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Weekly Gardening Thread

Weekly Gardening Thread

[Red_Devil 232]

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[netguide]

Now is the time to start a second garden in a low tunnel. See the Eliot Coleman book called Winter Harvest. No bugs, no watering, no weeds. You can't grow tomatoes but any cole crop and lettuce and spinach thrive!

[Arrowhead1952]

We need rain in Texas. Our area is 20 + inches behind for the year.

[trisham]

We haven’t had our first frost yet here in southern Massachusetts. Was your frost a fluke?

[Texas Fossil]

We don’t have much of a fall garden, but I did get my first mess of Mustard greens this week. They were great. Still getting Okra and cucumbers. Looks like the squash and blackeyed peas are about finished.

My tomatoes , bell peppers and Peperoncini peppers are finally making. The plants grew large earlier and bloomed, but the temps were too hot to set the tomatoes and peppers.

Looks like the 4 fig trees I planted (along with a lot other tree) this spring will have figs soon if we don’t get an early frost.

Our temperatures are sure dropping since the 3.7” rain we got about 2 weeks ago. Hope that is a sign that the drought we have endured for the past year is nearing an end. Before that rain we recorded between 2.5-2.9” of rain for the entire year from October 2010-October 2011. That is a drought, no human living has seen that low of rainfall in Texas. (normal rainfall is 25” per year here)

[Marie Antoinette]

We were forecast to freeze, our low just kissed 32. I haven’t checked my pepper plants. I am hoping for the best, but if they are damaged then it wasn’t meant to be. I’m sure my cole crops are happy, though. My Brussels sprouts are small, but they are home grown. :)

[ApplegateRanch]

26F two nights this past week. Brought in the curing squashkins that the earlier frosts had kissed, so the freeze wouldn’t ruin them.

Nothing left but the Fall tilling & mulching.

[greeneyes]

Thanks for the thread, Red. We were supposed to get our first frost last night, but looking at the veggies, we think it did not materialize.

I covered the tomato bed and winter greens bed with a row cover. I have a citrus tree full of flowers indoors, and a batch of baby spinach. Soon I will trim off all the tomato branches for indoor pots.

This weeks harvest included Wild Rose Hips, American Persimmons, a few tomatoes, and Trucker's white corn. I also harvested the last country gentleman corn, and hung it up to dry for next spring’s planting.

We had some good rain this past week, and a lot of garden chores to get done this week. It is a great sunny day outside. Just right to do yardwork with a light jacket.

Have a great weekend. God Bless.

[JudyM]

Absolutely beautiful weather in New Mexico this time of year. My biggest problem has been squirrels eating my Knock-out roses down to the bone. They killed one and today I took plastic lightweight fencing material and made a cover for the other 2 they have gone after. Hopefully there is time for a bit of recovery before winter sets in. I am going to have to move them in the spring to a less-friendly-to-squirrels part of my property. I have tried a chemical from Garden’s Alive that was supposed to be hated by squirrels but mine just love it.
It was not a good year for tomotoes here. I probably paid $2 each for every good one given the amount of work, and equipment and feeding required.

[Augie]

I was away from home all week so naturally we got a nice hard frost. Mrs. Augie picked the tomatoes and peppers, but she didn’t cover up my giant elephant ears. Hope they aren’t dead.

[satan69]

South FL Garden UPDATE

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[afraidfortherepublic]

Lookee what I found:

I didn't know Mr. Bender was one of those high class models in another life. ;^)