That's a shoe in for top five ever

I dug out about a foot of the clay dirt and grass, lined the bottom with newspaper and then filled that in with quality top soil. Then I used several bags of mushroom humus, manure, organic compost and plant/vegetable potting mix. In all about 800-900lbs of new dirt and soil. I now have chicken wire around the box to keep out rabbits....they got to my plants late this summer.

Drought got mine but here are a few pictures......

Plowing

Ready To Plant

Coming Up

Mellons

Okra

Squash & Cucumber

Squash

Canning


Tbar

Thats not a garden Tbar thats a farm

Well it looks like the freeze killed my 400 or so Ghost peppers before they turned red. Should I just pick them as they are, set them on the counter, and wait for them to ripen? What's my plan here? (leaves are dead, peppers still look decent)

are they squishy to the touch?

I'm not home yet. I wouldn't touch them though without gloves.

Last I checked they were still very firm, and hadn't started to turn red yet

If they are still firm I'd put them inside and hope for the best.

The few that I had not picked froze. The only things I have left now is lettuce, mustard greens, collard greens and swiss chard.

No fall garden for us this year. I didnt take any 2012 pics, but here is a few from 2011.

Tomatoes


Corn



Cucumbers and Melons


Peppers



A little Morning Harvest

That's impressive Cobra.

Payne......do you sterilize the ground to kill the weeds first or just let the black plastic do the job?

I decided I would never replant that field unless I killed all the weeds/grass first.


Tbar

Trying to kill the weed seeds that are there and to keep more from blowing in the garden. I'll keep the tarp on until the end of February then I'm adding four yards of mushroom compost.

any recommendations on a good place to buy heirloom seeds in DFW? if this has been asked im sorry. im on my cell, small screen makes it hard to read

Any one got onions in the ground yet. We are gonna start our tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse on the 14th . I got to get my goats and chickens out of the garden spot, we let them have the garden spot in the winter and they till it and fertilize it for us.

I got tired of planting onions in the garden. I'll put some in some containers. I'll start my seeds at the end of the month and plant mid March. Nice job on using the goats for a dual purpose.

None started yet here. I usually go for the third week in Janurary or so. Last year I planted Mid-March and did well. Most years there are too many fronts moving that would kill everything but the onions so it is normally April for the planting.

I'll put my onions in as soon as my garden dries enough to till.

I'm not going to plant any this year, when you can buy them for 6-8lbs for a $1, I'll go that route.

Who does the grocery shopping at your house??

I sure wish they were that cheap.