We grew them from seed. :)
Hubby's peppers are continuing their robust production. He brought in another 5 gallon bucket full yesterday for freezing and dehydrating. I am eating one or more a day in stir fry.
Mr. Basil is just about ready to harvest again. It surely must be root bound by now. It's in a 7" pot and has been producing more than I use since 2010.
The lemon tree has 2 lemons that are almost totally yellow with just a smidge of green in tiny spot. I will likely harvest those this week. Will let the others grow on the tree for a while.
Hope all is well with you and your gardens. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Got peppers coming out of my ears! Pretty excited about it. We’ve frozen quite a bit, that was supplemented by runs to the local farmer’s market. Gearing up to start canning for the season. Less than 60 days left until we’ll be seeing snow, or a real potential of it!
Pinging the list.
I had a request to repost this question on the most current thread. If anyone has any info on the subject, please share it with gunnyg:
Re Bamboo Growing!
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Re BB Bamboo, I have seen numerous comments online to the effect that the Buddha Belly effect is best achieved by “stressing,” i.e. minimum water, tight container, max sun, etc.
Seems to me, that “stressing” may also apply to various other bamboos, with similar results, but I have never seen any mention of this anywhere one way or another.
At present, I have purchased 5 kinds of bamboo, all runners w/the exception of two clumpers, Kimmei and Wamin.
Any comments on info re the above (stressing)?
I will use all 5 in containers as patio/deck plants.
Had some in-ground Buddha Belly, etc. many years ago in California.
ThakYa for your attention...appreciated!
Dick Gaines
We grew them from seed. :)
Dumped a bit over 5" out of the rain gauge earlier in the week. The flight from Chicago to CoMO Monday evening was not at all pleasant. We circled the airport for close to an hour waiting for a break in the storm so the place could land safely.
My pond excavation is once again full of water. That may not be a really bad thing as it was getting quite dry and a bit hard to dig.
The garden is still producing faster than we can pick. I found this butternut squash hiding behind the horseradish. The sun tea jar is there to provide scale. I've never seen a butternut this big.
Lemon tree in Missouri? Is it in a greenhouse? A friend in Maine has a greenhouse with orange, lemon and lime trees.
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I live north of Atlanta and want to plant a Fall garden.
I had moderate success this season with three raised beds since the area is only was only getting mid day sun due to the shade of trees, those leaves will soon be gone. Anyone got suggestions as to what I should plant and when?
I am not an expert, but when I do grow something I usually get good results.
Thank you in advance.
Since you stated that there is no dumb question, I’ll ask this. Is it safe to can tomatoes when the skin is split? We’ve had an odd summer here in MN so I have tons of green tomatoes but not many red. The past few days got hot and some ripened and I didn’t get to them quickly enough. Thanks for any info. I am new to growing enough to preserve any of the harvest other than freezing beans and I feel a bit over my head.
I know I’ve been kind of quiet here, I’ve been working as much overtime as I can get and every weekend I’m out on the land. I can read FR from work but I can’t log in and comment from there.
I have a temporary fence around my garden right now. It’s already saggy in places, but hopefully it’ll hold until I can get the permanant fence up. That project is going to take some time.
My flint corn has lots of nicce fat ears growing on it, and my squash is just carpeting the place! I keep finding Red Kuri squash ripening on the sunflower stalks. My Cucuzzi gourd is doing nicely, I like how it’s soft and fuzzy. I sometimes get splinters from the bristles on my squashes, but the cucuzzi is like velvet.
I have melons forming on my watermelon, winter melon, and asian melon vines, but none ripe yet. Oh well, they’re already doing better than the Golden Midget melons ever did.
I had planted okra to see how it would do as a hedge. The tallest plant is only knee-high, so it failed in that department. But it’s more productive than I was expecting, so I might plant more next year anyway.
My comfrey plant is the size of a table now! I’m saving the seeds whenever I can catch them, but between poor pollination and the fact that the seeds fall off as soon as they’re ripe, I’m not getting many. I might try planting more of them to get the pollination it needs. Most comfrey is a sterile hybrid and is propigated by root cuttings. Mine is a pure breed, and bears viable seeds.
In the backyard garden, one of my tomato plants is bearing fruit, but only one. Some are thinking about it, but there are still a few that seem to be stuck. Two of them still look just a few weeks old! They’re alive, but not growing at all. I’ve never even heard of anything like that, it’s like they’re in statis!
My cucumbers came down with powdery mildew. I’ve started spraying them with a diluted bleach solution that was recommended here. And then I’ve been spraying everything else. but a little less heavily, just in case it spreads.
I fould out what ate all my chickpea seeds: a mouse. I found that out after it struck again without disturbing the netting. I now have mothballs and other deterrents around the chickpeas, and I’ve wrapped the plants all the way around with more netting. They’re still flowering, so there’s still a chance. Snuggles the kitty is helping out when she can, she’s caught 2 mice and a shrew so far. But she’s only allowed to hunt when she’s on her leash and has a person with her, too many dogs and cars around to let her loose.
So sleepy, meds are kicking in . . . .
I’ve just finished peeling, coring and dicing a bushel and a half of apples (pixie crunch and golden delicious. The pixie crunch really are like candy). The syrup (sugar, cinnamon) is warming on the stove. I’m waiting for the jars to get done in the dishwasher right now. I’ve got just as many pears to do when that’s done. I can’t decide if I want pears diced in syrup to make tarts, pies and topping for pancakes (open jar into boiler, add a bit of cornstarch and heat till it bubbles and thickens) or if I want to break out the 6qt crockpot and make pear butter. I’ve got some habaneros that are finally ripe from the 2 I dug up and potted from the garden last year that I’ve thought about adding to the pear butter.
Right now I’m dithering.
I’ve got 5 or 6 gallons of blueberries in my freezer I may can as well to free up the space in case hubby gets a bambi or two this fall. Can’t decide if I want to just can blueberries in syrup for pies or if I want to make jam.
Decisions decisions decisions...