[Red_Devil 232]

Weekly Gardening Thread

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25 it is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.

We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.                               Moina Michael

Moina Michael, author of the poem above, adopted the custom of wearing a red poppy in memory of the sacrifices of war and also as a symbol of keeping the faith.

So buy a poppy, then grow some poppies. They are easy to grow and will self-sow so that each year you will have gorgeous poppies in your garden, or where ever the wind has blown the seed.

Weekly Gardening Thread

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25 it is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.

We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.                               Moina Michael

Moina Michael, author of the poem above, adopted the custom of wearing a red poppy in memory of the sacrifices of war and also as a symbol of keeping the faith.

So buy a poppy, then grow some poppies. They are easy to grow and will self-sow so that each year you will have gorgeous poppies in your garden, or where ever the wind has blown the seed.

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[alisasny]

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[doodad]

Checked on the garden yesterday. Radishes are done and will be harvested today. Chard outer leaves are ready enough for a small app type dish, squash blossoms stuffed with cheese will be the other app. Eggplant needs insecticidal soap applied, but rain is here.

Tomatoes, beans and peppers are all in bloom or forming small fruit. Herb garden is kicking.

[AirForceMom]

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First time gardner, I need all the tips I can get!

[mosaicwolf]

Have been eating fantastic tomato sandwiches on white bread with mayo, salt, & pepper for over a month now. Great crop this year in Florida.

[P8riot]

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Every year my vegetable garden gets a little bigger; this year I added another plot. We live on 7.5 acres and try to grow as much food as we can. Last year I harvested about 6 bushels of sweet corn, 4 bushels each of potatoes, summer squash, and tomatoes, a couple bushels of pole beans, and a few hundred pounds of pumpkins and other winter squash, and lots of root veggies. All of this while holding down a full time day job.

My wife is the flower gardener.

[lysie]

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[kacres]

I just planted some Chichiquelite Huckleberry from seed in a huge pot. Has anyone ever had any experience growing these, any advice is welcome. I live in zone 7, east of Atlanta. Just thought I would experiment. My vegtable garden is well on it’s way.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Nice Logo for us! Sweet! :)

Let’s see...

I have lettuce and spinach coming out my ears! The tomatoes, peppers and squash are awaiting planting and still doing well in the greenhouse.

Husband tilled the garden again, and he proudly showed me that ALL of his asparagus roots that he planted last year came up! We will eventually have two 40’ rows of the stuff! Wa-Hoo! We had the last of our asparagus from our smaller patch last night at supper.

My car is FILLED with flats of plants that are going into work today; I started a lot of things for co-workers, so they’ll all be happy to get their ‘babies’ today...and it clears up space in my greenhouse for more goodies for ME! :)

The outbuilding painting project is coming along well. Husband and Son got two sides of the biggest pole barn painted, and it looks like a million bucks!

They finally started tilling the 700 acres around us...it LOOKS like it’ll all be Sweet Corn this season; they’d already have soybeans in, so...SCORE! Come August or so I’ll be putting up Sweet Corn that I didn’t have to grow myself. The growers are very nice about it; they have an easement through our land, so to say ‘thanks’ they tell us a few days before harvest to help ourselves. Mighty neighborly!

I’ll make a list later this weekend of the varieties of tomatoes and peppers I’m growing if anyone wants to try them in the future. Some old standbys, some favorites, some new stuff and some tried and trues.

I did find ‘Fourth of July’ tomatoes at my rinky-dink hardware store so I snapped up a 4-pack and re-potted them; a very pleasant surprise! :)

[LibertyThug]

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[PROTESTBYPROXY]

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[OB1kNOb]

I need sure fire (non-lethal) ways to scare deer away from my garden. They wiped it out this week under cover of darkness with my dogs sleeping not 100 feet away. I’m so mad I could spit. I’m about ready to shoot them, but I won’t. Normal remedies don’t seem to work and fencing isn’t an option. ARRRGH!

[Redrivergal]

Thanks for the thread. May I make a suggestion? I think it would be helpful if people who post replies would put their growing zone in their remarks. Thanks

[SunkenCiv]

Oh, and while at the health food store (don't ask what I was looking for, ya really don't wanna know) I nabbed a packet of Seeds of Change Oaxaca Tomato, a pink variety, for my country-dwelling sister.

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[cripplecreek]

I was wondering if anyone knows what my mystery flowers are. I found these in the middle of the yard this morning where nothing like them had grown before.

They branch from a single stem about 3 inches tall with no leaves that I can see. The flowers are about an inch in diameter. I live in southern michigan if that helps.