What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

I planted 34 tomatoes and 25 pepper plants yesterday!

Yesterday I planted two 12 foot rows of snow peas. Dwarf white sugar and snowbird. The snow bird are seeds I found on top of the fridge from 2009 so they probably aren't viable but since I'm getting things out about 3-4 weeks early due to the incredibly warm weather I figure I've got time to plant new ones. Today I planted more dwarf white sugar and mammoth melting sugar.

Last week I planted a bunch of tomatoes indoors. Can't wait till they sprout!

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Had to set up the hoses to water them yesterday, it hit 82.

This weekend I'm planting cucumbers and squash. the tomatoes are blooming already!!!:rose

Today I planted...not quite yet!

But I'm working on getting the netting connected over the rear extension of my garden. This may be the bottom of zone 8, but it is mountainous here, and last year May 11th, my planting day, was almost too early for the coolness and wetness we had until june 8th. But I'm shooting for before May 1st for things like peas and lettuce. My coldframe will be in operation next year so things will be sooner then.

On the other hand, providing I keep the deer completely out with my switch to chicken wire this year, the season does not usually end here until sometime in november.

I wanted to make sure I'm on and subscribed with this thread for when I do get to planting. It's gonna be cool!

marshallsmyth said:

Today I planted...not quite yet!

But I'm working on getting the netting connected over the rear extension of my garden. This may be the bottom of zone 8, but it is mountainous here, and last year May 11th, my planting day, was almost too early for the coolness and wetness we had until june 8th. But I'm shooting for before May 1st for things like peas and lettuce. My coldframe will be in operation next year so things will be sooner then.

On the other hand, providing I keep the deer completely out with my switch to chicken wire this year, the season does not usually end here until sometime in november.

I wanted to make sure I'm on and subscribed with this thread for when I do get to planting. It's gonna be cool!

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I'm also in zone 8 and my planting date for warm season crops was March 15th. My tomatoes have been out for a week. If I waited until May to plant the summer heat would kill most things. Does elevation make that much of a difference?

It's 2,000 feet here, 35 miles east of Ukiah, something like that north of Clear Lake. This is the Lake Pillsbury basin. 6,000 plus foot Hull Mountain's peak is 5 or 6 miles north, just east of the north star. We will be getting 25 degree nights this weekend. I know, kind of puts me behind my friends down in Santa Rosa, but for some reason, we don't get the killing frost until almost december when the valleys get theirs earlier in November. It is possible for us to have an earlier start, but a person never knows when. That's one of the main reasons I am working on making a raised coldframe. Also, I am entirely off grid here, small generator, batteries, inverter, propane tank. Powers that be tell me I have to get all kinds of paperwork done to make a greenhouse, so the coldframe it will be. But I just may wire it up to its own batteries and get an led light pad and use my 17 watt heat pads. Wouldn't take much to keep a coldframe above freezing usually. It only dips below 20 every 3 years, but it does get down to 22 every winter.

It's a basin. I guess cold air sinks, plus, the snowy mountains hold the chill or something. On the plus side, moderating that, I and my garden are 200 feet from a decent sized lake.

Today I transplanted my tomato plants (they were starting to look unhappy in their small containers, and here in 7A it'll hopefully stay 40s or above at night now). They were inside but I didn't even bother acclimating them since it's 70s out. Gave one spare to my neighbor!

Snap peas are starting to grab ahold of things, lettuces have sprouted, carrots have sprouted, all the herbs have sprouted except the dill, and another strawberry plant came back to life
All that's left to plant is the peppers! And maybe I'll get more strawberries, since it seems only the Junebearers came back.

Also, marshallsmyth, if society ever fails, I'm coming to live with you. And I'm bringing solar panels/a wind turbine/some magnets for when you run out of fuel.

I hope to get some peas and other cool season seeds in this weekend, but only if I can get a row cover over it. It's been warm lately but it is still very cool at night.

This morning today I planted Snow Peas, Buttercrunch Lettuce, Spinach, and Broccoli Raab.
Tomorrow looks like it will rain, good weather for those seeds to germinate well.

Planted 4 types of snow peas and Blue podded peas today.