Author Topic: 2019 gardens (Read 64092 times)

LPS

Quote from: glenn57 on August 08/05/19, 09:42:05 PM

Quote from: Dotch on August 08/05/19, 09:30:50 PM
Correctamundo Rebs! I think you should send Barry some of yer little humping bugs in trade! Those worms while adding protein to the smoothies wouldn't have the nice crunchy texture that the humping bugs would...

They may feel like nuts in the smoothie.

LPS

Quote from: Rebel SS on August 08/05/19, 09:08:50 PM

I know THAT one...that's an army worm!!!! Bad little dudes.....

https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/armyworm-control/

I guess you can freeze lettuce for a smoothie. You want to put it in the blender frozen though. I wondered if that was an army worm. I remember back in the early 2000's how bad they were. Falling out of trees on us all summer. Hope they aren't coming back.

Rebel SS · « *Last Edit: August 08/06/19, 06:54:49 PM by Rebel SS* »

Oh, thought you meant for normal usage.

Where did you hear about lettuce smoothies?

LPS

On the internet! You can put any fruit or veggie in a smoothie as far as I know.

Rebel SS

How about bacon? Breakfast smoothie?

LPS

Now you are talking my language.

deadeye

Dotch,
I may not be a great farmer but I can raise cannas and sunflowers

mike89

yes you do!!!

Dotch

You are the sunflower and canna king!

Rebel SS

I canna tell them apart....

Reinhard

Great job on those!!! I've seen those large beautiful red one's before and always wondered where you can get those. Didn't know they were called Cannas. I'll go check around here in the nursery's for them. good luck.

mike89

Quote from: Reinhard on August 08/08/19, 11:07:10 AM

Great job on those!!! I've seen those large beautiful red one's before and always wondered where you can get those. Didn't know they were called Cannas. I'll go check around here in the nursery's for them. good luck.

find some on that grows them, then when they dig up the bulbs in the fall maybe you can score some!!!

Reinhard

Oh, so they only grow for the summer and then you have to dig them up and store them? Don't know much about plants. good luck.

mike89

If I remember correctly on them.. you have to store the bulbs in your basement..

deadeye will tell us when he see's this I hope!!!

deadeye

Yes, the tubers need to be dug up and stored inside over winter. Good thing is they are prolific as I usually dig about half of them and then plant about 2/3 of the ones I dug. I give away the rest of them. Reinhard, if you aren't too far from Big Lake, I can save you some.

Reinhard

Don't live that far away. Andover. PM me when you get some. I appreciate it. Trade for sausage LOL. good luck.

deadeye

The pergola may need reinforcements soon.

glenn57

Quote from: Reinhard on August 08/08/19, 03:32:46 PM

Don't live that far away. Andover. PM me when you get some. I appreciate it. Trade for sausage LOL. good luck.

could I trade dandelions for sausage?

glenn57

garden is slowly starting to come to and end unfortunetly.

cleaned and froze and pulled my celery this past week. hanked out 6 tomato plants last nite.

i'll give my cukes another week and I there toast. bummer!!!!!!!!!

Dotch

Ya, it's always a sad deal when the cukes and maters are done. No cukes this year but the maters are just starting to produce here. The string beans probably have one more picking yet. The flower gardens have been very pretty. The bees, butterflies and hummingbirds have had a heyday this summer & early fall. The morning glories I'd written off earlier due to flea beetles and leaf disease sprang to life in late summer. They made their way up the electric pole just as they have for many moons.

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delcecchi

Heavenly Blue, I presume?

Dotch · « *Last Edit: September 09/08/19, 10:55:00 AM by Dotch* »

Possibly although they just come back from seed each year now. it's been many moons since I planted any there. Every few years tho I get a bug up my @ss & buy a packet to mix in some different colors. You can see the resulting magenta colored blossoms scattered among the blue ones. The hummingbirds have hit the morning glories harder this year than I recall in the past. They've got it made here. Cannas, morning glories, four o'clocks, coleus, salvia, impatiens, petunias, feeders, etc. Haven't seen any orioles today so they likely will have exclusive access to that nectar feeder now too.

glenn57

I've been growing cleomes since I don't remember when. never buy them I always have volunteers.

so about a month ago I went out and clipped off all the seed pods. this spring I had a 100 gazzion volunteers so I figured i'd fix them.

well them dirty little SOB's showed me!!!!!!!

they grew'em all back!!!!!!!!!!