Posted on 09/26/2014 12:43:51 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Persimmons are starting to ripen. I have been able to find 3 or 4 each day this week. The tree is loaded with these little bags that will feel like a bag of jelly(that's what they feel like when ripe).
My peppers are still producing. Hubby's tomatoes are still going strong. Volunteer vines are producing some sort of melons, we just aren't sure what, so we hope they finish up before frost to see what they are.
I harvested the lavender, chives, and rosemary, and Dakota pearl potatoes. There is one patch of taters left to dig, when I get a little more room in the storage bin.
I have planted some old supermarket taters that sprouted and covered them with hay. Hubby says they'll be ok during the winter and start out early next spring. We shall see.
I have planted one of the winter beds with carrots, lettuces, spinach, and another patch with Siberian Garlic. I Will be planting some more spinach, and radichio and winter density lettuce during the next week.
Will also be planting some peppers, and tomatoes in pots for indoor production - salad at Christmas time. The spaces left over outdoors will be used for compost/leaves or winter wheat and rye or hairy vetch.
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Hope you and your gardens are doing well. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
tomatos and chili’s like crazy! And, I’ve a newfound respect and serious taste for basil, after growing for the first time, ever. AMAZING basil! Lol. Got chocolate mint every where, too. Makes one mean cup of tea!
The Asian and Box Elder Beetles have made their fall appearances in Hitchcockian fashion...makes one hope for a hard freeze.
I tilled 8" deep and monded about 4" loose on top of that
sprinkled carrots all along the "ridge", covered them with weed paper/fabric until they sprouted ... uncovered and let them go
Had about 2 or 300 carrots ... about 50% 3" and shorter, maybe 40% between 3" and 5" and maybe 10% 5" to 6"
I harvest them all and use them in salads and other cooking, but I'd like to see more of the 4"-7" carrots
Next year my plan is to trench a row probably a foot deep, fill with loose (sand .. vermiculite?) soil and see what happens
I live in SW Pa
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Sounds like your garden is doing well. I wish we still had persimmon trees.
I’m in central Indiana, but just moved a year ago from Ohio. I’m still learning about gardening. Last year, a dragon-leaf begonia was fiercely stubborn when the temps dropped, so I took a chance and over-wintered it in our sunroom, and made stem cuttings from it. So now I’m wondering if I can do this same kind of thing with other plants that I usually think of as annuals.
Does anyone here have experience with bringing geraniums, tuberous begonias, caladiums, and/or coleus indoors? Any ideas on how to propagate these? Should I invest in a grow light or do they want to go dormant? Any information would be helpful. Thanks!
That’s wonderful! Here in Massachusetts, we’ve got nothing left, really. We’ve already had two frosts. The leaves are all turning, the humidity is low, and we had a cool but sunny day here today. Winter will be here before we know it. :)
Oh noes. We haven’t seen them yet. Knock on wood. Hope to continue avoiding them.
We had a container of impatiens in our kitchen for years. I’m not sure what wiped them out, but my husband mentioned recently that he misses them, so I’m thinking that next spring I’ll replant that container and see how it does.
I hope someone can advise you. Carrots are not my forte either. The only time I have successfully grown them was in a winter garden.
That patch I made by double digging down to about 20 inches. Then I made a raised bed and put 6 inches of Mels Mix in the top. (That’s equal parts of peat, vermiculite, and compost).
For some reason the spring carrots never take off, but the winter stuff sometimes does ok.
You are quick today.LOL
Got the garden all tilled up today. Volunteer shallots are already six inches tall. Must have missed a few bulbs last spring.
Happy Friday, greeneyes!
Since we have had major rain every single solitary day for over a month, the trees are as lush as a rainforest around here.
Except of course, for the blackened stumps of the ones that were struck by “Spider lightening”.
Volunteers are my favorite plants.LOL I don’t really till. I just use a strong fork like tool, push it in the ground about a foot and lift it a little just to loosen it and aerate it a bit.
Good to know. I love impatiens and have never tried bringing them in either. They are looking pretty sad here now, but were beautiful all summer. Very leggy, and only a few blossoms. Do you fertilize them indoors?
Just luck, I assure you. :)
You know what they say: When it rains, it pours.LOL
My rain barrels are getting empty. Hubby has put a double hook up on the hose from the swimming pool, so now I can water half of my beds with out hauling it in 5 gallon buckets.
So we have a hose going to his gardens, and one going to mine. Next year, I’ll get a drip hose so water it in slowly.
Well some luck is better than no luck I think?
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