Gardening

Wow, that's next level!

There's quite a few open source projects doing good things to help the plotting and planning of caring for indoor and outdoor plants. Here's two that are popular:

• https://www.hortusfox.com/
• https://plant-it.org/

Living in a tropical country is awesome, just take seeds, put them in soil and enjoy food the entire year; my plants are doing awesome, been using organic matter coming straight off my kitchen as compost for ages now, rarely see problems with nutrients.

Peppers, tomatoes, and kale seeds have been started indoors. Only the kale has sprouted so far, and the potting medium reintroduced fungus gnats to my house.

Mint is in the ground 👍

Well, that's another unexpected use-case for Excel that is actually pretty cool. Would you mind sharing it as a template?

Would you mind sharing that template? It looks so much better than other apps that I've seen :)

When starting a garden from scratch, one must first

git init

squints...wait is that Excel?! You madman. Whatever works I guess. Looks really nice and organized as well.

Got my maters started late. The $6 crate store soil blocker my wife picked up last year to try broke after the first use, so we are a little behind.

Thankfully, this year, a lot of what we are trying is direct sow or already fall planted / perennial. Still gotta start cukes, melons, and some other stuff though.

I’ve downloaded the farmer’s almanac planting calendar, but haven’t started applying that to my planting plan yet.

I’ve also ordered and received my seeds.

My plan of killing a bunch of seeds has started. Planted these san marzano seeds that came in a purim bag my mother gave me, and those are now in a window with both the most light and least cat activity. Some will sprout, then just die outside from unknown reasons yet.

We have to cover crop here, otherwise the soil amendments just blow away, along with the topsoil. Northern edge of USDA zone 7, the wind has been brutal.

@SchmidtGenetics not THAT well, actually.

good start this year. got my peppers and slower flowers started under the growlights. seeded another section of the yard with tall grass and native flowers. and im adding my first bee hive this summer, ordered a nuc from a local farm that breeds for harsh winters. should be a good year if the weather would stop toying with my heart.

So, what's your codeword for pot and where does the bud grow season fit in? Hope it all works out :)

First time ever gardening by myself in my hometown... it's small, ugly, and poorly planned but at least one of every type of seed I've planted has sprouted. Makes me want to invest a little more money and energy at least.

I'm done with my general plan, I have an idea of what I want. Now let's see what will go wrong and where I have to adapt.

Snap peas and radish are almost ready to go outside, my peppers and tomatoes seedlings are starting to grow. I'm looking forward to the season!

My winter garden is over, except for the fennel and mojito mint (I leave it in there and just pull it up occasionally, it plays pretty nice) and a couple of lettuces.

Starting seedlings of jalapeno, butternut squash, eggplant, tomato. Later on will plant okra, a container of Stokes Purple sweet potato, and mini watermelons. Basil. The citrus made flowers but it seems late, winter was oddly cold this year.

Zone 10

That's fucking excel (equivalent)??

I had a ton of sprouted garlic and potatoes. Got most of those into the ground (only stopped to save more room for other stuff). We've dipped back below zero the last couple of days, thwarting my plans to plant some other things (mostly brassicas) before our mini-vacation down to Tokyo (and half-day of work I need to do for my main job). When we get back, hopefully it will stay above freezing so I can continue with everything. I'll mostly be growing peppers to sell (and eat, of course), this year.

Nice autism spreadsheet. I'd make a json file myself.

Let’s not assume every garden has the same Eurocentric seasonal variation on lemmy.

I’m mid season right now. Planting usually starts in October but our rain was super late this year.

Lots of weeding and trying to get my summer veggies started. I usually stop planting anything by June.

Gophers decimated most of my greens and peas, so I’m basically turning my vegetable garden into plant jail. Still have potatoes going they should be ready soon.

I also have friendly raccoons who love digging up my plants, tossing them aside to look for insects. They got so mad about my plant protectors last week I heard them fighting trying to break in.