Chinese Early Red is looking good as they are now sending up their scapes. I'll check in a couple of weeks.. My well seasoned soil tiller was hard at work today while I ran the weed whacker on the cover crop in another part of the garden.
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Posted on 05/03/2013 1:37:50 PM PDT by greeneyes
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LOL! yeah...I was wondering if our culprit was possibly a ‘possum as well. We do have both in our area, I understand. Hard to tell.
I took a deep breath today and went ahead and planted my okra. Hoping it’ll all be OK!
QUESTION!!
I have a Great White Northern bean plant that got broken a couple weeks ago during all the backing and forthing from the kitchen to outside. It is about a foot tall, except it broke about 1/4 inch above the joint and droops. We have been amazed at it still somehow hanging on and thriving despite the break. I’m concerned that once I stake it, a little breeze might cause the break to completely sever.
I am thinking that the likelihood that it will survive is pretty slim, but as long as it is hanging on I want to give it a shot!
The QUESTION I have is:
Does anyone know if the adhesive on scotch tape, masking tape, or duct tape would be harmful?? I’ve been thinking that splinting it might be its best chance. Or do you have any other suggestions for me to help it out?
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Weather is in 60-70 range today. Took a deep breath and went ahead and planted some things.
Got the little SWEET POTATO sprout into the dirt. It’s in a pot which is filled about 1/3 up. Partially covered a couple of the vines. Plan to add dirt as it grows. That seems to be what will work according to what I’ve read. Have no idea. We’ll see.
Planted the AMARANTH sprouts. I ended up with two of them, and we’ll see how those do as well. I put one near the back door and the other in the bed with the bulbs.
Planted some TOMATO sprouts. They are in pots. Also planted some SPINACH seeds in a pot next to the oregano/thyme pot.
De-grassed about 2ftx6in strip next to bulb bed to enlarge it. Planted the 4 OKRA sprouts in the bed.
I wanted to plant my BEAN SPROUTS, but still haven’t worked out what will be my staking method.
Waiting on the new bunch of SUNFLOWER seeds to sprout. Lost the others.
/johnny
Chinese Early Red is looking good as they are now sending up their scapes. I'll check in a couple of weeks.. My well seasoned soil tiller was hard at work today while I ran the weed whacker on the cover crop in another part of the garden.
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I’d break it off at the break and plant the root part in the ground. Then sow some more seeds directly into the ground. I’ve never started beans inside.
Hubby says the peaches are loaded. He didn’t mention our pears. We have Keiffer. We planted most of our dwarf orchard 2010, so we should be getting some fruit this year.
If not, I am going to take youngest daughters peaches. She planted about 6 or 7 years ago, and has had several good crops that she didn’t collect because they had worms.
One year I went over and got a bucket full, and most of them were fine except for a little bad spot which we cut out before we ate them.
I can process them in my pressure cooker. They are pretty pricey at the stores these days, and Hubby really loves peaches.
Possums we have too. Find them as road kill now and then. Also had one get into the garage one time. At first I thought it was a big rat. Jeez, should’ve heard me scream.LOL
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Pick you tape and try it.
Our weather is predicted to be rain all week. Temps fair to middlin. I am going to have to go ahead and pot up some stuff too for holding a bit longer indoors.
I needed to start some more stuff, but have no room till some stuff gets moved out. Pretty soon it will be kinda moot, and might just as well start the seeds in the ground.
That’s a neat trowel. I think I’ll take a magic marker to mine, the measurements should come in handy. Thanks for the pics. You have such great produce.
Nice looking garden. How many sq ft is it?
There is about 6,000 Sq Ft within the deer fencing. About 30% of that is walkways, a lawn strip and a couple of sheds and storage areas. Then there is 850 sq ft in berries, 540 in Dahlias, 200 in roses, 300 for compost bins etc, 120 for a bird feeding a station. What’s left is for my wife’s annual flowers and my garlic, corn and potatoes as we have reached the age where food has become secondary and we have given away 90% of our canning jars and 2 of our pressure cookers. We still have a All American canner that our grand daughter wants
Thanks! That may be what will happen...or I’ll just experiment.
Thanks. It’s finally getting warm enough, so probably I’ll try direct sewing as you suggest. I think I may just give the tape a try as an experiment. Can’t hurt!
ROFL!
My Dad had a spitting plot outside the back door in Chicago. He spit his peach seeds there and had the nest results growing them. He loved his peaches.
Here in west Michigan - our last frost date is May 19 but I don’t think we will have another one so I am going to till for the second time and start planting. My romaine lettuce is about 2” tall in my hot bed and will be ready to transplant soon. I usually start with radishes and onions, we have been picking asparagus for about a week. Also noticed my 4 pawpaw trees made it through the winter, tiny leaf buds on all. I think the deep oat straw/goat poop bedding was a help through the winter. Have plenty to lay down a fresh layer. I also use it around my tomato plants for weed control after I plant them.
Someone told me that Paw Paw trees smell like old socks. Any truth to that? I have been thinking about planting some as they are native, but I have never eaten one.
How do you process them for storage? Can you can them?
Say it ain't so! Wow, that's a large garden and lot of work. Mine is small at less than 1000 sq ft all inclusive. I lost my berries during construction work and haven't been able to get new ones to grow. The squash is blooming but I never get any because of some bug or fungus every year. I was wanting to put out the new v.2 round of tomatoes and v.3 round of peppers (the weather destroyed the others) this week but we're expecting hail AGAIN, sigh..... Hubby has gone overboard with his bird feeding with new feeders all the time but they're fun to watch. There are hummingbirds, cardinals, sparrows, doves, blue jays, titmouses, finches, etc. feeding right now. There's a woodpecker who simply loves the hummingbird feeder who's an absolute hoot to watch. Not at the feeders obviously, but flying around past the window are Canadian geese, blue herons and ducks in the water.
Oh my gosh if you have never tasted a pawpaw you are in for a real treat. The trees and leaves do not smell at all IMO. The only way you could can them is if you took out the seeds and maybe made preserves. The pulp however freezes quite well. The taste is kind of a custardy,banana,papaya flavor. Totally delicious. After they are peeled the pulp can be separated from the seeds. The seeds are quite large so if you are eating a ripe pawpaw, best way is to just cut up and chew, spitting out the seeds. WORTH IT!
What is the range for paw-paw? Will the grow in Zone 9?
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