Last year, the last snow came on May 26. After that we thought we could plant our plants in the garden. Wrong! A frost in early June killed them all. The seeds we planted were OK, but the June chill killed the plants. So this year, hubby has a starter garden. He has been so good about taking care of his plants for the past several weeks. They stay outside during the day and he brings them in at night. The plants have grown by leaps and bounds and were recently transferred to larger planters. I took these pictures about a week ago and now many more cherry tomatoes are bright red and the peppers are getting large fast. We haven't done any work on our "real" garden at all. And it has been so much warmer than last year. But then we are behind on everything, so I'm sure it will all work out.
still amazes me to get frost in june!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could share a home-grown salad with you!!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny for me to think you get snow in May...in California... I though that we in Alberta where the only ones:)... We do have our garden planted....but temps are still low...then we get frost end of August often...so I can't plant all the yummy things I would like too....and yes it all seems to work out...
ReplyDeleteDear Inger, so sorry to have missed your most recent postings. I was out of town for a few days.
ReplyDeleteThe veggies look delicious. Yum! Yum!
Peace.
Wow, frost in June. All the veggie's looks great, and I'm sure it will be a nice garden. Great to eat what you've grown yourself.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely Day!
This year we're do some container plants...especially tomatoes...both Cherry & Big Boy which the Pres gets for free from his friend! The peppers look great, Di!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the plants are coming along nicely! I know you will be glad to see them go in the ground!
ReplyDeleteThe starter garden looks great.
ReplyDeleteWe have experienced the same angst about whether to plant or not. Generally our average last day of frost is June 1.
We have used 'Walls of Water' quite successfully with our tomatoes and peppers. In fact, we have 5 tomatoes that have been in the ground for almost 3 weeks and we just added some with peppers yesterday.
The water absorbs the heat during the day and keeps the interior warm at night.
Vad härligt det ser ut...vi kan ju ha frost länge. Nu har vi dock värmebölja, nästan 30 grader i Markaryd idag och skall bli 25 gr lång upp i norr imorgon.
ReplyDeleteKram från oss.
Era grönsaker ser väldigt frodiga ut, jag har precis sått ruccola och luktärtor men det blir nog att köpa någon tomatplanta. Har mer och mer börjat fundera på ett växthus, det skulle vara mysigt.
ReplyDeleteThe plants are looking very good.
ReplyDeleteMy flowers are blooming and I have new grass covering a few of the bare patches in my front yard. I'm very happy.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Looks yummy and healthful Inger.
ReplyDeleteOur garden is coming along fine, just harvested the onions and we're getting peppers now, yeah!
Very cool garden, Inger! With the weird weather you have to coddle everything. Nice that you have a ripe cherry tomato already and that pepper is begging to be picked!
ReplyDeleteWe didn't start a garden yet. Good thing; we had frost last night. But we're in Canada, and sometimes these things happen up here.
ReplyDeleteOf course, before we start a garden, we need a garden plot. And right now, those are about as common as hens teeth, here in River City.
Good luck to hubby with his project! I'm sure you're proud of him, aren't you.
Great...looking good
ReplyDeleteI so envy your cool weather but it does make gardening a challenge. Seems your hubby had found the answer plus getting in some weight training at the same time. Win/win.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like my hubby's project. The weather is getting hot, actually, but we don't feel safe with the night time temps quite yet.
ReplyDeletei am so glad you wrote on Jakes story, you have disappeared out of my reader, and i have no idea how or why. i just clicked follow again since i don't see you on the follow widget.
ReplyDeletejakes story makes me cry every time i read it. thanks for the comment
Hi Inger .. local climates always amaze me - high and it's cold ..
ReplyDeleteBut this year the weather is strange - except yours last year sounded very odd - snow tomorrow! Frost next week ..
Cheers and those plants look very healthy .. your hubby must be so pleased .. Hilary