Posted on 06/24/2011 5:15:19 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. Well this past week brought a respite from the sunny hot weather here in Mississippi. We received two days of beneficial rains, which helped to revive my garden. Watching the radar it looked like a good portion of south-central Texas from San Antonio to the northeast corner received some rain also. I hope it was helpful to our gardeners over that way. My winter squash are growing like mad and my hot and sweet peppers are doing great. What is left of my tomatoes seem to have revived a bit during these rainy and cloudy days. I really hope that what ever weather you have had improved a bit for you and your gardens this past week.
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Hey, that looks neat! Wait till I show the hubby.
we bought four cilantro plants at the nursery this spring because hubbymayhem wanted to try making his own salsa. They immediately got leggy, the leaves started wilting and it went to seed. now i have new plants coming up but i also have seed that i have no idea how to handle. do i dry them, crush them, use them fresh... what the heck does one do with fresh coriander to make it usable?
Looks like a great idea. I will have to look into it!
taken last night
taken today. I'm turning the leaf over to show that there is nothing there that I can see. This plant has developed some very deformed leaves, however.
Showing another leaf. You can see the normal leaves in the background from other plants and from closer to the ground on this plant.
What is the fabric covering it and what is the length of the pipe and what gage is it? I have often thought of using one of the Redwood trees for a bender for a large radius. We have some old stumps that are 12 to 15 feet in diameter and there is one right next to our little green house.
Those are real California Poppies, State Flower of the Golden State. Don’t call them sick. Used to be a $500 fine for picking them back in the ‘50s. What do they charge now?
Those are magnificent. They don’t look like they are suffering from drought!
Do you just have them tied to rebar? No cages, or trellis?
Sorry, I have no idea.
They still look better than mine, tho. ;-)
My dog eats my tomatoes when I am not looking. He learned that if he wagged his tail the cherry tomatoes would fall all around him in a shower and he’d gobble them up. But, I learned last year that he eats the big ones too.
I have a fence around my garden and last year the tomatoes went wild and were growing through the fence. He gobbled up anything that stuck through the fence as soon as it was ripe, even Beefsteaks.
The first taters were planted May 12 just 3 days before my birthday. I forgot to look at the date for the last planting >8((
That’s good to know. Mine were planted almost a month later and are about 1/3 smaller. So, we seem to be operating on a similar cycle. I can’t believe how fast they are growing. And we are eating those onions already (tops in salads).
I’m beginning to think that it doesn’t make much difference when I plant, as long as it is warm. Last year I planted those potatoes in early May and they took the same amount of time to get big.
My pepper plants are staked the same way.
Although mine went through a horrendous thunderstorm Tues night, they didn’t get hit with any solid objects!
WOW!
Awesome pics!
Beautiful!
Did I tell you that the original Mrs Bender made me a raspberry/strawberry pie this morning before she went and had her nails manipulated and dyed? After they dried she went out in the big garden and “Scooped” the weeds in the isles with this spiffy tool I bought her at a yard sale for her 70th birthday. It cost me a buck but she is putting it to good use and should last her 15 to 20 years...
They are just beautiful. I have some cages and some twisty stakes. I don’t know which is better. The twists are neat until the tomato outgrows them and then you have a tangle.
The cages don’t need any attention, but they are expensive — $10 each for the nice ones. I don’t like those old conical wires. They fall over when the plant gets big and are a mess to store.
Again, you have the perfect solution.
Have you started a book yet? You need to.
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