Zen’s Spring 2026 Grow

[Pipecarver]

Rain, rain and then some rain.

Took advantage of a break in the rain yesterday to start laying out the cardboard for the new vegetable beds. I’ll need about 3x the amount to finish it off. Rain started again at this point.View attachment 128931

Seeds have been selected to start. Along with the germinators.View attachment 128932View attachment 128933

I also found we forgot about a bag of onions. Going to see if I can get a few to spread or at least swell up and scallions from the rest.View attachment 128934View attachment 128935View attachment 128936

High of only 10* today and more rain all week. I plan to get the rest of the cardboard and lay it down by the weekend. I want it soaked before I put soil on top.

Lots to do…

A high of 10c? balmy, basking in double digits while we sit here at 4c. We've had 3 nice days in a row where we got to 10 -11 C not today...lol....Its a bit early in the season to start looking at planting veggies. June is when I start thinking about something in a few large planters, Cucumbers, Tomato's maybe some Beans but just some play for my wife. Without a green house there,s not enough good weather to count on anything here. Although last year we could have had a nice garden, we actually had a nice summer and it was so nice the Premier illegally ( so they just ruled) shut down the woods so we couldn't go into them. Would have been the year for a garden though

 

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Man I am struggling with the non-weed seeds! For the first time this year I figured I would try to start some Peppers, Strawberries, Lettuce, Cucumbers and Beans indoors before the "nice" weather hits. Excuse my French but what a shit show! The beans shot up out of the soil after 2 days and haven't stopped growing since, now I know why jack uses a beanstalk to get to the clouds in the sky. The lettuce took a bit longer but has started to show, and everything else is still hiding under the dirt. Makes growing cannabis look easy.

 

[Stoneyluv]

i gotta say the Zen seeds are popping along awesome!!!!!

 

[Zen_seeker]

A high of 10c? balmy, basking in double digits while we sit here at 4c. We've had 3 nice days in a row where we got to 10 -11 C not today...lol

Great, just great. Now look what you did. Temps are dropping to single digits and freezing over night for the next three days.

....Its a bit early in the season to start looking at planting veggies. June is when I start thinking about something in a few large planters, Cucumbers, Tomato's maybe some Beans but just some play for my wife.

I’ll start indoors the last week of April with the expectation that they will go outside after Victoria Day long weekend.

I’ve planted a week or two earlier on some years but get hit with frost once in a while. But as you say it’s hard to get a full season to grow some times.

Without a green house there,s not enough good weather to count on anything here. Although last year we could have had a nice garden, we actually had a nice summer and it was so nice the Premier illegally ( so they just ruled) shut down the woods so we couldn't go into them. Would have been the year for a garden though

I remember reading your thread about that. Not the brightest people in charge it seems.

You need any vegetable seeds? I’m mostly doing different tomatoes, cucumbers and melons this year. Last year was so dry our sugar baby watermelons were no bigger than a 5 pin bowling ball.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Man I am struggling with the non-weed seeds! For the first time this year I figured I would try to start some Peppers, Strawberries, Lettuce, Cucumbers and Beans indoors before the "nice" weather hits. Excuse my French but what a shit show! The beans shot up out of the soil after 2 days and haven't stopped growing since, now I know why jack uses a beanstalk to get to the clouds in the sky. The lettuce took a bit longer but has started to show, and everything else is still hiding under the dirt. Makes growing cannabis look easy.

It’ll come back to you. Out door is easy if the weather cooperates.

I haven’t done any leafy plants yet. Beans were okay last year but didn’t do as well as I’d hoped. Tomatoes, cucumber and peppers are pretty easy and we use them the most.

If I can grow vegetables with my half assed attempts I’m certain you’ll be up to your neck in veggies soon enough.

 

[Zen_seeker]

i gotta say the Zen seeds are popping along awesome!!!!!

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Your ahead of me. I had a bunch of seeds pop the last two days I just put in soil. Sugar baby watermelon and cucumber.

I’ve found tomatoes and pepper plants don’t do well if more than one are growing in the same pot. I tried it again last year and it cost me a lot of fruit. Peppers really suffered from it. Plus the droughts.

I put my seeds one per nursery pot now.

I’m really glad they are working for you. Can’t wait to see how it goes.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Garden seeds are starting to pop. Cucumbers and Sugar Baby Watermelons so far. Tomatoes not so much yet.

Pickling Cucumbers


Sugar Baby Watermelons


Potted


I need a bigger room…



Almost light out… got to go close things up until tonight.

It may be a crappy rainy month but it beats snow.

Only a couple days before the weekend, hang in there people.

 

[Pipecarver]

Garden seeds are starting to pop. Cucumbers and Sugar Baby Watermelons so far. Tomatoes not so much yet.

Pickling Cucumbers
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Sugar Baby Watermelons
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Potted
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I need a bigger room…
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Almost light out… got to go close things up until tonight.

It may be a crappy rainy month but it beats snow.

Only a couple days before the weekend, hang in there people.

Way back some 25 years ago I built a green house out back from plywood, 1x1's, screws and plastic. It lasted about 3 years before nature took it back, The wood rotted, the plastic sheets disintegrated and it fell apart. I had plywood planter boxes, with raised beds in it. First year was excellent, grew lots of veggies & even corn stalks & some Sunflowers busted out the top , I had to modify. By the 3rd year slugs got into the boxes and the wood 1x1's were rotted through in sections so I had a large fire in the back yard and even the plastic went up in smoke.

I know my wife would like another one but I'm not making one, Maybe buy one thats made of metal & glass but they are too expensive for good ones and the cheap shit can't take our weather so a few plastic tubs will have to do.