Posted on 06/06/2020 6:08:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Nice! I have ‘Honeoye’ strawberries and the plants re LOADED this season. If mine are doing so well (just an 8x4 plot) I can just imagine how great the local U-Pick crop is going to be this year.
I am praying that ALL Market Gardeners have a great growing season because they deserve one after what the FIRST half of 2020 has been like. :)
Do you have coffee grounds or crushed egg shells, or can you make some? Sprinkle that around your plants - the cutworms don’t like to crawl over the rough stuff.
If you can get a bag of ‘diatomaceous earth’ and sprinkle that around, that does the same thing. It will be in the insecticide aisle at the hardware store/garden center. You may find it at a farm store - people who have chickens use it - but I don’t remember why? Mite control?
I have something putting holes in my pepper plants, most likely flea beetles. I’m not seeing any, but they are getting a spritz of organic insecticide today! Jerks!
NW
Just had a very heavy hail and lightening storm crossover. There go the cukes (I waited for good weather to plant), Moon and Star watermelon, etc., etc. Maybe some will survive...good golly.
I feel your pain! Some seasons require a bio-dome! :(
Imagine then that you had no choice but to walk up to your room and you were 10 years older. That’s what the people who live in those homes do every day.
I was digging around in my junk drawer looking for a twist tie to hold the 3 roses together I had cut and wanted to lay out in a vase for my wife to see when she comes home from work.
And what I found in addition was a little glass jar with paper towel rolled up in AA tiny glass jar the size of my thumb. I opened it up and there were 2 tomato seeds in it.
I looked very closely at the Eddy bitty label and I could just faintly make out that it said black krim.
Now though seeds have to be at least 12 years old but I have a men wet paper towels right now trying to propagate them
NW
I also have some tomatoes that just took a beating. One of them is “Arkansas Traveler,” anybody have an opinion on that tomato?
Good Afternoon! Have not posted to this thread in several years. I’m in Virginia Beach, VA and our garden is up and running. A little behind the curve due to low temperatures and excessive cloud cover. This may be old hat for many of you but I just came upon it: Got Celery at the market,after cutting off the stalks I decided to keep the “stump”. I planted it and it’s producing beautifully!! I’m quite rusty at adding photos but I will try to in another post (hopefully very soon). Happy FR Gardening to All!
It’s been cool and wet here for so long, we were so happy to get some sunny days. I was able to dry out some straw to use as mulch on the taters-Yukon Gold. Plants are doing well, not flowering yet.
Garlic which was planted in several time frames has matured and been harvested. The last bed is nearly ready to harvest.
The winter rye is starting to turn golden so will soon be harvested.
Due to the cool weather and slow maturation of the garlic and rye etc. I planted corn indoors in 3” pots. Those have been transplanted and doing well.
I have wheat left to transplant, but have to get the bed ready this weekend. We had rain on Thursday and Friday night, so soil isn’t dry enough yet to do all I want to do.
I have Rosemary and Tumeric that I want to transplant also.
I have 2 pots of ginger. One I left in Greenhouse and the other is indoors under a grow light. Indoor is doing much better. Greenhouse ginger may not make it—I brought it indoors to see if that would help.
I have some corn that is named little giant. It says 55 days to maturity. The packet got lost for a couple of years, so I’m not sure it will do any good, but I’m going to put it in 3” pots to transplant later. I want to save those seeds due to the short maturity.
Hubby has one he’s trying this year that is supposed to be shorter stalks and more than 3 ears per stalk. The packet says it’s sweet enough if harvested on time —later it’s better to grind as meal.
Hope everyone is doing Well. I continue to struggle to have the energy to get all done that I want to. My plans and Brain are willing, but the body is just not young enough. LOL
Have a great weekend. God Bless y’all.
we have not had hot weather yet...it'll be here...but its been a bit cooler spring....
any suggestions?...I've been using stout fertilizer as recommeded on one of those you tube lessons....
about a week or more after planting the walla wallas, I planted a bunch of dried up red onion seedlings that I had ignored....threw them into some deep containers and they look fantastic.....
Those recipes sound good. Somewhere I’ve got a radish soup recipe that wasn’t too bad. Hubby had an over abundance of radishes one year —too many for salads.
I’m going to print these recipes to try. I do crave potatoes. And I eat them, but that’s 2-3 of my 4 servings of starch. Dr. has me on 50g of carbs per day—and I find it hard to do that, but I rarely get up to 100g.
Radish soup
Ingredients. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. 2 cups
sliced radishes (from 2 bunches), divided. ½ cup chopped
onion. 1 medium Yukon Gold potato (about 8 ounces), peeled
and cut into 1-inch cubes. 2 cups low-fat milk. 1/4-1/2
teaspoon white or black pepper. ¼ cup reduced-fat sour cream.
Other recipes here
https://www.google.com/search?q=radish+soup+recipe&rlz=1CAXGER_enUS827&oq=radish+sou&aqs=chrome.1.0l2j69i57j0l5.5810j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I’ve read that the green tops of radishes can also be eaten-the little fuzzy stuff goes away when it’s cooked.
Looks terrific! The new little celery plants with lots of leaves are always my favorite for cooking. :)
As far as fertilizer, this is the formula I sold and used myself from Jung's at planting time:
A fertilizer high in Phosphate is better for all root crops. Too much Nitrogen and you get lovely 'greens' but puny bulbs below.
So happy to hear from you! You always have so much going on. :)
I never thought about starting corn in pots; I’ll bet Beau would like that - he doesn’t get the best germination in his Sweet Corn Patch - and then he ends up feeding a lot of the ripening ears to the raccoons, anyway. ;)
So, that way, the raccoons wouldn’t have to wait as long, LOL!
Thanks!
The crocheted "chicken cozy" keeps your breakfast eggs warm.
Ravelry.com gives out free patterns.
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