Never got to planting carrots this spring before it got too hot/dry.
If I plant them now I’m fairly certain they’ll survive the winter, but will they continue growing normally next year?
Bkmk
Greetings from southern New Hampshire!
Tomatoes and peppers are coming in! Beautiful jalapeños, Anaheim and Poblanos. Fencing seems to be doing the job.
My new garden toy arrived…a YardMax power barrow with dump. Full track laying…steers like a M-577 command post carrie…lock track. It is going to be very helpful in maneuvering compost and such to the raised beds.
Household Six has decided to move our proposed 20’ by 10’ cattle panel hoop/green house up the priority chain. She has ordered the landscaping fabric, and I will be ordering the lumber and when I get back from my “Thunder Run” to Dallas, GA via my sister’s in Punxsutawney, PA, we will begin construction. Definitely need to extend the growing season.
Household Six said that she learned a lot from going organic, this year. Next year, she will apply what she learned and do better.
She just ordered a Viparspectrum XS4000 grow light for the basement gardening center. I need to get the plumbing and sink installation completed so we can consider hydroponic efforts for this winter.
Buttoning up the place against Henri!
I know folks struggle with the duration of the growing season in the northeast, upper med west and northwest.
But I have a new spurt of heirloom beefsteak tomatoes that just set fruit and I should be harvesting pounders in October. All they need is water and a TON of fertilizer.
Looks like a second harvest of all my peppers in mid Sep.
Salsa, salsa, salsa.
Here in the Big Valley.
Cherry tomatoes out the wazoo ... waaaay too many! Celebrities are still producing. Bell peppers are now producing & I made the first batch of jalapeno pepper poppers last weekend - SO good!!
What I am especially loving right now is the Hummingbird Garden. The sunflowers I staked back up after being flattened by ferocious storm winds a week ago are all doing well and goldfinches are feasting - they’re just beautiful (flowers & birds). The one tithonia I had to stake back up is wilting during the day, but coming back overnight so it’s not dead yet - the other two are fine. I’m seeing 4-6 yellow swallowtails at a time almost constantly during the day. We’re getting the occasional black swallowtail & I’ve even seen a couple of Monarchs. Right next to the tithonias is the hummer nectar feeder - having to refill every other day ... it’s mobbed (so is the one hanging from the maple tree in the front yard).
I ordered a 3rd hummer feeder like the two that I & the hummers like. I had bought an extra one (32 oz) last year at the hardware store - very pretty with red glass, but it just doesn’t work. The perches are spaced incorrectly & the hummers cannot perch while feeding. I was going to fabricate something for perches, but I’m just not in the mood to fiddle with it - found a feeder like I already have at a good price & just went ahead & ordered it. It should be here Tuesday. The shade I made out of a plastic bowl for the one feeder hanging in full sun at the hummer garden is working great - I did pick up an extra bowl so I can make a shade for the new feeder - that will also be full sun & will need it.
Caught a box turtle in my groundhog trap - LOL! He hissed at me when I got him out, so not very grateful. The fig bush is loaded with ripening figs & between the birds, bees & butterflies, that is a “happening place” as well. Two of the 3 buckaroos were visiting the apple tree night before last - I had just mowed and cut up some apples with the mower, so I’m sure they could smell them. I like seeing the buckaroos - as long as they’re eating non-garden/flower items! :-)
Just noticed your subject, extending the growing season. Might as well post these links again.
Greenhouse info https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/erJoEN8fDDnrr7j
High Tunnel info https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/aZaTSykw9b6Mo3g
Green beans are doing well. Starting to pick on the basil. Butternut squash is close to harvest. Getting enough tomatoes for BLTs a couple times a week. Fall crops are coming on strong.
The 1972 Craftsman tiller has been raised from the dead with a new Kohler engine. High idle on the new engine is quite a bit faster compared to the old 5hp Briggs engine. If I can't figure out a way to set a throttle stop I may need to put a smaller drive pulley on the crankshaft. Definitely need to slow the ground speed a bit.
