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It's incredibly sweet that you have created a plot for Tom too. I think that's going to be even more important for him this year.

Yeah, he should be able to keep up with it this year. Each year he always plants tomatoes, but the last two he was too mentally drained caring for Jeanie that I had to take over.

They should taste so much better this year too. Tom usually tills and adds chemical fertilizers, but this year it'll be fully organic.😀

I really agree with what you said:

experience is important and that we each share these experiences with the world. Mistakes and failed experiments that have already been tried simply creates unnecessary waste.

I think it's also very proactive to share these experiences to expedite the learning curve for noobies like myself.

I just found out about the HugelKultur Mounds and I am quite intrigued by it. I will follow up your how-to. Thank you for teaching me something new!

You are very welcome my friend. If you grow your own food, hugelkultur is the way to go.

Beautiful post!

Thank you😀

I like it very much! I'll take a couple of ideas from here. Just now I'm putting some seeds to germinate and I'm collecting others like paprika and chili, I had planted in the house where we were but we had to move and we have to start again, in this time with more expirence.☺️

Nice, yeah the first year is usually the most clumsy, but the internet makes it so much easier now.

So lovely to see your garden coming along already!
I've learned that zone doesn't necessarily equate to frost dates... We're in 4b, yet last year, we had snow on the 20th or 21st of May! Our last frost date is in June, so the tomatoes and peppers should wait another month or so - despite the fact it reached 90F yesterday.
Anyway, I hope your garden does really well this year, ours hasn't even been worked up yet. (Chickens are on the first bed right now.)

You are quite far North then. Yeah, hardiness zones don't quite equate to frost dates, just extreme minimum temperature, but I wanted to keep it simple while adding detail.

This is the first year I raised sprouts from seed and learned a lot. I definitely should have started all the plants that aren't vines earlier.

Good luck with your garden. I hope the we have a warm fall to extend the season.😀

Wyoming. So not super north, but altitude!
I've decided that seeds should be started on the equinox if you don't have huge amounts of space inside... Next year!

I share zone 5. I never plant anything that can't tolerate a frost before June 1st, unless I'll have time to cover them. Where I'm at, we routinely get frost into the last week of May.

Are you in a higher elevation? It's under 1000 ft here and Mother's Day planting is a good average, but an average none-the-less. It's all good if there's a fluke, as long as you are prepared for it.

I'm not sure of my exact elevation, but I believe it's between 900-1100ft. I'm also close enough to the Great Lakes to get arctic air currents sometimes.

Ah gotcha, you are further North. I'm in Nebraska, but am from Michigan, so am quite familiar with the lakes. Gotta love that lake effect show.😀

Awesome stuff! The tomatoes need lots and lots of water!

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Our plants get huge and that area doesn't get a lot of sunlight, so doesn't dry out.

We water them good the first two weeks and then only give them water every couple of weeks. Last year we didn't give them a drink the last 6 weeks at all and they thrived.

I wish I kept the pic. That spot is 8'×25' and just 8 plants fill the whole area and over the border each year.😀

That's awesome! I'm trying to find the right balance of watering my veggies, gone through a whole 100L water butt already! Yeah keep them posted I want to see them!

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Will do my friend😀

It is the time for gardens in your part of the world! Beautiful job! Many you be blessed with incredible bounty and enjoy the moments.

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I certainly hope so!😀
I've went all out to get it all started.

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I love to see people gardening! Congratulations! I wish you a lot of fruits of your effort!

Nice garden fam! We just spent all day tilling our field up and prepping it for planting. Should have my next BackYard Canna Farming episode up soon with all the details. Planting most everything tomorrow.