normally the safe-date for planting stuff in my region is the first week of may, but the long-range forecast shows no freeze, so I transplanted and planted lots of stuff!:
Tomatoes:
Ponderosa
Peron
Royal HillBilly
Roma
German Strawberry
Mexican Giants
Bush Cherry
also
dark zucchini
golden zucchini
yellow squash
Egg Plant
pickling cukes
english cukes
danvers carrots
red potatoes
fingerling potatoes
Green onions
white onions
red onions
Peppers:
Jalapenos
Serranos
Cayennes
Anaheims
Peter Pepe
Cajun Bells
Green Bells
Beans:
Bush beans
String Beans
Pinto Beans
Black Beans
Melons:
Watermelons
Cantalope
Honey Dew
Already out for the season we had lettuce, brussel sprouts, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, mustard greens and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting... (and a full herb garden)
--- We have all this crammed into about 2000sq ft on the SW side of my property. - Fed with three 275 gallon rain barrels and chicken poop.
This is nowhere near enough to be self-sufficient but it does take a load off the grocery bill... during the summer we pretty much only buy junk-food and meat/dairy. (and some of the chicken/eggs we trade veggies for).... and I have hot sauce and tomato sauce year-round.
I'm thinking about putting in a berry patch this year, but would have to take out a tree if I want to keep it near the rest of the garden... or would have to set up another rain barrel at a different downspout to water it.
Any other big time gardeners here? I've seen some posts from real-deal farmers... any more hobby gardeners in the mix here?
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[–] nosejobsforequality [S] ago
I'm not entirely sure but I think it's a hackberry tree. There are at least 10 different species of tree on this land, willow, oak, hackberry, hickory, sycamore, locust, hedge, maple, walnut and some I don't know...
[–] middle_path ago
I wonder what you could graft on there.
[–] nosejobsforequality [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I've seen some videos of some really cool splicing... one guy had several different types of fruit growing from the same tree... and an exposed surface area this big could provide lots of places for grafting... and the tree has an incredible vascular system already to feed all of its existing branches. I don't know. I get ahead of myself with these ideas constantly. LOL - whatever it is I want to make one. I want to grow it or build it or create it however one does... I was thinking apples and pears (in zone 6) - there are several varieties which thrive here. I'm afraid of cherries they seem like they're a full-time job to maintain. I've seen peaches here if they're sheltered from the wind and get enough sun in the winter, but I don't think that would work in this spot. - the cool thing about grafting is I could have 5 different types of apples and 5 types of pears (or whatever) all on the same tree... at least in theory.