Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
I was just near the computer to look up a bagel recipe I'm about to make and saw that the WGT was posted. I wonder if the Mrs. would notice if I chopped up a few peppers and added them to the bagel dough?
C’mon man...c’mon gardeners...what’s happening. I took a break to rake. I’ve NEVER SEEN anything like THIS. The sub is called Hidden Pines...but what’s going on? The neighbors big pines...the needles have covered my ground. I can’t even see the grass. It’s like pine needle snow covering my ground. Looking out my window the other neighbors pines and mine...mostly spruce...no needles on the ground. Is anybody else seeing this?
Thanks for any and all INFO.
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My first full season of gardening.
Just collected about a pound or more of Kentucky pole beans after giving up on them. I tried to grow them up corn stalks but the corn was harvested over a month ago with no sign of beans. Turns out they grow ok on the ground. :)
The corn didn’t have kernels all the way to the end but it wasn’t bad. Maybe I harvested too soon.
All my pepper plants except one were apparently stunted by the cold April. A few are still producing some small peppers.
Good amount of tomatoes but lots of splitting and insect damage.
Total failure: carrots, peas and strawberries. :(
I was just visiting relatives in Eastern Pennsylvania and helped them pick the last of the beets, carrots and cukes out of the garden - it’s getting chilly there!
In California, we finally have some cooler weather - but saw where it’s going to zoom back up into the 90s next week. There go my roses...
Hey folks, I have something “soil” related and I think the Garden Thread is a good place to share it. It’s a movie, called “Kiss the Ground”. It’s about climate change and what can REALLY be done about it. Personally, I think the Paris Accords (majority of it) is wealth redistribution from the USA to other countries and I think reducing fossil fuels is ridiculous and will not achieve what is needed, plus carbon is not bad, it’s necessary for life. All of that being said, I love this movie, so you can see that it’s not dopey left wing envirowienie stuff ... even though some of the names in the film might initially put you off - watch anyway, it’s worth it.
I love the name of the movie, btw - you can see it on Netflix. Well worth your time and after you watch it, I think you’ll want to pass it on. I have passed it on to a young (22 yo) progressive, vegetarian relative, who would be voting for Bernie, if he were running. She’ll get an education from this movie for sure .... will likely hear about the great Dust Bowl of the 20’s for the first time. She thinks cows are “bad” - she might think differently after this ... fingers crossed.
https://kissthegroundmovie.com/
Watch through the credits at the end ... there are a few ‘on the street’ interviews that are interesting.
How cute he ate your pumpkin. Hubby shot one this morning he caught digging in my iris garden.
Sorry if that sounded bad. they are a real pest around here.
Blessed Diana!
My garden update.
Still a few heirloom tomatoes hanging on.....big rain and wind last night and nighttime low temps are in low 50s now so tomato plants are starting to brown.
This week I am going to clip off everything I want to save and finish ripening them in my greenhouse.
The broccoli I tried to grow in late spring and did nothing but go to seed.....I am glad I didn’t rip them out.
They are now producing heads of broccoli with the cooler weather.
Fall crops going gangbusters. Mostly greens and squash. Red Russian kale, 8talian kale, mache, pak choy.....all very full and I have been enjoying them for a few weeks now in all my meals. I pack raw greens in my lunch and just nosh on them at work.
My pepper plants are doing much better than the tomato plants. I have to put a hoop house cover in them this week because they are still putting out tins of flowers.
The soybeans I planted late summer are doing nothing. It was an experiment with a new raised bed under pine and cedar trees. The greens in that bed are doing great but the soybeans which supposedly don’t need a lot of sun are just hating that spot.
And I am really enjoying the eggplants iny breakfast. One variety I grew are softball sized and suuuupwr sweet (I had a month where I was a bad gardener and forgot to label or take notes on what I planted so I don’t remember what variety they are.)
I have another variety “Rosa Bianca” which have been putting out baseball and golf ball sized fruit that are tasty but not as delicious as the other variety.
The unknown variety are 95% white with purple streaks and have some crazy pointy thorns on the leaves which are near the stem. Rosa Bianca are deep purple in color and don’t injure me when I harvest them.
The wet cool weather has begun the slug season.....a constant battle here in the PNW between October and April.
Daytime I enjoy my garden. Evenings and nights.....I dream about the garden I will be creating in Texas when I move there in a few years. I should be closing on the property this coming week. 12.5 acres, 11.5 usable after accounting for setbacks and easements.
And I would be remiss of I did not mention freeper Oshkalaboomboom who gifted me several packets of pepper seeds and mailed them all the way from Spain....gratis.
Many blessings upon him (I think he is a “hum”) and I hope to one day return the favor.
Tonite I have a photo shoot (photography is one of my other hobbies) with a lovely young lady and yesterday I took some Sr class photos of the son of a friend.
The young man is well behaved with me and it is hard to imagine him being the problem child she describes.....if I did know teenagers so well I would think she was making it up.
Alas it is probably true and I attribute it mostly to the parents being divorced and the dad being a child in maturity and irresponsible even in his own life.
A young man definitely needs both halves of the male female parenting “whole.”
You can pick your nose but you cannot pick your parents.
The mom has and does pose for me and ai am returning the favor by taking the Sr photos but I cannot take on the mentoring of her son look she wishes. I just don’t have the energy for it.
BIG news for me - I had to use one of my veggie raised beds for the zinnias and I really do need it for veggies so I can spread them out, rotate crops, etc. I was going to make more wooden beds, but lumber is SO expensive ... and heavy - my brother would have had to help me. I was messing around online and found galvanized beds on sale ($23 off the regular price/bed). I bought 4! They are 3'x 6' & 12 inches deep. They should be here within the next 7-14 days. I'll have all winter to get them filled with dirt, the soil amended & ready for an early Spring flower planting. I am so excited about these beds!
If you right click on the pictures & choose "view image", it will take you to a larger picture where you can see a lot more detail. Enjoy - a little "flower sunshine" on (for us) a very dark, rainy day.
OMG to cute!!
Yes, autumn is here, along with the seasonal allergies, which has taken over my breathing! Coughing up a storm so had to break down and gets some meds from my doctor. Pulled up all my tomato and basil plants; they looked rather beaten up from the very hot summer. I did have a stellar crop of tomatoes and plenty of basil. In their place planted several lettuce seeds and mustard greens. Plan on planting a bunch of spring bullbs as soon as it is cold enough and looking forward to the start of spring planting season!
Warm and dry here in Central Missouri this past week.
Got home from our beach vacation in sunny Florida on Friday. We had planned to be there until Saturday, but decided to leave Thursday to avoid the evacuation traffic and monsoon rains. Turned out to be a good decision. Northbound I-65 was a parking lot between Montgomery and Athens in Alabama. It took six hours to travel that 180 miles, but we were able to stay ahead of the rain.
Mowed the yard, trimmed some trees, and got a good bit of garden cleanup done over the weekend. Harvested the butternut squash. Kale and collards are doing well. Still getting tomatoes. Pepper plants are loaded.
Need to till up a patch for the garlic. It’s almost time to put that in the ground. Probably should plant some lettuce, too.