NFR 2024 Garden and Growing Things thread

[Matt B]

Seems too early for bulbs to be popping up. Hello, hyacinths. Now go back to bed!

 

[Salmo_g]

I'm still picking carrots out of my 2023 garden.

 

[Evan B]

My pepper plants outside are all still alive. Wonder if any will survive to grow in 2024

 

[Jim F.]

My weeds are still thriving (but harder to kill for some reason).

 

[Mossback]

Still getting carrots, brussels sprouts and potatoes out of the garden.
We do potatoes in containers, so just rummage around in the pot for a handful as needed.

 

[RCF]

We had a vegetable garden for a number of years. Between the deer and the rabbits we took it out and planted flowers that attracted bees and hummingbirds. Worked quite well too. For some reason my wife decided to have me take that garden out and plant grass instead.

So for 2024 I am growing grass...

 

[Squatchin]

I'm afraid I'll be mowing the lawn soon.

 

[Roper]

My goal in 2024 is to grow fresh herbs, cilantro, chives, parsley etc.

 

[Stonedfish]

My goal in 2024 is to grow fresh herbs, cilantro, chives, parsley etc.

I started doing that the past few years and have really enjoyed it. Having things like fresh cilantro for tacos and basil to go with my tomatoes right outside the door is super easy and convenient.
SF

 

[Mossback]

When you see how much they charge for little boxes of dried herbs, you could argue the best gardening roi is growing herbs...
Store by me had a box with like 5 sprigs of fresh rosemary for 4.99. The packaging cost more than the herbs did by far.
You can get a whole plant for that, and like a lot of herbs they are weeds, and grow like them.

 

[Gary Knowels]

When you see how much they charge for little boxes of dried herbs, you could argue the best gardening roi is growing herbs...
Store by me had a box with like 5 sprigs of fresh rosemary for 4.99. The packaging cost more than the herbs did by far.
You can get a whole plant for that, and like a lot of herbs they are weeds, and grow like them.

Bay- I planted it at 1 ft tall, when it reached 7 feet tall I topped it down to 3 feet. 2 years later it's up to 10 feet and getting chopped down to 5 feet and shaped like a lollipop. Gonna have myself a bay plant topiary.

Speaking of which, anyone want a crap load of fresh bay leaves?

 

[Driftless Dan]

I planted 183 cloves garlic in mid-October; 100% success, and now the plants are up about 8 inches. It'll die back over the brutal upper Midwest winter, but will come back and be ready to harvest by the end of June, at which I'll plant that patch with an aspirational set of bush beans. Whether they produce before first frost, time will tell.
I've got perennial sage, rosemary, thyme, and oregano that are all inside for the winter, in front of a west-facing window. Come spring I'll regularly plant cilantro and Italian parsley. I'm also going to add dill.
I've already made my garden plan for 2024, in addition to the garlic/beans above:

• Green onions, in a long narrow planter or two
• Onions, in the ground, I hope to be able to plant 50+ but it'll depend on the space
• Shallots, just a few for a proof of concept
• Yellow pear and black Tuva tomatoes.
• Loofah gourd and bitter melon, seeds for which my wife brought from China last month
• But the main thing will be two kinds of pole beans, Kentucky Wonder and scarlet runner beans that have been sitting in a plastic bag in my fridge for 10+ years. I grew the latter this past summer and had mixed success; good germination and flowering but poor production. The pods finally came on but too late for a good harvest. It seemed the butterflies and hummingbirds keyed into them, but only after flowers had been on the vines for a month or more.

My garden space is really limited, considering my home is on 3/4 of an acre. 45 trees over 50' limit light quite a bit. I'd say my total garden space is about the size of a master bedroom - not including the walk-in closet or bathroom!

 

[Matt B]

I started doing that the past few years and have really enjoyed it. Having things like fresh cilantro for tacos and basil to go with my tomatoes right outside the door is super easy and convenient.
SF

Not to mention it tastes better and is not soaked in pesticides.

 

[Matt B]

Things slowed down a bit of course when it got frigid but just a pause. Feb 4th and the Indian Plum and Skunk Cabbage are already poppin’ in my extended yard in the Puget Lowlands (woods near my house).
My Camas popped up in my front yard, too.

 

[Evan B]

I really want to get my pepper starts going but my wife is protesting. Thinks we need to wait a few more weeks.

 

[mcswny]

I really want to get my pepper starts going but my wife is protesting. Thinks we need to wait a few more weeks.

I started mine last Thursday. As well as spring greens: kales lettuces etc.

 

[Shawn Seeger]

So things in the foothills (Westside Cascades, Wa) are starting to show and grow. (It did snow again last night).


1 of 2 rows of garlic

Spicy Lettuce

Primrose

Lenten Rose (Helleborus)

 

[NRC]

Lil’ hop babies are sticking their heads out.

 

[Mossback]

No garden work here, the garlic and shallots are all covered up...as are the overwintered carrots, which is too bad because it is nice and sunny for a change.

 

[Dr. Magill]

No garden work here, the garlic and shallots are all covered up...as are the overwintered carrots, which is too bad because it is nice and sunny for a change.
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Woah
Wasn’t expecting that