Making plans for this year's garden

[lightsoutcalls]

I'm planning to put in a garden this year.  My family loves green beans and squash, wife loves tomatoes, so I want to try to get my soil prepped and some plants out as the weather is right.  I have seen where some folks use cardboard as a way to keep weeds down in the garden, so I thought I might give that a try.  In past years, I have not taken the time to weed and water what I planted, so the plants never produced to their potential.  With the prices of EVERYTHING going up, I thought I would give it another try this year. 

Anyone else planting a garden?  What you planting?

[Stoner]

I plant a good size field of corn, squash, orka, eggplant, and sometimes water melon.

[pseshooter300]

I put out potatoes,corn,onions,tomatoes,peppers,sometimes lettuce

[JWC07]

I grow a small garden about 1500sq ft or so. Plus some additional beds for other things. I grow Lettuce, spinach, potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, broccoli, english peas, tomatoes, peppers, summer and winter squash, cucumber, sweet potatoes, beans, okra, peas, turnip greens.

I rotate what I plant seasonally and at this point grow pretty much continuously all year. We're still eating lettuce and spinach planted last fall right now. But i'm about to plant more stuff and get going again.

I love gardening and store bought vegetables suck butt.

If it were me and weeds/grass were a concern starting out I'd plant on black plastic. Till it up good. Run soaker hoses under it in the rows you want and lay the plastic over it. U can pin it down with sod staples or mound soil on the edges. then cut holes in it to plant in. Does the same thing as cardboard but its reusable if you buy decent plastic and works better.

My uncle sells vegetables and he plants a lot of stuff on plastic. I'll usually plant cabbage and broccoli on it but i don't really need it for weed issues so just use straw as mulch. It works a couple of ways, it blocks weeds, it holds moisture in, and it also warms the soil. When summer comes spread straw on the plastic to keep it cooler where it won't dry out underneath as easily.

My brother always fights with weeds in his small raised beds but the moron won't listen to no one and knows everything so he won't take
my advice and try the plastic.

I wish I had 2 acres or so to plant so I could grow even more. It's kinda my goal to one day grow and sell stuff like my uncle does.

[lightsoutcalls]

Anyone ever try growing tomatillos?  I love to make my own salsa and like the tomatillos in a salsa verde.

[flintlock]

I sure do love my garden!

I usually plant a few kinds of tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini, short row of okra for me, carrots, beans, sunflowers for my finches, some kale and some pepper plants.

I bury the fish heads/guts in there and is sure does help, except when my dog digs it up and rolls in it. 


Wess

[lightsoutcalls]

I bury the fish heads/guts in there and is sure does help, except when my dog digs it up and rolls in it. 

My buddy buries fish heads and guts in his garden space.  He told me he often finds them hanging on his chanlink fence and nearby trees the next day.  He couldn't figure out what was going on so he put his trail camera out to see if he could capture the culprit in pics.  Raccoons were digging them up, climbing the chainlink fence and having dinner in the trees.

[pseshooter300]

Those coons are sneaky

[redarrow]

Strawberries,tomato's ,potato's,corn,beans,crookneck squash, zuchinni squash,okra, cuke's,pumpkins,sunflowers,onions,maybe some melons. I have been thinking about sweet potato's this year. Of course I need to get off my lazy butt and get the hydraulics fixed on the 8N.

[barry]

Squash, zuchinni, corn, cucumbers, peppers and lots of Maters!
Tried newspaper for weed prevention last year. Soaked it with water after laying it down then covered with some old hay. Had the best cucumbers ever!