Got my tariff garden planted

[Marthe48]

3 tomato plants, 2 summer squash. I got plants with fruit already started, so it won't be long. It won't solve the problems, but each bite will be most satisfying. Resistance!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. I like your moniker.....Tariff Garden....

I am having two mature Black Walnut trees removed from my backyard this week. Perhaps I can get a small garden in now that I am going to have sun. If not this year, definitely next year.

Tomatoes, Eggplant, Bell Peppers, herbs.

[Marthe48]

3. I had a flower bed beside the door I use

close enough for me to keep an eye on my crops, rich soil. I tried container gardening, but it wasn't successful.

[Chin music]

6. Well,...no more shooting baseball size green orbs all over the yard when you mow.

Those trees can be very messy and a total PIA. Good job!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Or home to the neighborhood squirrels.

They have been in the ground for over 50 years. Diameter is just over 3 feet. I should get some nice cutting boards out of it.

[Chin music]

8. Too bad people couldn't "rescue trees," like they do w animals.

People who want them, just come and get them, somehow. W a professional tree truck, Sad to let big trees go, but, I cannot imagine mowing the lawn w all those seed pods out there. Like an automatic pitching range, straight out of the mowing deck. Heh heh.
It'll be nice to be able to grow a garden.

[csziggy]

18. Have you sold the wood? If not, see if you can find someone who will take it

https://lovebackyard.com/how-much-is-a-black-walnut-tree-worth/

[Ohiogal]

2. Tariff garden! I like that!

Kind of reminds me of “Victory Garden”!

12 tomato plants here .... cukes .... eggplants .... string beans ....and 3 varieties of lettuce.

If only I could grow avocados ......

[Marthe48]

4. My mom grew avocadoes

She'd dry an avocado seed, then stick 3 toothpicks into the sides, about 1/2 way down from the smaller end, and balance it over a cup of water, so the base of the seed was barely immersed. The biggest one she grew was a little over 6' tall. She had it outside in the summer and brought it inside for the winter. It didn't bear fruit, but she never had more than one at a time. I am going to try starting 3 and see what happens. I found out I can grow fig trees outside in my growing zone, and I have room, so going to try that, too. Maybe

I thought of the victory gardens. I thought I'd call it my resistance garden, but I like tariff garden Good luck on your garden.

[jpak]

13. If only I could grow cat food....

[WhiteTara]

5. I'm tuning up my water system to water

my tariff garden.

[Marthe48]

10. Happy gardening!

[WhiteTara]

14. You too!

[Kaleva]

9. I'm working on my 2500 sq. ft. tariff garden

Also working on the orchard where I plan to plant 2 sweet cherry trees, 4 peach trees, 4 pear trees and four apple trees along with a 38 foot row of raspberries

[Marthe48]

11. That's a big garden!

I'd like to have a bigger space, but I use manual tools. I'd be too tired to eat
lol

[Kaleva]

19. I use hand tools so this is a multi-year project for me.

There are 2 raised beds built and I have 2 more to make. I have completed 3 double dug raised rows and have several more to make (a job that kicks my 60 year old ass!). I'm laying down cardboard and newspaper between the raised rows I've done to control weeds. The row for the raspberries has been double dug but i have to add more soil, which I'll get from the ditch, to raise it up as it's in a wet area of the yard. I hope that next year I'll be able to plant the cherry, peach, pear and apple trees along with the raspberries.

[jpak]

12. I had big plans to get my garden in today

Got the weed mats out and staked.

Then it poured...

Rain stops.

Local fire dept. began a controlled burn of a nearby house where a fatal fire happened a month ago.

The smoke fill my yard.

It was gross.

I stayed in.



Winter squash (butternut)
Summer squash
Baby bell watermelons
Pablano, japaleno, serrano, green bell peppers
Cherry, beefsteak and plum tomatoes
Peas
Red Norland and Russet potatoes
Stuttgart onions
Carrots
Beets
Yellow-eyed beans (for baked beans)
Red cabbage
2 kinds of kale
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Rosemary, thyme, oregano, cilantro, basil

[Marthe48]

16. It'll happen

Knowing what you want to plant is a big part of the job. If DU doesn't have a garden forum, they should.

[MissB]

15. Great job!

And nice name for a garden.

I think I have about 15 tomatoes and 10 peppers. Most I started from seed in the basement. I had to purchase a few peppers for some that had a bit too much slug damage but even then the original plants seem to be popping back nicely. I also bought an eggplant because I couldn’t resist.

I had some greens in the basement for the winter for dh’s breakfast eggs and I put those in the ground in early spring, so I have some chard, kale and mustard.

I also expanded my asparagus bed this year. I have those outside the deer fence since the deer don’t really bother them. Most of the 27 root plants seem to be surviving. The cardoons that I started from seed last year are looking downright prehistoric!

Anyway I tend to add about 3 new edible perennials each year. I also added six new hens this year- those were fun to raise! They’ll be laying sometime in July to supplement my otherwise aging flock. Dh is very patient.

[Marthe48]

17. Everyone is posting such impressive gardens!

We used to have a bigger space, but not for a long time. I planted okra one year and it was wonderful. Beautiful plant, big leaves, big flowers. And the fresh okra was a real treat.

We lived in the country for many years and I got into wild food plats (thank you, Euell Gibbons and others) I'd read about a plant in a book from the library, go outside, and bam, there it was. I suspected someone had planted many kinds of edible perennials and they just took care of themselves.

My sister and daughter both start plants from seeds, but I don't have the knack. My daughter started plants this year, and has a nice-looking garden already.

Hope you get the weather you need and a big crop!