FDB gardeners?

I do all my own herbs, sometimes I throw out some tomatoes or peppers, but usually I don't have the commitment to keep up with veggies.

I have planters with automatic sprinklers and all that. It is a weeding and pest control issue.

Also I am not big on veggies and work with a bunch of rednecks that supply me at all times.

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I have planters with automatic sprinklers and all that. It is a weeding and pest control issue.

Also I am not big on veggies and work with a bunch of rednecks that supply me at all times

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Nothing wrong with help! I supply a few neighbors and family with some produce every summer, plus have enough to enjoy fresh and put some back for the freezer or canned. I really enjoy doing it.

I've got basil, two types of thyme, rosemary, two types of sage, parsley, green onions, some lettuce and some broccoli i saw at Lowe's. This is my first year with the raised bed.

No idea when to plant, but my parents are grafting some black krim and yellow zebra tomatoes for me. Always heard it was when the pecan trees bud.

I also planted a satsuma and a Lisbon lemon- you can see one in the background

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PBeard

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Nice looking raised beds! You will do well! Around here, SE GA, the rule of thumb is to plant after Easter. I normally plant a little ahead of that. If we have frost, I cover the plants with 5 gallon buckets.

I try to set plants on the full moon closest to Easter.

I always grow my own herbs in pots and I have a 4x12 raised bed garden that I usually plant zucchini, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and pepper.

Currently I have kale, cabbage, spinach, and broccoli going strong.

I plan to add 2 more 4x12 raised beds this spring.

Ive had raised bed gardens and in the ground gardens. This year im going back to in the ground. I grow cucumbers, tomatos, bell peppers (has to be the driest part of the garden with the most sun) zuccini... ive grown corn in the past.

Martini.... whats lemon cucumbers

You can get them tomato plants in the next few weeks if you want an early start..... winter is just about done. If wr do get a frost cover them so the frost doesnt get on them.

For my cucumbers I put 3 t post in the ground spaced 5 feet apart. I then tie wrap a piece of 16' cattle fence to it and use that as my trellis. Ive been having that set up for 5 years and it still looks new. Cost be about 35 bucks but it was well worth it. Hardest part was getting the fence section from the farmers market to my house.

I live in a town house so I have to grow my herbs in pots on the back deck where they get western sun. I have some new plants out there right now but I won't plant seeds until I'm sure the cold has all but passed. We may still get a few days in the lower 40's over the next 4 weeks.

only thing else I add is Egg Shells, in addition to those you listed.......I am planting early this year unlike last.......

Wife tends to the herbs, and she's pretty damn good with em. She has them in a flower bed. I've got a big garden. Prolly 1,200 sq ft. I grow 40-60 mater plants, cukes, squash, peppers, egg plant, okra and various other veggies. I've got one of the kids old plastic swimming pools heaped full of dirt that grows some badass Yukon gold and red taters. My back pasture is about 8 acres I plant sunflowers in to blast doves. I'm going to plant an acre or too in sweet corn this year. I've tried peas back there in the past and the damn deer destroyed them. Hoping they don't do the same to my G-90.