Happy Fall and thank you!
Good Morning! :-)
When they were young
Made the mistake of planting this:
Knowing they are invasive - I had to pull it out of my orange trees and roses - not an easy job.
Now, how can I get rid of it??
Happy Gardening!
All paint colors are from Sherwin-Williams from their 'Historic Houses' pallet.
We ran to the farmer’s market this morning before the rain came in. I bought a whole lot of roma tomato there for freezing because our plants did not produce enough this year. I got a really good price on them!
Hubby is in charge of the garden here. (I am in charge of using or preserving the harvest. )He decided not to put compost into the soil this spring and our harvest sure noticed. He said that next spring he will not make that mistake!
Wheat is coming up.
Squash, pole & runner beans, and the okra are finished, and ready to be shredded and/or tilled under. All that left are leeks, rutabagas, and the Fall pea crop.
I've been piddling at putting some green beans in the freezer. I expect I'll have plenty stored away by the time frost kills the vines. The late-planted okra is starting to make pods. There's probably some ready to pick now. Pepper plants are loaded and needing some attention. Still getting a few tomatoes off of the one SuperSteak that survived the monsoon.
Mrs. Augie and I spent a couple evenings dunking nightcrawlers in the pond this week. Yesterday we had #1 Daughter, her BFF, and Pops over for the first, of what will hopefully be many, fish fries with our home-grown bluegill. We transferred ~50 <7" fish to the bait pond, 24 7"-9" fish were released to the grease, and the >9" went back in the drink to grow some more.
The yellow perch are catch and release until after the spring spawn, then they will be on the menu with the bluegill. There ought to be 100 or so this size in the pond now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnNOvA3diDU
One hour long but good info. As per the screenshot, a reading of 12 or higher on a Brix test means healthy plants. He also goes into, only healthy plants can produce healthy food.
One Weed plant is harvested and is curing. We have seeds (yay). The other needs more time. The state brought in helicopters to search for illegally grown but I was doing everything by the book.
The golf ball sized tomatoes is still growing and putting out fruit. The Cherokee Purple and Patio are dying back. The Asian Spinach is doing very well but starting to look a little tough. We have a huge crop of chestnuts(4 large trees) that we are taking to the wildlife center
When planting garlic, is it necessary to let the cloves sit for a couple days after breaking them apart?
I have read that you should, and yet other sites say nothing about it.