2022 gardens

[HD]

Haven't had a problem yet... but, then again, they seem to die of lead poisoning before they get that far.

Looks like you have a boar statue on that one post!!🤭

Yup, I was so inspired by you two acting like an old married couple that I bought 2 (you two can bicker about who is who) 

[mike89]

 

[LPS]

 

[roony]

I know I'm suppose to be more kind and loving but i just have to say this: DEATH TO WOODCHUCKS...MUST KILL ALL WOODCHUCKS

[Dotch]

So I goes to FF & among the other things, I grabbed what I thought was a grape tomato to replace the Celebrity the bunnies munched. It was in among the grapes they had left anyway & even though I'd still have to plant it horizontally, it was about the right size.  When I got it home & looked at the tag, here it's a Sun Sugar cherry. No big deal, but I'll probably have a bazillion yellow cherry maters now!  Never grown them but recall the former Bandwagon star in Bugtussle dropped off some one time. They were good.   

[roony]

That is the Warren's favorite.

[Dotch]

I read somewhere that woodchucks and wrens have a symbiotic relationship. Did you get some Sun Sugar cherries planted? 

[roony]

Yes one is more than enough

[LPS]

So I goes to FF & among the other things, I grabbed what I thought was a grape tomato to replace the Celebrity the bunnies munched. It was in among the grapes they had left anyway & even though I'd still have to plant it horizontally, it was about the right size.  When I got it home & looked at the tag, here it's a Sun Sugar cherry. No big deal, but I'll probably have a bazillion yellow cherry maters now!  Never grown them but recall the former Bandwagon star in Bugtussle dropped off some one time. They were good. 

My buddy just stopped and gave me two cherry tomatoes.  One may be yellow.  He did that last year too and were great.  SO what's this plant horizontal talk?

[Dotch]

Yes one is more than enough

I was afraid of that...

Horizontal or trench planting or the wife calls it slant planting. A lot of the tomato plants at the stores locally are getting tall and gangly. If you lay the tall plants down in a trench except for the upper growth, they root along the buried stem. Should make for a larger root system early on, anchors them better in case of wind, maybe helps with the dry conditions we're experiencing here. We've watered once since they were planted and they look great. It's 85 and breezy today. Soil moisture is still fairly decent but we've only had .23" of rain since they were planted. 

[KEN W]

I am planting Sun Sugar this year as a test variety for NDSU Horticulture Dept. Along with Sun Gold. Never have planted either. We shall see I guess.

I learned how to always plant tomatoes horizontally over 30 years ago from the Nat'l Gardening Association. Makes for much larger root system to feed the plant. Plus the first tomatoes are closer to the ground. Which means more tomatoes by the time it reaches the top of the cage.

[LPS]

So you must bed them with something so the tomatoes aren't laying on the ground then?

[deadeye]

I did the first weeding in the garden since I planted it. I was surprised that it wasn't too bad. I pulled tons of volunteer tomato plants. Probably shouldn't have purchased any as these were everywhere. I left a few just to see what they will do. 

[KEN W]

So you must bed them with something so the tomatoes aren't laying on the ground then?

Always straw under them after the tomatoes get to be golf ball size. Which keeps them clean and mostly free of blossom end rot.

[deadeye]

At least it looks good for now. It's hard to keep the weeds at bay.

[Dotch]

That looks fantastic deadeye! 

Got the bunny fence up last nite. I can row the beans from the house this a.m. Lots of other stuff coming up including the sweet corn. Haven't seen any beets yet. They're inside the fence with the beans. Made the one jake trot a little faster with the .22 yesterday.   

[deadeye]

Thanks Dotch, Flowers are doing just fine as well. No protection from deer but with high volume of plants plenty always make it to blooming.









The scare crow "Sophie" is really not functional. Animals nest in her hair. 

[Dotch]

Mrs. Cheviot would be envious! Love the Oriental poppies BTW. Absolutely gorgeous. Mom had one for for many moons. 

[roony]

Simply beautiful.

[KEN W]

Love it 

[deadeye]

I guess this is why they named them "Poppies". Blooms double or triple over night.
See above picture taken yesterday and the ones below taken this morning. Cool.

[glenn57]

Haven't had a problem yet... but, then again, they seem to die of lead poisoning before they get that far.

Looks like you have a boar statue on that one post!!🤭

Yup, I was so inspired by you two acting like an old married couple that I bought 2 (you two can bicker about who is who) 

[glenn57]

  anyone got any idea what this is supposed to be??? I'm getting these seeds in my kalarabi packets and am 99.9% sure there not kalarabi. 

I get the seeds from FF or Menards and there the burpee seeds. There getting worse with this and I'll be finding another seed outfit for my kalarabi.

[KEN W]

Are they tiny round black seeds?

[glenn57]

Are they tiny round black seeds?

yes!

[glenn57]

 :rotflmao:not sure how much my step dad knows about kalarabi but he's saying it's an unfertilized kalarabi which he thinks won't form the ball???

All I know is lately burpee seeds has an awfully lot of them and I've never had that problem in the past.

[LPS]

It does look kind of like Kohlrabi.

[mike89]

Rapini?

[HD]

 I cheat, I buy started kolarobi plants from the local farmers market 😁

[glenn57]

I cheat, I buy started kolarobi plants from the local farmers market 😁

I couldn't afford to do it that way, I plant 4 seed packets every year!!