Posted on 07/24/2009 3:59:59 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
/Bump for later, Heya Red.
Be patient
Thanks to both of you. I do think that we may dig them this year. Get an accurate count, inspect them for gugs, or bug damage, maybe replant them to a new bed in the early spring.
Thank you, that is what I was hoping.
Daddy did for years—he’d dig them in the fall and make more beds. After he quit doing that, they just fizzled out.
Thanks
We have lots of wild ones too, But have just two of the thornless blackberries...They are wonderfu Freepmail the directions to the blueberry patch....I need some. It would be worth the drive. Send a phone number to your neighbor so I can call and make sure they are picking that day.
i will check that out for ya!
It has been a very cold year so far here at 8500 ft in the Colorado Rockies, but the turnips, rutabegas and potatos are really doing well. The beans, tomatos and squash are finally starting to grow. The lows at night are usually in the 40F to 45F range and I think that is slowing them down. I have flowers on tomatos and squash, but onlt two cherry tomatos forming so far. With the cold summer I am almost resigned to an early first frost. I have some plastic that I am planning to use to keep tomatos going as long as possible. I have four varieties of garlic on order so I still have some fun gardening planned even after the first hard freeze.
Max...just on a ‘lark’; I ordered a small quantity of the ‘grow bags’ seen in some of your photos. I planted a couple of extra tomato and habanero plants that I had kicking around, and they are doing very well. For those of you who are cramped for room, or might be short on funds for pots; these are excellent! Thanks for the tip...a ‘wkwe’ thumbs up!
Hello to all! I have updated pics of my garden on my profile page if anyone cares to look. Can’t believe here in Western Washington we are having such a great summer, and that my garden is actually growing. I’m known more for killing plants than I am for growing them!
Love those photos of your garden in progress. It really pays to do it right the first time and I see your hubby using a level on the gate frame to make sure it is level and plumb so the gate fits it perfectly. What is the plant that has some fruit or tuber at the base?
Nah. We live on the east coast of NC, so the climate is similiar to yours. Glads just can’t take heat and humidity.
It has its ups and downs. A lot of things just won’t live here, and a lot of things that should die, don’t. :)
A question to all gardeners - Can you grow summer or winter squash on a tomato cage to keep them off the ground?
Great looking garden! That took a lot of work. And now it is paying off! Kudos! What type of plant is that in the next to last photo?
Sounds good if it is a vine type squash.
bttt for the answer
THAT is what happens when you let a radish grow to see how big it will get! It’s probably about 8” long. Thanks for the kudos. I sent an email to a lot of friends and got some great responses back! Got an email from a friend in Montana whose garden has pretty much been decimated by grasshoppers. Ate 40 heads of lettuce down to stubs in two days!
Thanks for the kudos! See my answer above for the ‘mystery’ plant ;)
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