Gardening 2026

What are your plans for the garden this year?
I have my peas started just today.

 

My wife has sorted through her boxes o' seed packs and picked what she wants to grow this year. A selection of tomatoes (20 plants), lots of basil, peas, cukes, lettuces, bell peppers, hot peppers, etc. Hopefully for the second year in a row she forgoes zucchini... She's prepping for starting the seeds. The biggest hurdle is there's no sunny place to put the seed trays where our two cats won't destroy them. Last year the cats were too small/ young to do much damage.

 

I'd like to do some green beans and try to pickle them. I tried some pickled green beans this year for the first time and yummm.
Tomatoes for sure. Maybe 1 cucumber plant just because. We still have a ton of canned pickles. Peppers for sure - all varieties I'm betting. Sweet corn for sure. Who knows how much but I'm betting quite a bit. We froze it and canned it last year and went through it QUICK.

My bro got the tiller fired up and running and he was out there today burning off last years remains. Supposed to be in the 70's this weekend so I'd bet he will till it up. Probably be planting next week.

 

below freezing and possible snow this Monday and Tuesday in our area. Generally no planting until early May.