Posted on 08/02/2013 2:00:43 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Well, if you can’t figure it out, then I know I can’t - you have lots more experience that me.
Any relation to Harvey-the invisible rabbit?
Viable for the indeterminate. I don’t recall which are which-that takes effort and a good memory. I always just check my seed packet or seed list that I make notes on as I plant them.
I don’t feed my kids popsicles. They get frozen watermelon wedges.
It started as a teething remedy when they were small and they’ve asked for it every summer since.
Last year's CERR only produced about 35-45 toms...this one is going nuts...
When my yogurt goes bad because I travel on the job the rest of it goes to the garden-—feed it to the mater’s and peppers for a lil calcium boost. Stay away from the main stems and just water it in. Eggshells get put in the garden too.
Be sure to save the seeds!
I am still growing a pot of basil that I started in 2010. It has produced more than I could use, and been harvested and cut back a lot of times each year.
I do dry some of it when I have a lot, but for the recipes that need fresh basil, I almost always have some on the little tree.
In a fit of pique, and because I didn't have the money at the time to go buy the organic stuff, I fed my tomato plants some orchid food.
No kidding? Might have to check it out.LOL
Hey that might help with the two legged varmits too.
Sudden cool down here, back into low 80s, mid 50s at night; some rain showers as well. The carrots, potatoes, and Brussels sprouts love it; the warm season stuff not so much: can’t never make everyone happy. ;-)
Harvesting the wheat, tediously: by hand, snipping the heads with scissors. If the plot was any larger, we’d use a sickle, and not worry about heads shattering. It does go surprisingly fast, though.
Next year, with a much larger planting, I’ll order a new snath for the scythe, and use that to harvest it. Been thinking of maybe using the cement mixer to thresh it, using clean nuts & bolt or some such to pound it, like a ball mill.
The apricots are pretty much ready to pick; the ripe ones suddenly develop juice, and fall into my hand when I touch them to check softness. Really good flavor.
Yesterday, we took time out to visit our county 4-H fair, and “coincidentally” get a free BBQ pork loin dinner, courtesy of our electric co-op that was hosting. Next week, it is the Custer County fair, free buffalo feed, and ranch rodeo, then finish off the night at the drive in movies, about a half mile from the fair grounds.
Today was spent mostly in town, as the the agent orange Quilt of Tears, and the South Dakota In WWII traveling exhibit are set up in the Community Center auditorium; and the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Traveling Wall, with associated exhibits, is set in the large park in front of the American Legion Hall. Tomorrow is back to town for a veteran’s picnic and other festivities...and maybe (probably!) a free DQ sundae: any veteran gets one.
Sounds like a good weekend, and some good rewarding harvests.
No solutions, but join the “no squash” club this year! My garden had 99% male flowers - beautiful blooms, but no squash. I had 3 baby zucchini ... one never grew, the other two rotted on the vine while maybe 2-3 inches long. My yellow squash had not a single one form - all male flowers again. My aunt, who has a green thumb and generally has a great garden, had zero, zip, zilch nada squash this year! Nobody is having much luck. I had plenty of pollinators so that doesn’t seem to be the issue. Peppers and tomatoes are doing fine. We had a discussion on a previous garden thread [July 12?] about zuchetta tromboncino rampicante [aka zuchetta, or tromboncino]. Resistant to squash bugs, prolific producer, flesh is a bit more like a winter squash. Here’s a link:
http://www.gardenbetty.com/2011/10/zucchino-rampicante/
A FReeper gardener looked up seed sources for me:
http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1100/400
http://www.southernexposure.com/tromboncino-squash-summer-3-g-p-163.html
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=VSQ-5469#.UeCI1FLD9dh C . Maxima (richer flavor)
Harvey was kind.
These Wabbits are terrorists! :-)
That’s neat, it must really be a tree after all that time.
Thank you for the reply.
I went out and looked through the bushes real good. I don’t have any of the red canes but the buds and blooms look deformed like some of the photos.
I don’t have yellow and dropping leaves, so I had thought it wasn’t black spot. But looking closer I can see what looks like a black mildew on some of the leaves. The leaves are very dark green, so it’s hard to see.
Could that still be black spot? Is wettable sulfur the best thing for that? I really want to save the bushes because they are so carefree (usually), they require little watering and really put on a stunning show nearly year round.
Thanks for any help/suggestions that you can offer.
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