NFR Garden Thread 2021

[quilbilly]

I got my chile order order in today

Chilhuacle negro
Chilhuacle rojo
Chilcostle
Pasilla di Oaxaca

The rest I'll get locally...

 

[Vandelay Industries]

I purchased a greenhouse for my wife as a Christmas/you're doing great remote teaching during COVID present. I have spent the last several weekend working on creating a platform and putting it together with my father in-law. Finally got it finished up today.


Since the area is a slope, we had to create a platform.


Installing stringers and getting it level.


Installing some fine meshed screen to hopefully keep rodents out from underneath the platform.


Deck installed.


Greenhouse frame completed


Almost done but at this point we needed redo part of the frame as it prevented further progress.



Completed project.

 

[tallguy]

Look into juniper wood. Supposed to be the most durable and rot resistant option without treatment. I am giving it a try. We'll see. Most of it comes from eastern or.

 

[jesse clark]

About raised beds. I used 2 x 12 Doug fir, couldn't find cedar at the time. It's not gonna' last much longer. I was thinking of using Trex decking, stacked 2 or 3 planks high when replacement time comes. Anyone know if that's a good choice? What do y'all use for the sides on your raised beds?

I used pressure treated lumber for longevity but lined the boxes with galvanized panels. I cut the panels 16 inches and installed them vertically, no bowing. I finished with a 2x6 flat on top to sit or kneel on. They are about 4x8. The nice thing about this design is the ease of installing climbing trellis anywhere you want and then move them around. The white pvc is my automatic irrigation system and grid for square foot method.

 

[Salmo_g]

I have a bunch of seeds left over from the last 2 or 3 seasons. If I order only what I'm out of, I'm looking at an order of 2 packages from Territorial. Or will I be better off to just order all new seeds for everything I want to plant this year?

 

[quilbilly]

Some seeds can last for a few years, others don't.
The germination rate tends to go down over time in my experience, anything over two years old we discard.
Seeds are cheap, so buying new each year is our approach.

 

[jesse clark]

I have a bunch of seeds left over from the last 2 or 3 seasons. If I order only what I'm out of, I'm looking at an order of 2 packages from Territorial. Or will I be better off to just order all new seeds for everything I want to plant this year?

Take a few seeds from several packages, put them between sheets of paper towel and keep moist in ten days see what the germination rate was. Then decide if you need new?

 

[Meeshka]

My buddy came accross some black peppercorn plant seeds and will give me a dozen or so to try to grow and harvest my own peppercorns this year. Never done this before, any of you with experience? I've read just about as much as I can find on the net. Thanks

Doug

 

[kmudgn]

I am ready, but garden still sleeping. Living in NH, I buy my seeds from FEDCO which is in ME. They specialize in cold climate varieties.

 

[quilbilly]

Weekly Soil Temperature | AgWeatherNet at Washington State University

weather.wsu.edu

Soil temps are in the low 40's near me, so pea planting is just around the corner...
Anybody been bold and planter theirs yet ?

 

[Gary Knowels]

Does anyone have a handy chart for soil temperature and sowing by crop?

 

[quilbilly]

This might help

Soil Temperature Conditions for Vegetable Seed Germination - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

When warm weather arrives we’re eager to begin cultivating this season’s crops. However, it is soil temperature rather than air temperature that controls seed germination.

www.aces.edu

 

[wetswinger]

Weekly Soil Temperature | AgWeatherNet at Washington State University

weather.wsu.edu

Soil temps are in the low 40's near me, so pea planting is just around the corner...
Anybody been bold and planter theirs yet ?

In another week after this coming cold patch leaves, I'll sow mine. My logbook shows around the 15th has worked in the past. Going to try germination indoors this year to try for better yield as peas seem to fail to sprout vigorously. Anyone have any advise for sowing peas? I usually just over plant in expectation of low success...

 

[quilbilly]

In another week after this coming cold patch leaves, I'll sow mine. My logbook shows around the 15th has worked in the past. Going to try germination indoors this year to try for better yield as peas seem to fail to sprout vigorously. Anyone have any advise for sowing peas? I usually just over plant in expectation of low success...

Thats how we do it, sow a bunch and then sow again after we see what comes up. We also do containers for peas, Black garbage cans, soil warms faster and better germination rate typically.

 

[jwg]

Really liked the 5 gallon bucket gardening last year on top of gutters that supplied water f rom the bottom, with automatic control on the gutter pool level by a float valve

Neighbor on the south side put up a new fence that will provide some wind protection if I plant on my side of it, so thinking of that as an option this year. I ge a lot of wind, typically from the SW.

J