Spring Planting For Your Family

[Bowsnbucks]

What things have you gents planted so far for eating this spring & summer? I know it depends on your location. If nothing yet .... what plants are planned?

I have 2 kinds of lettuce just sprouting in long troughs, and a small forest of basil popping in a pot - all inside our south-facing sliders. Preps have been made for hot peppers and grape tomatoes. Gonna start some pots of parsley, thyme, and dill for my wife. Itchy to see things growing!

EDIT: I forgot our pots of chives and sage which have been overwintering on our patio for the last 10 years. They come up every spring.

 

[Telemark]

I have radish and lettuce direct sown in my raised beds.

I've sown in pots that are inside germinating. So far I have about a dozen pots each of:

Moneymaker tomato
Cherry tomato
Zucchini
Celery
Cayenne chili
Bell pepper
Physalis
Palm kale
Sweet peas
Spinach

The radishes and lettuce are generally completely done by late June. In May I will sow root vegetables and plant summer crop starts between the rows. When the early crop comes out, the summer crops take over and usually last the rest of the season.

I have a lot of other crops to start indoors, but it's a little too early here for beans, pumpkins, herbs, etc. Plus I need to get the greenhouse built so I can make space in the house for germinating the new starts.

 

[jsasker007]

About all we ever end up doing is growing some tomato, rhubarb(from the in-laws) and of course apples(always adding more varieties). That's about it. Kids are grown and I spend way to much of my time and energy at work to do a REAL garden. The wife has her flowers that give her something to do in the summer.

 

[Telemark]

I also have my apples, cherries, honeyberries, black currant, red currant, gooseberries, rhubarb, plums, raspberries, blackberries, garlic, and chives that are in the ground all winter. I used to have Jerusalem artichoke, but they got smoked this winter, so I have to replace them. My sage might need to be replaced, too.

I have pear trees, but they don't like the Norwegian climate, so I've only had one so far.

I planted a patch of stinging nettle which I harvest from every year. I like to add it to my kale soup.

I tried lovage, but it failed the first winter.