re: 2022 Spring Garden Thread

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I also got around to planting a fig tree I had bought a while back. I decided to plant in the chicken coop where I used to throw all the bedding because its all composted down now and pretty rich, plus the chickens need some more shade in the after noon.

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you can go ahead and count on the chickens eating all the figs on at least the bottom 2-3 feet when it starts producing. ask me how I know . luckily, I still got almost 40lbs of figs last year, so wasn't too worried about it. especially since it's kinda funny to watch them hop up to grab a fig.

that said, I just put in 5 or 6 fruit trees and a whole new big arse flower bed around them for the wife near the coop. the girls will not step foot outside their run for several months.

I’m about done free ranging mine. They can destroy a garden in no time if they gain access.

Here are my African drum gourds from last year. I keep forgetting them. Had 6 gourds: 2 small, 1 gigantic one I had to leave in the pasture b/c it was too heavy to move & these guys. Unfortunately the giant one & a small one rotted. I have no clue what I’m going to do with these things.



Planning to plant these, some bushel gourds, & bule gourds this season.

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I set everything up and planted all of my garden about 10 days ago. We just got back from a week of vacation and I had 4 of the pepper plants that look like they burned up. I had several others with a small amount of sun burning, which seems about normal for nursery plants. The 4 just burning up though was a new one to me. I had them in the sun for increasing amounts of time over the previous week to get them used to the new conditions before planting them. It did not seem to help. Now, one lost all of its leaves but seems to be sprouting new ones like crazy so we shall see how it does. I think I'm going to replace the other three with habaneros. I was looking for some space anyway as I usually over buy for my space.

Hope everyone’s gardens make it through the weather. It’s already past me, but that wind was whipping earlier. Everything looks like it made it through ok with no damage.

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Peppers perform well in the pots.

is that lettuce? can you do lettuce in the summer? i have no clue im looking for more variety to plant.

I got a ton of beans coming. Haha