gardening 2016

[Dotch]

Ya HD, I wasn't able to get a lot of my stuff planted in flats in the greenhouse like I have in years past. Makes a big difference. The vine crops with the exception of the zucchini and one watermelon were all direct seeded. The 'maters and peppers were transplants, crippled packs (3 instead of 4 in a pack deals) from the greenhouse the wife works for. They look good and the price was right.     

[glenn57]

man my garden is off the charts. mater plants are 5ft tall with lotz of maters on them. gonna harvest my cabbage tonite. got pepper plants I need to stake up cause there is so many peppers  its tipping the plant over. got kalarabi stickin outta my ear.

[dew2]

man my garden is off the charts. mater plants are 5ft tall with lotz of maters on them. gonna harvest my cabbage tonite. got pepper plants I need to stake up cause there is so many peppers  its tipping the plant over. got kalarabi stickin outta my ear.

Any of those peppers the sweet Hungarian Margrets?? I sure hope so! You'll never plant any other sweet peppers once you taste em.

[glenn57]

man my garden is off the charts. mater plants are 5ft tall with lotz of maters on them. gonna harvest my cabbage tonite. got pepper plants I need to stake up cause there is so many peppers  its tipping the plant over. got kalarabi stickin outta my ear.

Any of those peppers the sweet Hungarian Margrets?? I sure hope so! You'll never plant any other sweet peppers once you taste em.

all of them are the seeds you gave me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[glenn57]

so  the last few weeks I've been waging war on bunnies. seen 2 youngins and momma. set a livetrap................the 2 youngins are across the river but live and well...........I think. anyways I get home Friday nite and looks from a distance there's a squirrel......dead....in the live trap. as I get closer well real close here it is..........a possum!!!!!!! never woulda thunk it. anyways its now garden fertilizer!!!!!!!! 

[Dotch]

That is precisely what possums are good for! 

[leechlake]

I've found my gardening peaks about the time I plant the seeds.  I'm so new to this that it's a trial and error thing.  Last summer I was a radish king and now I'm all about snow peas.  There's a lot of crop failure but a ton of hope.  Maybe my best plan is for the squash I planted at the cabin.  Just kind of leave it alone and if one grows I will enjoy it with some grouse breast in the Fall. 

[Boar]

hey ll ho2es it going. im a squash fan, love butter cup. love.sweet taters to. didnt get much in this year few tomat, and a few peps.  not doing to go either. o well, dont like gardeni g all that much anyway, no time for it.

[glenn57]

hey ll ho2es it going. im a squash fan, love butter cup. love.sweet taters to. didnt get much in this year few tomat, and a few peps.  not doing to go either. o well, dont like gardeni g all that much anyway, no time for it.

kinda like your fishing!!!! Ya don't do well there either!!

[Boar]

howes that picture posting coming along....

[glenn57]

 

[Outdoors Junkie]

We ate our first harvest of green beans tonight. Mmmm delicious!

[deadeye]

I pulled some peppers and onions this past week.  Garden is on auto pilot and the deer are really liking it.  I didn't know they like the tater tops so much.  Now if I could just get them to stop stomping the onions...

[glenn57]

Make a path and put up a sign that says deer trails.

[leechlake]

put a deer stand near it, that usually keeps them away.  Heck, hang a shirt you've worn out there.  It may keep them away and/or make them use to your scent and associate it with good vittles and come deer season they will come running to get shot!  Probably a billion dollar idea I just gave away.

[LPS]

Man our tomatoes are 1.5 ' tall.  Our peppers are less than a foot.  Maybe too much rain.  ??????   We do have some tiny tomatoes on the plants though.  Maybe I will have to do a Glenn hot pickling recipe with them....  ???  The deer are not at our patch..

[Dotch]

Picked the first cuke of the season, finally. Not bad for having been direct seeded May 22nd. 

[glenn57]

dotch...........I always plant cukes direct from seed and have plenty. picked about 8 already!!!!!

LPS......... my mater plants are close to 6 ft tall. lol!!!

[LPS]

Our cukes are just starting to climb on the gate we put by them.  Maybe the vine is 3' long.  Tomatoes may be 2.5' tall Max.  Like I said there are little ones on them so that is positive.  The peppers are small too.  But all look healthy.  We had so much rain.  We haven't watered since we planted things and the ground is still moist.  This hot weather may kick start them.  We have lots of time yet.   

[deadeye]

Somewhat the same here.  I moved things around in the garden this year.  Sort of like a farmer rotating the corps.  Cukes are small and haven't really spread out yet.  Don't know why.  Some tomatoes are going strong but some seem stunted. Not sure if it's the new area they are in or just the way it goes sometime. 

[glenn57]

cukes are starting to pile up. kalarbi are plentlifull and some as big as softballs but surprisingly mot woody.......yet. carrots looking good. getting a cherry mater or 2, other maters slowly coming and green peppers.....best I had in 3-4 year!!!!!

the plan this weekend while having a few refreshments and a campfire is to pull the rest of the dill and get the onions outta da ground!!!!!! 

[Dotch]

Cukes are starting to motor. Some nice jalapenos coming too. Need to find my refrigerator pickle recipe again. Tossing some jalapenos in with the cukes and onions puts hair on your chest. Have to do more manscaping that way though! 

[glenn57]

the maters are starting to accumulate!!!!!!!! cukes are looking pretty bleek and will soon need to beg for more. green peppers are going wild!!!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

Green beans starting to really roar. Good thing there's no shortage of takers. Even people wanting zucchini. Unheard of! May even have to sell to the highest bidder. Right now if they'd mow my lawn they could have 'em. Little do they know it's a 5 - 6 hour process. 'maters are starting to come back online. Cloudy wet weather doesn't seem to be to their liking. August has started out drier so we'll see how they do. Gotta find some time and seed some fall garden too now it's dried enough to do it. Fall greens, peas and radishes are the bomb! (c'mon LL, I know yer out there!) 

[The General]

The taters have all died off and I'll start digging as needed but like to leave them in the dirt as long as possible.  The wife is canning pickles and the zuccini are popping.  The peppers I got from dew are starting to take shape.   

[glenn57]

I got some pepper seeds from dew also and there going gang busters!

[Dotch]

Was happy to pick the first of what I hope is many muskmelons last night. Have had good luck some years and not so good luck other years with them so will be interesting to see how it tastes. Planted snap peas as well as both winter and spring type radishes ahead of the rain. Plenty of moisture already so we should be set without too much more for a while.
 

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[deadeye]

Yowezerr, that's a nice melon you got there Dotch.

[glenn57]

Yowezerr, that's a nice melon you got there Dotch.

yes she has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

I like a large variety of melons...