Posted on 08/21/2021 6:12:14 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Enjoy those Sea Breezes! We are stuck in a Hot & Humid and Rain cycle, but my Sweet Corn is loving it and weeding is easy these days. :)
Hopping on the mower between showers all this week. I should be done by Friday, I hope! :)
Works of art. L to R: Defiant, Grandma's Favorite, Chef's Black and Japanese Black Trifle.
Rear: Grandma's Favorite and Chef's Black. Front: A few Grandma's but mostly La Roma III.
Cherry Types: Sungold, Black Cherry and Valentine.
Chef's Black, Bella Rosa and Juane Flame (June Flame).
Grandma's Favorite and Chef's Black.
Three Gladiolus, Red Norland and Kennebeck potatoes and Brach's Fall Mix to make my Sister jealous, LOL!
Very Very nice Lady Di !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went back to my very best Tried and True varieties of tomatoes, peppers and beans this season. No more goofing around for me. Production, production, production...and of course you need to look good and taste good, too.
Happy with the results, and having a drier season than we’ve had in quite a number, conditions were perfect for a huge harvest this season.
Happy, Happy! :)
I’ll ping you to my pictures of The Big Garden later on today. For now, jumping back on the mower. :)
My grandmother had a cold frame. It was a long rectangular box angled to catch the sun with a sliding glass top, located along the south wall of the garage. At the time I didn't know what it was, but now I've built one of my own, just outside my kitchen, made of weather-resistant cedar, Plexiglas and an automatic opener device that levers the top up when temperatures reach about 50 degrees.
Gardening under glass is nothing new. From bio-domes to conservatories to commercial greenhouses, large-scale plant propagation happens year-round in heated facilities designed to maximize the sun's energy. The lucky homeowner with a greenhouse can overwinter tender plants and start new plants for setting out once frost has passed. But cold frames offer an affordable alternative to a greenhouse. They're easy to build as a DIY project with recycled bricks, lumber and old windows, or cobbled together with other repurposed materials, and can be found as kits or even bought from manufacturers and professionally installed.
If you have a greenhouse, a cold frame sited to take advantage of sunlight on a south-facing wall is ideal for hardening off seedlings before transplant. Pots or trays can be placed inside, with the glass top supported by metal rods during the day and closed at night for protection.
More envy-producing photos at link below...
That’s the truth.
planting straight into the ground has never really worked because of the trifecta of bad karma:deer, semi arid conditions, and poor soil...
raised beds is what has given us a fantastic garden this year...hub build out of free pallets....2-3 feet high, filled with pine cones and old wood and whatever soil I had plus peat moss and compost....
we were able to keep up the watering despite terribly hot , dry days because we have a great aquifer in this area....
so don't give up....if you can get a couple of raised beds...mulch well...it'll retain the water...
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