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Tilling the garden today. Getting ready for early planting.

Rec'd my Heatwave II seeds in the mail last week and got my indoor seeds started Sunday afternoon (Dec 28th). Decided to do a little experiment on varieties so I started 6 Heatwave II's, 6 Arkansas Travelers and 3 Romas. We'll see which ones produce the best this year. Think I might also get some Celebrity seeds this week and add them to the experiment. Unfortunately, last year was a bust for my Celebrity and Romas, only made enough for a couple of jars of salsa despite having 8-10 nice big bushes, plenty of blooms but very few set. Some of the ones that did got bottom rot, grrrrrr.

Also started 4 bell pepper plants and 3 jalapeno plants. Would do more but it seems like I always make way too many bell peppers and can't eat them fast enough. They are okay frozen for some things but I prefer fresh ones for grilling or added to corn/black bean salads, jambalaya, etc. Same goes for jalapenos,lol. Nobody in the house eats them but me and I always seem to make way too many when I plant more than 3 bushes. I've canned them too but still can't eat them fast enough, lol. Anyway, that's all the starters for now. Green beans, cucumbers and squash get planted directly into the garden mid to late March.

Last of the garden, this freeze should finish it off.

Got my onions yesterday from a local nursery yesterday. They will go in the ground today after I do a little tilling.

planted mine on 12/8
here they r on 1/1
Dixondale Farms onions...Tx Legend (yellow)...Tx Early White
harvest in May...still eatin'm from last yrs harvest...gr8 onions

Is that cabbage you've got going in the middle there? I expected a die off when it hit 17 here not too long ago, but my cauliflower pulled through. I just tilled it in. Too much to plan for. This has been a really mild winter.

Onions went in the ground today.

broccoli...i have another raised bed with cabbage and cauliflower n it...duzn't freeze
got beets and carrots cumin' up for spring eatin'

Can beets, carrots and radishes be planted now? Also what about peas? Thanks for any advise.

Peeked in the greenhouse the other day and found these:

Tomatoes are tuff to manage when cold. I'll let the greenhouse temps get to a low of around 40ish till the heater kicks on. Husky cherry tomatoe plant.



Jalapenos do good in there, pretty hardy.



I move the lime bush in there every year, it's 11 years old now and always produces during the winter months. The blooms smell awesome.


The rest is her shizzle.



The green house has paid for itself over the years, glad we put it up.


Come on spring!

Nice greenhouse. Did you build it yourself ? From some sort of "kit"? What are the walls and roof made out of? Looks sort of like a corrugated plastic of some type.

No kit Scott Scott. Basically scratched out a square in the dirt and put it up. Here are a few other pics of it. The plastic corrugated stuff, I picked up from Lowes. It's not cheap. I had a leftover patio door used for the entry. If you build one, you'll need to vent it on warmer days. I have an indoor/outdoor wireless thermometer in it so I can keep an eye on the temp by my recliner.

Nice setup, RDL.