Alison WilderCome on, little tomatoes! Just a few more nights of lows in the 40s, you can do it!!
ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereigntyThe month is almost over and soon one of the PlushPosse will be joining a new family in the #MastodonCanada community. Until then, they are helping our resident garden gnome, Nordri, with some weeding around his humble cottage. Although their #Gardening knowledge is limited, they are assisting Nordri with landscaping ideas.
Michael / Chgowiz ๐ฒ๐ฒAfter 8 hours of work, my tomato beds are done - walkway trenches, raked, leveled, tomato seedlings transplanted, parsley, basil and marigold seedlings transplanted, straw applied, good soak applied.
I'm exhausted after all that, but my garden is well on the way to getting planted! Left are the bell peppers (and accompanying oregano), sweet potatoes, green beans, black beans, pumpkins, summer and winter squash. Those will come in the next 2 to 3 weeks.
Innocuous In Innisfil ๐จ๐ฆApparently hardiness zone maps for Canada were updated last year for the 1st time in a decade by Natural Resources Canada. I checked our area and we went from a frosty #Zone5a to a tropical #Zone5b. Woo hoo! Gonna plant some bananas tomorrow.
Someone needs to tell #MotherNature about the update because we had record snowfall and cold weather this past winter...
Canada has updated its "plant hardiness" map. Let's dig in
It is done. (intoned in a Matrix-Architect voice)
My backyard container herb/cucumber/tomato garden is fully planted. I just transplanted the basil, oregano, chives, parsley seedlings into the buckets. Only one more night of <50F and then we go straight into 80F/60F high/low weather.
#Gardening #ContainerGardening #Zone5b #NorthernIllinois #NorthernMidwestUS
Anyone live in the Zone5 area (northern-central Midwest US) and grown sweet potatoes using the "black plastic method"? (create a ridge, cover it w/blk plastic, cut holes in top and plant slips through holes)
I ask because the seed company (Harris Seeds) says I should leave plastic in place till harvest.
Instructions say "central/southern locations should remove after a month"
W/Climate change, its getting warmer in Zone5! What do you think?
Despite the lateness in getting started, the crazy cold, wet weather and my getting another 200 sq ft (~18 sq m) of space, things are sprouting and/or in progress!
Rows of carrots, parsnips, onions, potatoes and amaranth have been planted.
This coming weekend/next week, the tomatoes and herb/flower seedlings will go in, assuming the weather outlook is < 50 F/10 C.
The first sprouts of the season in my community garden (allotment) plot!
White and yellow onions from seed. A first attempt. They're poking their little sprouts up and out.
Next week, I'll be planting a row of parsnips between them. I'm experimenting with companion planting this year.
Marie KungStill with freezing overnight temps here in #NorthernIllinois, but the #perennials are doing well. Re-located and re-spaced the green onions (yes, perennial in my #Zone5b) today. Also found the second flower of the yard: a small bit of yellow on a Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea). The 2025-added Carex blanda sedges seem happy and are expanding. #NativePlants #gardening
Innocuous In Innisfil Has MovedCurrent temperature is -18ยฐC, and -24ยฐC with the windchill.
#Spring #Gardening #BelleEwart #Zone5b
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