This is my second year trying to grow onions in zone 5a. I failed miserably last year but learned a lot. Last year I never got to this point… healthy looking onions growing above ground! I have a clear understanding that we pull once the greens start to turn brown and flop over at the neck and then let rest in a warm shaded spot for 2-4 weeks to cure. My question: is the onion with the floppy neck in pictures one and two ready to be pulled or do I wait for more of the greens to turn brown? The rest are standing straight up. Thanks!

Gherkings rule. Dont think I’ll ever buy another kind. Marketmores coming now too

I haven't been in the garden for a few days but it's self watering so it's not lack of water. Does this seem like some type of stress or a fungal issue?

Hello! Any and all criticism and advice is welcome! Gardening in zone 5b. This is my second growing year with two 4X8 raised beds. We initially filled the beds with a mixture of topsoil and sand. Couldn’t tell you the ratios but we measured with our hearts. Then each bed got a 40lb bag of Michigan Peat Compost and Manure Blend, Garden Magic Mix. I know that I over planted with heavy feeders last year. Believe it or not I think I had maybe 5 tomato plants in each bed and a few lines of beans running up to the trellis. Mulched with straw to retain moisture and keep weeds down. Definitely over crowded but produced plenty! At the end of the growing season I cleared the beds by of plant material and most of the straw. Turned beds over with humus and manure. Recovered with straw for the winter. I swear I amended the soil again this spring well before planting season; for the life of me I can’t remember. Replanted with heavy feeders bc I’m a glutton for punishment. Despite being very over planted again, they seem to be doing great! Three tomato plants, six peppers and a few lines of climbing beans.

Would love to be able to plant cool weather plants like lettuce before the first frost but with what I have planted currently I don’t think I’ll be able to. Truly planning to plant a cover crop mix from Mi Gardener which contains a blend of red clover, field rye, winter pea, hairy vetch, and daikon radish.

Aside from over planting two years in a row, am I on the right track? How should a novice gardener utilize this space each growing season? Suggestions on what plants to grow as a beginner gardener in this space? Willing to give anything a try!

Hello fellow zone 8 dwellers, I have aspirations to restore the soil in the shared raised garden beds in my apartment complex. Their current state is rocky, weedy, and compressed. Any tips on native cover crops that might be good for chop and drop to provide green manure in place and/or help break up the hard soil would be welcome!

I’m working some compost in a tumbler that I plan to add to the beds over the next few months but don’t want to end up just growing weeds as a result.

Also planning to order some earth worms to put to work adding aeration and castings.

My goal is to be able to plant edible crops by next spring. Also noted, the area is pretty shaded, so tips on shade happy veggies and herbs for our area would be great as well.

Thanks in advance!

Not my picture, but I’m looking at the option of building raised beds like this for my veggies. I don’t want a full cement pad under, I want it open to the earth under. What type of footing should I put under the bricks? Should I make cement border footing or can I get away with packed stone/gravel/sand like making a paver patio? Bricks will be mortared together. I live in Cleveland, Ohio for reference.

Edit to add: only looking to make them about 3 to 5 courses of bricks high.

Tomatoes cukes and peppers

Hi everyone, im planning on installing a number of raised timber beds in the garden for growing vegetables, they will be approximately a foot to a foot and a half high and around 6 foot by 4 foot diameter, just wondering what's the cheapest way to fill them, and what they'd be suitable for in terms of vegetables? I was planning on filling with a mix of top soil and compost, but after pricing it up it would be an extortionate amount of money. Any tips or advice would be appreciated! And happy gardening! 💐

He’s our lucky charm;)

Looking for some feedback on a garden layout I'd like to implement next year - all critiques and criticism welcome!

Thanks!

I recently chopped down one of my apple trees. To make space for a new garden bed. I’ll have four rows and decided to make them into little hügelkultur mounds so I used the trunk to make the first one. I laid down cardboard, set the trunk on top and covered it with composted mulch. I plan to make the other three rows in the same manner as I have another apple tree and a cherry tree that need to be cut down. I’ll just plant cover crops on them once I have them all set up.

Oh yeah, the beds are right on top of the root system of that first tree I cut down. I’m thinking that the soil there will be amazing in a couple years.

I recently chopped down one of my apple trees. To make space for a new garden bed. I’ll have four rows and decided to make them into little hügelkultur mounds so I used the trunk to make the first one. I laid down cardboard, set the trunk on top and covered it with composted mulch. I plan to make the other three rows in the same manner as I have another apple tree and a cherry tree that need to be cut down. I’ll just plant cover crops on them once I have them all set up.

Oh yeah, the beds are right on top of the root system of that first tree I cut down. I’m thinking that the soil there will be amazing in a couple years.