Grass Snake's Garden 2018

Here are some photos of what's growing so far. Trying a little bit of everything this year. The goal is to grow as much food as I can at home instead of buying from the store. This will most likely be just a picture glog because I'm horrible at documenting progress.

Salad and romaine lettuce

Okra

Idaho Potatoes

Mustard greens

Tobacco Florida Sumatra and Connecticut broadleaf.

Cherry tomato

Broccoli

Cabbage

Yellow onions

Flowering early jalapeno

Nectarine tree

Santa Rosa plum

Just a tulip to add color

Pansy another nice flower

Herb garden

Trimmed up the pecan tree before it started getting leaves. The best cooking wood in my opinion

This is the backyard only. I've got a bunch of stuff growing in the front and the side yard that I'll take pictures of and post later. Good luck to everyone this growing season.

 

[hogleg]

Awesomeness!! 
 
Pecan smoked anything=    

 

[Muckyai]

Looking good!! Store bought can't compare to fresh picked lettuce.

 

[Devv]

Good luck this season!

 

[Grass Snake]

Looking good!! Store bought can't compare to fresh picked lettuce.

 
Your right, no comparison. I taste the lettuce more earthy and spicy than store bought. Awesome to be able to cut at any stage too!

 

[Grass Snake]

Good luck this season!

 
Thanks Scott!

 

[Grass Snake]

This mini sickle I found at the dollar store works great for cutting lettuce. Better than using scissors like I was doing before. Up to my neck in greens and it's a wonderful feeling!

 

[Devv]

Good on ya for having success with the greens this year. I'm going to start them later than we normally do, due to the army worms that trashed them this fall

 

[Grass Snake]

Good on ya for having success with the greens this year. I'm going to start them later than we normally do, due to the army worms that trashed them this fall

Sorry to hear hopefully they won't cause you problems this year. Army worms eat anything it seems. Sucks when they get ahold of the lawn too..

 

[Muckyai]

A sickle for cutting lettuce. Lol. You are hard core!!

 

[Bhuter]

Looking great! Now I want a salad. Good luck to you this season! Love the sickle.

 

[GhostPepperz]

I like your setup. What really caught my eye was growing tobacco. Thats pretty cool, how do you use it? Where is a good place for seeds? I think it would be fun to roll my own cigars.

 

[Devv]

How did you do with the cold front we just got?
 
It hailed just South of us and today has been pretty dang windy!

 

[Grass Snake]

How did you do with the cold front we just got?
 
It hailed just South of us and today has been pretty dang windy!

 
The weather has not been friendly this year that's for sure. All my plants are hanging in there toughing it all out but not much progress in terms of growth. 

 

[Devv]

Same here. We go from seasonal to February, and back. And then you know what's next....the hella heat...film at 11...

 

[Grass Snake]

how do you use it? Where is a good place for seeds? I think it would be fun to roll my own cigars.

 
The goal is to grow a good wrapper or filler. This is my first year growing tobacco so there is still alot to learn. You can buy seeds at newhopeseed.com or victoryseeds.com both reputable sources.

 

[GhostPepperz]

Thanks for the info. I ended up buying some tobacco seeds from LeafOnly.com. I bought some Cuban and Virginia tobacco seeds. This will be my first year growing it too. 

 

[Grass Snake]

Grandma hooked it up with some seeds from Puerto Rico!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Cool! I love growing and eating recao. It's one of my favorite herbs to cook with.

 

[dragonsfire]

Awesome looking garden !!