Greetings fellow gardeners! So I figured what better way to start the 2023 garden season, by ending the one from 2022. Even though it was basically over once the Yellow Watermelons fell through 2 months ago, it was fun holding on to hope the others plants would push on through as well. Even though I still have 1 of the Pumpkins in the ground, I am now looking to the future, and getting really excited for another year of growing!
I am back! Well at least somewhat in regards to the content dept. Not a whole lot has been going on the past month, except for a lot of rain. California got hit with an Atmospheric River, and it dumped the most rain we have seen since 1995. Once the storm passed I was left with a lot of weeds to clean up around the property. Just the past week was I able to finally start on the garden area.
Since I still have some time to get the garden prepped, I figured I would lay down some plywood, and see if this helps with the weeds. If not, I will just bust out the shovel, and shape the area that I plan to use.
Before I go on, I first want to pay my respect to this Chilacayote Squash. If it weren't for the seeds that grew in the compost, I do not think I would of started the garden at all last year. For that I will forever be grateful.
Here is the last remaining Pumpkin. I think it will be cool if it holds up through Spring, and starts to grow again. It has produced fruit for the second time, but I am not going to keep my hopes up for them. One has already fell off.
Ok, here it is. The start of my 2023 garden! This is garlic that was sent to me from fellow Hiver, @anewyorkminute79 all the way from New York. I have been meaning to plant it in January, but with the rains I did not get around to it. So I bust open a bulb, and pulled apart the cloves.
I am going to plant the bigger ones for now. Being my first time, I do not want to mess this up, and have no more bulbs left.
Before I bury these cloves, I picked a spot of the garden, and cleaned up any weeds still in the ground.
I googled how to plant Garlic, and it says to plant 2 inches deep, and 4 inches apart. To make things precise I used an Yardstick to aid in planting.
That's basically it, just bury the clove, and make sure ground stays moist. In total I planted 7 cloves.
I marked where I planted with some stakes. This will allow me to keep the required area moist until I see some spears. I have read that Garlic are heavy feeders as well. By the time they need some nutrients, my compost in the bins should be ready. Until then I wait.
Good luck man! Hopefully that thing doesn't eat your garden up! 🤣
Thanks man! And it’s so strange it didn’t last year, but you never know.
Good stuff bro, I love how diverse your green thumb is and how you're always trying to learn more and improve.
I think you did a pretty amazing job last year given all the challenges that came up.
Sometimes overcoming those challenges makes it all the more worth it in the end.
I want to get growing some garlic eventually too but feel like I need to slow down some lol.
Can't wait to see what your 2023 garden looks like!
Thanks man!
Already see a spear poke it’s head out of the soil!
You really did a great work in the cleaning. General the dry season hasn't been all that favorable for gardeners but we pray that soon we all we have rain.
Thank you, and yeah the last few years have been brutal, but even longer for the nearby farms.
So sorry.the weather in my area is gradually changing, the rain may fall soon. We pray for rain. Garden On! friend
Where are you from?
Nigerian, an Igbo to be precised
When do you start planting in the spring in Cali? Is that a groundhog or a mouse ? :D
I’ll start some seeds in March. And it’s a gopher. Destructive little guy, but last year it was all good. I thought I was going to have issues though.
I love, love, love what a vegetable gardener you've become. It's good Cali got rain, no? Like here, you get long spells of dry and then a flood. Can't the weather do what it's told, you know, just enough rain and sunshine to make our vegetable growing easier?
That's cool you got garlic off a fellow Hiver. Mine got rust for the first time this year - such a bummer. Made me think who's have garlic for me here. I remember sending some to @quochuy one year - wonder if he is still using that seed crop?
Unfortunately, I lost most of my backyard plants due to flood and repairs. Now the garden area has shrunk quite a bit. Free time is also rarer these days and my backyard is a mess.
I thought you may have been impacted by flood. 😭❣️
That sucks. Hopefully once you find the time you’ll get back into the swing of things again.
Thank you! Oh yeah the rain was great! The local reservoirs are at 100% capacity after being at 7-10% for years! Not sure how long it will last, last I heard it is only a year.
And is rust on garlic a common thing?
That's GREAT news, coz I know what drought feels like!
NOOOO, never had garlic rust before! It's from all the unseasonably wet weather we're having! Just got heaps of small cloves which was SOOO disappointing, and can't plant garlic in that bed for SEVEN FRIGGING MILLION YEARS!!!!!
Oh the rust reference was some Australian slang? So interesting because tbh I’ve never knew anyone from there other then from Hive. And that sucks. I do recall a video I was watching said to go for the bigger cloves when planting.
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