re: It's almost garden time boys!

My weekend was fairly busy. Got the garden ready for planting. Still gonna be about 2 weeks before I plant, though.







Ready for planting!

Put in 4 early girls, 2 bush goliaths, and 2 husky bush cherries this weekend. I'll plant cherokees and creoles over the next few weeks. I don't like them to all mature/produce/peak at the same time.

I use cattle feed troughs for above ground gardens.

Also have 3 hills of cukes, and will likely do eggplant and cayenne peppers in various flower beds.

I'm going to try potatoes again, that spring rain whipped me out. Need to figure out how to keep the squirrels out the garden. Pellet gun and traps not working

Crimson Clover. That stuff was tick tick when I mowed it down.

Pretty much just to eat off of. I pickled a crap load of peppers last year though. I still have jalapeños and banana peppers in the fridge. And I froze a lot of bell peppers. I don't want a huge garden. I don't have time for a huge garden.

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Pretty much just to eat off of. I pickled a crap load of peppers last year though. I still have jalapeños and banana peppers in the fridge. And I froze a lot of bell peppers. I don't want a huge garden. I don't have time for a huge garden

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nothing wrong with that

yea those peppers will produce and produce down here in the south. I eat the shite out of peppers lol

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yea those peppers will produce and produce down here in the south. I eat the shite out of peppers lol

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That's no joke. I'm not doing any jalapeños and bananas this year though. I'm gonna do some more bell peppers. But I'm gonna try my luck with some pepperoncini this year. I have 8 plants that have sprouted. Gonna plant the best 3. My parents and in-laws will get the others.

I can't take anymore jalapeños and bananas

I need to plant my tomatoes, but I actually saved 3 pepper plants over the winter. My jalapeno plant has 2 fruit on it. The poblano has 1 fruit and buds everywhere. I'm just going to see how those go.

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banana peppers in the fridge

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I have 4 gallons still left from last season. What's a good use for frozen banana peppers? Can you still jar them with some marinade or are they too soggy?

Any updates? All of my tomatoes are doing well. I planted 6 Celebrity's for canning, 2 Mortgage Lifters (my favorite), and 1 each of the following: Sun Sugar Cherry, Sweet 100 Cherry, Brandywine, Japanese Black Trifle, Black Krim, Big Zac, Old German, Lemon Boy, Paul Robeson, and a mystery tomato. I purchased an unlabeled heirloom last year from Rouses and saved the seeds. It looked kind of like a Cherokee Purple, but not as dark. I also planted Cucumbers and herbs. I'm holding off on the hot peppers until the summer. I find they grow better in the summer.