My 2013 Vegetable Garden!

[HogBiologist]

I have been lucky to get a garden in this year. It is a 40 foot by 70 foot garden and it is loaded this year. I have rows running the 40 foot length. I have great soil in the garden. According to the soil sample, it only needed 1.5 pounds of Nitrogen and 75 pounds of lime. I have a row of white potatoes and a row of reds. They are doing awesome. The are already the size of a tennis ball and I am just waiting till they die back to harvest. I have 17 bell peppers and they are starting to flower. My yellow and red onions are doing great and are already the size of golf balls. I have 26 squash plants growing. I began harvesting them Sunday and have put in 4 days harvesting so far. The total after 4 days is 69 squash. My cantaloupe and water melons are beginning to come along now. I also have zucchini planted (12 plants) and they are beginning to come off. My tomatoes are beginning to put on now. I have 6 marble sized green maters. I planted cucumbers and they are taking off now. Cant wait to can some pickles. I have 5 rows of Purple hull peas that are doing great. My pole beans are not so great, but I think it is just cuz I used Walmart seeds. I have 3 rows of sweet corn that are beginning to put out tassels and silk. I cant wait to start harvesting the rest of the garden. We have been eating squash many different ways. The wife is begging for fried green maters next.

Next year I will expand the garden to produce enough to take to market and sell. This year the squash I produced have almost paid for the seed, chemicals, and gas.

[HogBiologist]

Red and White Tatters

[HogBiologist]

Zucchinis

[Gold Spur]

That's a beautiful garden! Home grown vegetables, it doesn't get any better than that.

[tomstopper]

That's a beautiful garden! Home grown vegetables, it doesn't get any better than that.

Amen. Totaly agree......

[redarrow]

I'm jealous. Here in Mi. we are lucky if we can plant before Memorial day. My pickles,squash,corn,beans,and okra are only an inch tall at most right now.Tomatoes and peppers are about 5 or 6 inches. Your garden looks great.

[DirtNap647]

nice job

[J. Adams]

dang, awesome looking garden, ya know I was gonna get an early start this year then it was march turkeys, april turkeys, may turkeys...I finally put my little one in on 5/28...before I left for my last turkey trip...it has jumped out pretty good though, we shall see, a green thumb I aint got.

[barry]

Great lookin' garden!
Way behind here in VA. I'd normally be getting my first tomato in about a week but because of the long cool spring I'll be lucky to get a mater by august!

[TJK68]

Looks great, we are running way behind in WV as well. My garden is just starting to take off.
Tom