So far, my cukes are up...I planted a lot of seeds per hill just in case and actually had to thin them out yesterday, LOL. Last year I had beautiful cucumbers in my container garden...I had purchased some plants and then thought, let me seed a couple of plants and see what happens. Nearly all the cucumbers I harvested were from those 2 seeded plants. So this year I just decided to seed.
One year I hope to have a garden large enough for some squash. We have such a short growing season that I don't want to chance planting some squash that takes up so much room in the beds and then get nothing out of it. My mom never had success with squash or pumpkins. I'm worried about the zucchini not coming up, but I bought such a 'early season' variety that if they don't come up in the next week, I can probably still replant.
Oh, and my dad filled them...I think he said it was 80% 'garden mix' (not sure what that IS, it was from the local garden place) and 20% compost. And I've planted cucumbers, swiss chard, several kinds of lettuce, beets, carrots (the entire middle box is carrots, LOL), onions (bulb and multipliers), zucchini and radishes. So far everything has come up and is doing great, except the zucchini. I had to thin out the beets and swiss chard already (I have a bad habit of overplanting just in case, LOL).
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your garden! I love pictures of gardens.
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