Garden State Gardener
@njgardener.bsky.social
This is my account for talking about my garden(s) on my third of an acre in central Jersey. I've gardened for years, but this year I am taking a big leap and adding 13 new 8x4 garden beds to my nine I already have. Looking to connect, learn, and trade.
This is way, way too many tomatoes. Plus three kinds of peppers, two kinds of celery, and a few artichokes.
The third picture is them moved in to the garage assuming stormy weather that doesn't seem to be materializing.
#gardening #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
The third picture is them moved in to the garage assuming stormy weather that doesn't seem to be materializing.
#gardening #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
May 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is way, way too many tomatoes. Plus three kinds of peppers, two kinds of celery, and a few artichokes.
The third picture is them moved in to the garage assuming stormy weather that doesn't seem to be materializing.
#gardening #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
The third picture is them moved in to the garage assuming stormy weather that doesn't seem to be materializing.
#gardening #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
Weeding feels so good when you're done.
New soil plus composted manure means early weeds around the cabbage, but I got them! #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
New soil plus composted manure means early weeds around the cabbage, but I got them! #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
May 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Weeding feels so good when you're done.
New soil plus composted manure means early weeds around the cabbage, but I got them! #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
New soil plus composted manure means early weeds around the cabbage, but I got them! #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
82 tomatoes seedlings potted up and hardening to be planted Mothers Day weekend. Roma, Early Girl, Rutgers, and Brandywine. Thing is, I only have room for 50 of these guys, and maybe not that many.
So come the 17th I'll have a few to trade or give away.
So come the 17th I'll have a few to trade or give away.
May 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
82 tomatoes seedlings potted up and hardening to be planted Mothers Day weekend. Roma, Early Girl, Rutgers, and Brandywine. Thing is, I only have room for 50 of these guys, and maybe not that many.
So come the 17th I'll have a few to trade or give away.
So come the 17th I'll have a few to trade or give away.
My snap peas are (almost) all staked and stringed, the bush beans are coming up aces, the lettuce in the onion bed are sprouting (carrots a tiny bit), and the 4x4 chaos garden of spilled seeds is ... chaotic. 🤣 #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
April 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My snap peas are (almost) all staked and stringed, the bush beans are coming up aces, the lettuce in the onion bed are sprouting (carrots a tiny bit), and the 4x4 chaos garden of spilled seeds is ... chaotic. 🤣 #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
If anyone wonders, I have been strong and haven't poured them out yet. But I want to. I really want to. The leaves are browning more, so maybe on Mothers Day. #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
These potatoes have been growing in these bags since Jan 20, so 95 days or so. I brought them up Fri. I am really itching to dump one out, but know it's too early since the leaves aren't totally dead.
What do my bsky friend recommend? #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
What do my bsky friend recommend? #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
April 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If anyone wonders, I have been strong and haven't poured them out yet. But I want to. I really want to. The leaves are browning more, so maybe on Mothers Day. #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
These potatoes have been growing in these bags since Jan 20, so 95 days or so. I brought them up Fri. I am really itching to dump one out, but know it's too early since the leaves aren't totally dead.
What do my bsky friend recommend? #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
What do my bsky friend recommend? #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
April 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
These potatoes have been growing in these bags since Jan 20, so 95 days or so. I brought them up Fri. I am really itching to dump one out, but know it's too early since the leaves aren't totally dead.
What do my bsky friend recommend? #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
What do my bsky friend recommend? #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
Wine cap shrooms, bush beans, onions, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, potatoes, garlic, carrots, beets, chard, lettuce, snap peas, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, and two peach trees all starting to show for the year. #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
April 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Wine cap shrooms, bush beans, onions, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, potatoes, garlic, carrots, beets, chard, lettuce, snap peas, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, and two peach trees all starting to show for the year. #gardening
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
#vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj #7a
I planted 12 asparagus crowns, 20 strawberry crowns (10 June bearing with the asparagus, 10 everbearing with onions), a bunch of onions, and 18 cabbage (a few are left). The asparagus and strawberries were bought as crowns, the rest are from seed.
Any cabbage recipes to share?
Any cabbage recipes to share?
April 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I planted 12 asparagus crowns, 20 strawberry crowns (10 June bearing with the asparagus, 10 everbearing with onions), a bunch of onions, and 18 cabbage (a few are left). The asparagus and strawberries were bought as crowns, the rest are from seed.
Any cabbage recipes to share?
Any cabbage recipes to share?
It always looks more like a garden when the fence is up.
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It always looks more like a garden when the fence is up.
FGS, we get a half-decent Sunday but two more almost freezing nights next week!
Still gonna plant the cauliflower, onion & cabbage seedlings; strawberry & asparagus roots on Sunday & hope for the best. I can't take it anymore, & need room under the grow lights! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj
Still gonna plant the cauliflower, onion & cabbage seedlings; strawberry & asparagus roots on Sunday & hope for the best. I can't take it anymore, & need room under the grow lights! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj
April 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
FGS, we get a half-decent Sunday but two more almost freezing nights next week!
Still gonna plant the cauliflower, onion & cabbage seedlings; strawberry & asparagus roots on Sunday & hope for the best. I can't take it anymore, & need room under the grow lights! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj
Still gonna plant the cauliflower, onion & cabbage seedlings; strawberry & asparagus roots on Sunday & hope for the best. I can't take it anymore, & need room under the grow lights! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #nj
We seeded snap peas, carrots, lettuce, kale, beets but held off seedlings due to recent cold nights. This weekend the fence goes up (see Harper's footprints?) + asparagus & strawberry crowns; onion, cabbage, cauliflower, and lettuce seedlings; & 2 peach trees! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #7a
April 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We seeded snap peas, carrots, lettuce, kale, beets but held off seedlings due to recent cold nights. This weekend the fence goes up (see Harper's footprints?) + asparagus & strawberry crowns; onion, cabbage, cauliflower, and lettuce seedlings; & 2 peach trees! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate #7a
I'm expanding my 10 bed garden with 15 new 8x4 beds, three 2 foot high and the rest 1 foot. It took three weeks to collect all the branches from the woods, half fill the beds with wood chips, and put 13 yards of soil in the new beds, but we're ready to go! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate
March 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm expanding my 10 bed garden with 15 new 8x4 beds, three 2 foot high and the rest 1 foot. It took three weeks to collect all the branches from the woods, half fill the beds with wood chips, and put 13 yards of soil in the new beds, but we're ready to go! #vegetablegardening #gardenstate
If you're looking for 8x4 one foot high metal garden beds they are REALLY cheap on Amazon right now -- $33 each. I have these in my back yard and am actually filling them with dirt today. (I don't get a commission)
8x4x1ft(2 Pack) Galvanized Raised Garden Bed,Outdoor Planter Box Metal Patio Kit Planting Bed for Vegetables Flowers Herb,Grey
Amazon.com: Foxlang 8x4x1ft(2 Pack) Galvanized Raised Garden Bed,Outdoor Planter Box Metal Patio Kit Planting Bed for Vegetables Flowers Herb,Grey : Patio, Lawn & Garden
www.amazon.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you're looking for 8x4 one foot high metal garden beds they are REALLY cheap on Amazon right now -- $33 each. I have these in my back yard and am actually filling them with dirt today. (I don't get a commission)
This store bought tomato seems to want to be a tomato plant. So I'm just letting it sit on the windowsill and watching.
I figure I'll plant the whole thing in a bag just for fun to see what happens.
I figure I'll plant the whole thing in a bag just for fun to see what happens.
February 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This store bought tomato seems to want to be a tomato plant. So I'm just letting it sit on the windowsill and watching.
I figure I'll plant the whole thing in a bag just for fun to see what happens.
I figure I'll plant the whole thing in a bag just for fun to see what happens.
A dozen new 8x4 beds assembled and ready for some sticks, mulch, grass and leaves, dirt, manure, etc. I have the layout, designed the irrigation system, and am ready to triple the size of my garden this year.
February 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A dozen new 8x4 beds assembled and ready for some sticks, mulch, grass and leaves, dirt, manure, etc. I have the layout, designed the irrigation system, and am ready to triple the size of my garden this year.
Happy New Year! Pitchers and catchers report today!
February 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy New Year! Pitchers and catchers report today!
Just ate my last spaghetti squash from the summer, and will probably finish off the acorn squash this weekend. Still have a few gallons of tomato sauce, though.
Yes, seeds are saved! #gardening #gardensky
Yes, seeds are saved! #gardening #gardensky
February 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just ate my last spaghetti squash from the summer, and will probably finish off the acorn squash this weekend. Still have a few gallons of tomato sauce, though.
Yes, seeds are saved! #gardening #gardensky
Yes, seeds are saved! #gardening #gardensky
Basement garden pics! The onions are in soil blocks to be transferred out to the garden, but I hope to harvest the potatoes, snap peas, beets, lettuce, and carrot right in the basement. #gardensky #veggiegarden
February 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Basement garden pics! The onions are in soil blocks to be transferred out to the garden, but I hope to harvest the potatoes, snap peas, beets, lettuce, and carrot right in the basement. #gardensky #veggiegarden
This grocery store tomato sprouted while on our windowsill, and I've been waiting about three weeks for it to break the skin. It finally did!
Thinking about putting it in a planter whole and seeing what happens.
Thinking about putting it in a planter whole and seeing what happens.
February 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This grocery store tomato sprouted while on our windowsill, and I've been waiting about three weeks for it to break the skin. It finally did!
Thinking about putting it in a planter whole and seeing what happens.
Thinking about putting it in a planter whole and seeing what happens.
The basement garden continues! Everything but the beets are sprouting, and I've already covered both the russet and the baby potatoes once. Snap peas, carrots, onions, potats. Only the onions will go outside. #vegetablegarden #basementgarden #food
February 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The basement garden continues! Everything but the beets are sprouting, and I've already covered both the russet and the baby potatoes once. Snap peas, carrots, onions, potats. Only the onions will go outside. #vegetablegarden #basementgarden #food
I am adding a dozen 8x4 beds to my back yard #veggiegarden this year. In my current #garden the six beds are too close so I am realigning four 8x4 beds to go with the 12 new ones.
I can fit them easily with 3' spacing, but think that 2' should be enough. Maybe 2.5?
Advice? #gardening #gardenstate
I can fit them easily with 3' spacing, but think that 2' should be enough. Maybe 2.5?
Advice? #gardening #gardenstate
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I am adding a dozen 8x4 beds to my back yard #veggiegarden this year. In my current #garden the six beds are too close so I am realigning four 8x4 beds to go with the 12 new ones.
I can fit them easily with 3' spacing, but think that 2' should be enough. Maybe 2.5?
Advice? #gardening #gardenstate
I can fit them easily with 3' spacing, but think that 2' should be enough. Maybe 2.5?
Advice? #gardening #gardenstate
This is my account for talking about #gardening for edible plants on my little third of an acre in the #GardenState. Right now I have carrots, beets, lettuce, snap peas, and onions growing in my basement, and am daily changing my garden plans for the spring.
January 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is my account for talking about #gardening for edible plants on my little third of an acre in the #GardenState. Right now I have carrots, beets, lettuce, snap peas, and onions growing in my basement, and am daily changing my garden plans for the spring.