Gardening: Plants, Flowers, Veggies, Trees and All Things Green

[Wonderer67]

I like the farm life thread, but I think it’d be good to share and give practical advice on all things that bloom, bear fruit, provide shade etc.

Share your plants, ask each other for gardening, and plant advice and enjoy the growing season.

Plants are sex after all, starting from seeds. (OK, it’s a stretch)

So watcha growing??

 

[Wonderer67]

Crocuses (croci?) in our front yard.

Lettuce that we started in our basement w grow lights. They’ll be planted in the garden in a week or so.

Plants we grow from cuttings for our farm stand. Pussy willows, Montauk Daisies and Oak Leaf Hydrangea.

Also planted Beets in raised beds.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640160720976334849

 

[Wonderer67]

Day lillys popping up everywhere. Crocuses, hellebore and crocus details.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640346093924884487

 

[Lily13]

We don’t have anything growing yet except for buttercups (daffodils)

 

[Wonderer67]

We don’t have anything growing yet except for buttercups (daffodils)

It can take a while this time of year, depending on where you are in the world. Seems to take forever!

 

[Wonderer67]

1. Daffodils
2. Magnolia emerging. (They always seem to always get scalded by cold this time of year… hope they don’t this year)
3. hellebore near our mill wheel.
4. Day lillys are emerging. My favorite flower.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641510172970319873

 

[Lily13]

Love the lilies especially stargazers ~

 

[Wonderer67]

Love the lilies especially stargazers ~

Those are beautiful! We have some of those. They smell amazing. I think the smell keeps the deer away from them.

 

[Wonderer67]

1. Grape hyacinth (so small I couldn’t focus on it).
2. primrose
3. White helibore. My wife took it at one of her customer’s place.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641862604543909897

 

[Wonderer67]

Trees took center stage today.

Our cherry tree. I think it’s about 70-80 yo.

Daffodils - I’ve taken a few of these, but they’re spectacular in the late sun.

Sycamore - this is one of the largest sycamores I’ve ever seen. It’s in our farm.

Sunrise this morning. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. We got pummeled by thunderstorms today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642321060631642116

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

This thread soothes my soul.
Here's some of my planties...
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[Lily13]

Trees took center stage today.

Our cherry tree. I think it’s about 70-80 yo.

Daffodils - I’ve taken a few of these, but they’re spectacular in the late sun.

Sycamore - this is one of the largest sycamores I’ve ever seen. It’s in our farm.

Sunrise this morning. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. We got pummeled by thunderstorms today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642321060631642116

Live that last pic!

This thread soothes my soul.
Here's some of my planties...
https://www.***********/s/7vc525vugo48pyd/20230325_080710.jpg?dl=0

https://www.***********/s/fbfwxs6lselmiwk/1680192587973.jpg?dl=0

Beautiful cherry blossom. I have some great pics, but have no clue how to post them

 

[Wonderer67]

This thread soothes my soul.
Here's some of my planties...
https://www.***********/s/7vc525vugo48pyd/20230325_080710.jpg?dl=0

https://www.***********/s/fbfwxs6lselmiwk/1680192587973.jpg?dl=0

Always wanted to have a greenhouse! That looks amazing. Do you farm it or use it for seedlings?

The closest we have is a grow light system. We grow lettuce all year round. People prob think we’re growing pot. (I did grow pot once - my neighbor and sister said it was pretty good.)

The cherry trees are spectacular right now in NJ.

 

[Wonderer67]

Live that last pic!

Many thanks. Good sunsets and sunrises.

I have some great pics, but have no clue how to post them

You posted a picture of the other day that was pretty good. A lot of people use Imgur. For whatever reason I have a problem with that app on my phone, so I use Twitter I just copy the Twitter link.

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

Always wanted to have a greenhouse! That looks amazing. Do you farm it or use it for seedlings?

The closest we have is a grow light system. We grow lettuce all year round. People prob think we’re growing pot. (I did grow pot once - my neighbor and sister said it was pretty good.)

The cherry trees are spectacular right now in NJ.

It's an unheated 6x8 Harbor Freight Greenhouse. Due to the extreme fluctuations in temp, it's mainly used in spring for giving garden plants a jumpstart. I start indoors, transfer to GH once night time temps stay in the 40's, then to the garden once ground temps stay above 50/60. I purchased a solar ventilation fan to see if it helps with regulating temps...just need to install it now.

Haha! I get questions about what's in my grow tent all the time. It's become a habit to show visiotrs what's growing so I don't get a visit from the police later. They always seem disappointed when they see various hot peppers. Do you have a hydroponics system set up for the lettuce?

I have 7 varieties of tomatoes and 6/7 types of peppers.

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[Wonderer67]

That is pretty cool! I mostly grow cherry tomatoes. The big ones tend to split on me. Even last year when it was super dry.

I’m not too into peppers. There’s a greenhouse here in Jersey that has a few dozen types of tomatoes and something like 125 pepper varieties. It’s amazing. They also have all kinds of herbs. Great place.

 

[Wonderer67]

Daffodils on our farm, near the creek.
Forsythia is really nice right now.
Red buds budding.
A lone daff in our back garden bed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643287947200847878

 

[llidar]

Hosta, daylilies, vinca, sedum, peonies, widow’s tears are just starting to come up in SW PA. Hibiscus won’t start showing until May. I planted elephant garlic in Oct. Some of it died over the winter as expected. But, some of the foliage is still green. I’m not sure what will happen with those that did not die off.

 

[TunnelKing089]

White azalea in my yard

 

[TunnelKing089]

White Dogwood in the backyard

 

[Lily13]

Many thanks. Good sunsets and sunrises.

You posted a picture of the other day that was pretty good. A lot of people use Imgur. For whatever reason I have a problem with that app on my phone, so I use Twitter I just copy the Twitter link.

That wasn’t mine. I took it off of Pinterest

 

[Lily13]

White azalea in my yard

Beautiful! I have a pretty pink one not in bloom just yet. Can you help me with my posting of pics? I used to pull them right off of my phone, but not anymore.

 

[TunnelKing089]

Beautiful! I have a pretty pink one not in bloom just yet. Can you help me with my posting of pics? I used to pull them right off of my phone, but not anymore.

This thing is LOADED with bloom this year,probably the most I ever seen.Luckily the cold weather the last couple weeks didn't get them it got down to 25 a few nights.Cold weather did get my golden raintree but it's releafing and should be ok it blooms in June.

I just upload my pics on Imgur and copy/paste them here if that helps.

 

[Lady2020]

Trees took center stage today.

Our cherry tree. I think it’s about 70-80 yo.

Daffodils - I’ve taken a few of these, but they’re spectacular in the late sun.

Sycamore - this is one of the largest sycamores I’ve ever seen. It’s in our farm.

Sunrise this morning. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. We got pummeled by thunderstorms today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642321060631642116

Is this a Twitter reveal?

 

[Lily13]

That is pretty cool! I mostly grow cherry tomatoes. The big ones tend to split on me. Even last year when it was super dry.

I’m not too into peppers. There’s a greenhouse here in Jersey that has a few dozen types of tomatoes and something like 125 pepper varieties. It’s amazing. They also have all kinds of herbs. Great place.

Where in Jersey?