🥜 Has Anybody Here Tried Growing Crops That Probably Shouldn’t Work In Their Climate? This year I decided to try growing peanuts in Wisconsin. Which immediately escalated into: 🐿️ squirrels digging everything up ❄️ racing frost dates🌱 rebuilding the raised beds 😂 and me questioning my decisions multiple times But somehow… …the peanuts are actually growing now. I finally documented the full experiment inside a new Rooted Field Note covering: - the soil mix - frost timing - squirrel protection - raised beds vs containers - and what’s actually working so far in Zone 5 👉 [https://sproutinghomestead.com/can-you-grow-peanuts-in-wisconsin-zone-5-peanut-growing-guide/] Curious what weird crop experiments everybody else has tried too 👀🌱

Tried growing peanuts here in Wisconsin and the squirrels absolutely demolished my first planting like they had been training for this moment their entire lives. So I changed tactics. This second round got soaked for 24 hours before planting, and I added a homemade screen cover using my soil sifter setup to keep the squirrels from digging everything back up before sprouting. And honestly… it actually seems to be working so far. 👀 The little sprouts are finally starting to push through. Now the real question is whether Wisconsin gives me enough time before frost hits because peanuts need around 120 days. I honestly don’t know if I started too late… but I’m trying anyway. Sometimes gardening is less about certainty and more about seeing what happens when you keep experimenting. 🌱 If these actually make peanuts by fall, I’m going to feel like I defeated a tiny woodland crime syndicate. 🐿️🥜 What’s something weird or risky you’re trying to grow this year? 👇

One of the dangers of gardening is that every successful experiment seems to create two more projects. This banana tree survived winter indoors, produced a pup, and now I've convinced myself I need another banana tree. This is how these things get out of hand

Started this pear tree graft last year and honestly wasn’t sure it survived winter. Today I removed the grafting tape and found the union completely healed 🍐 Still no foliage yet… but it’s alive. Nature is wild. Anyone else doing any grafting?

Hello! Wondering everyone's thoughts on adding wood chips/mulch over my raised garden beds after planting. Is it good, bad? I covered my garlic with stuff i got from our recycling site this winter, and it seemed to work well. But not sure for normal summer veggies if that is appropriate. Any feedback would be appreciated!