off some tiny little seedlings that are unlabeled; I think they are peppers .  Plan to start my super hotties this weekend; tomorrow probably since it is going to rain.  I put them in peat pots as they dislike transplanting.  Melons, squash, cukes go in peat.  I will also start my sunflowers

SR, "super hotties" started indoors Today: red Ghost & chocolate Scorpion  Habaneros!

jim022659 wrote:I got one of bed planted this past weekend. I think next year I am gonna shorten the width from 5 feet to 4 or 3 feet. getting hard to reach the middle anymore what with the age thing going on. I just planted flowers down the middle 8 feet so nothing to harvest ( they are 12 feet long ).

 also noticed this year my tomatos and peppers got scalded. that's a first for me. I have never put them out to let them adjust but they were always fine.

farmersgranddaughter wrote:I'm absolutely loving this weather!  Yesterday I mulched paths around the SFG boxes, assembled a composter (inspired by sanderson's photos), put edging around the blackberries, planted a Brown Turkey fig tree, transplanted herbs into a large pot, and planted squash, zucchini, okra, and watermelon.  This afternoon I'm going to install drip irrigation, transplant nasturtiums, and plant sunflower seeds.  

The tomato plants that had a bit of sun scald have put out a lot of new growth (yea!).  The pepper plants are recovering although not as quickly as the tomatoes.  

We had a salad today picked fresh from the garden.  The store bought tomato we added was so blah compared to what I know we'll be picking from the garden in weeks to come.

I'll try to remember to take a new photo.  Things look a bit different from the photo of three empty boxes I took a few months ago.

jim022659 wrote:I got one of bed planted this past weekend. I think next year I am gonna shorten the width from 5 feet to 4 or 3 feet. getting hard to reach the middle anymore what with the age thing going on. I just planted flowers down the middle 8 feet so nothing to harvest ( they are 12 feet long ).

 also noticed this year my tomatos and peppers got scalded. that's a first for me. I have never put them out to let them adjust but they were always fine.

Scorpio Rising wrote:My lettuces are just not growing...need to put some blood meal on those babies.

farmersgranddaughter wrote:

Scorpio Rising wrote:My lettuces are just not growing...need to put some blood meal on those babies.

Blood meal?  I've been curious about this since I saw your post.  I have so much to learn, you know.  Well, tonight I cannot sleep (cortisone shot in the knee today) so I decided it was a good time to learn about blood meal.  

As I researched, I stumbled across the fact that cottonseed meal is high in nitrogen.  My dad recently tilled cottonseed into his garden and had a lot left over.  I'll see him in two weeks and he's planning to send me home with bags of cottonseed.  I wonder how well cottonseed would break down in the compost bin?

farmersgranddaughter wrote:

Scorpio Rising wrote:My lettuces are just not growing...need to put some blood meal on those babies.

Blood meal?  I've been curious about this since I saw your post.  I have so much to learn, you know.  Well, tonight I cannot sleep (cortisone shot in the knee today) so I decided it was a good time to learn about blood meal.  

As I researched, I stumbled across the fact that cottonseed meal is high in nitrogen.  My dad recently tilled cottonseed into his garden and had a lot left over.  I'll see him in two weeks and he's planning to send me home with bags of cottonseed.  I wonder how well cottonseed would break down in the compost bin?