How is everyone’s garden doing this year? | |
Serepta Ann
User ID: 75071554 United States 07/24/2018 07:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You have to train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or you will lose yourself every time |
BirdMom
User ID: 76395149 Panama 07/24/2018 07:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The garden is doing fine, though it's not very big. Quoting: BirdMom I only have pineapples and yams growing, plus an avocado tree. They don't really require much maintenance, just watering sometimes. The pineapple plants take about a year to produce, but it's worth it. You haven't had a pineapple until you've had one that's freshly picked. I harvested some 6 months ago that were so sweet and am waiting for the next batch. The yams grow like weeds. The avocado tree is still young and hasn't fruited yet. We have wild parrots here, and they like to perch in it. It must be wonderful to have fresh pineapple where we currently live in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of NY means we have cold winters here. We are in the process of building a retirement home in a state most conducive to an underground greenhouse. An Underground Greenhouse? It's Not Just A Fad - Off-the-grid [link to www.offthegridnews.com (secure)] Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening (Video) [link to www.treehugger.com (secure)] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. LOL! I actually miss being able to grow cool-weather veggies. It's easier to grow warm-weather produce in a cooler climate than it is to grow cool-weather produce in a warmer climate. Technically, you could get pineapples to grow in a hothouse in New York, but try getting lettuce not to bolt in Panama. LOL! |
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D@t_Dude2
User ID: 75151949 United States 07/24/2018 08:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Garden is doing AMAZING. We literally have HUGE zucchins and cucumbers rolling off our table! Tomatoes are just now turning red. Okra, beans, peppers all doing good. Beets, snow peas and carrots are done already but planting more in a few days for fall crop. This is the best year I've ever had gardening. Everything is green, healthy and producing large fruit/veggies. Only thing I did different was I dug in a bunch of earthworm castings (work manure) before I planted. HOLY COW! Got them on Amazon. D@t_Dude2 |
Chief Big Wampum Nincompoop
User ID: 74826292 United States 07/24/2018 08:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | picking tomatoes (in Michigan!!)... Quoting: Asymptote bunnies have wiped mostly everything else out... I have an apricot to pick tomorrow. Kiwis are sizing up. Apples were wiped out by squirrels. Pears look very good (asian and european). Jujubes bloomed well, but fruit has not yet started sizing up. Currants and gooseberries were great, but long done. Blackberries are loaded.. Michigan also here,,,,,Same for me, bunnies tearing up peppers and sprouts,,,squirrels took out my sunflowers. Tomatoes are kicking butt, but Peppers are growing SLOOOOOW. tariq sadhu |
D@t_Dude2
User ID: 75151949 United States 07/24/2018 08:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | picking tomatoes (in Michigan!!)... Quoting: Asymptote bunnies have wiped mostly everything else out... I have an apricot to pick tomorrow. Kiwis are sizing up. Apples were wiped out by squirrels. Pears look very good (asian and european). Jujubes bloomed well, but fruit has not yet started sizing up. Currants and gooseberries were great, but long done. Blackberries are loaded.. Michigan also here,,,,,Same for me, bunnies tearing up peppers and sprouts,,,squirrels took out my sunflowers. Tomatoes are kicking butt, but Peppers are growing SLOOOOOW. Also in Michigan. Rabbits hammered a purple bean plant of mine too! It was outside the fenced area and they certainly helped themselves. D@t_Dude2 |
tkwasny
User ID: 71641081 United States 07/24/2018 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 6' x 10' red raspberry patch yielded over 4 gallons. Had to be picked every other day for weeks. What wasn't eaten or given away to family was frozen, then vacuum sealed in 1 GT amounts. Best year ever. Grapes are insane amounts but not ripe enough yet. Yellow beans and peas are done and past and were average yield. Fruit trees look good but a bit less than last year because of my aggressive pruning that had to be done. Far East, central CT. More bees this year than ever (30 years actually) |
tkwasny
User ID: 71641081 United States 07/24/2018 08:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tomatoes numerous and delicious, huge zucchini, green chili, Serrano peppers, have all grown quickly this year. Quoting: ColoradoGirl I have a patio garden. Pick the Zucchini before they get large enough to produce seeds and the plant will keep generating more Zuch until it does. Pick young and often so you can pick many. |
beenthruthat
User ID: 76616230 United States 07/24/2018 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The garden is doing Great here in Southern Middle Tennessee...all Organic too... heirloom Tomatoes , Cucumber , Beets , and Watermelon ... I just thought of Hee-Haw and the what's for Dinner Grandpa skit ...lot's of rain and very timely ... I've only had to water the Garden a few times...planted a dozen Marigold flowers to keep the bugs away ... People don't care how much You know ... till they know how much You care ... |
krixbuggy
User ID: 72774152 United States 07/24/2018 09:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ours is doing OK, it's been very hot and dry here, so watering every other day. We have 4 Heirloom tomatoes planted an two were getting eaten by something. Turned out to be be a couple of huge tomato hornworms,fed those to the chickens. My wife's Kale is looking great, and our Horse Radish is getting thicker by the day. Quoting: Sodbuster Neem oil and Diatomaceous Earth works wonders and your garden is still organic. Thanks Just be aware that diatomaceous earth will also kill many beneficial. Only use as a last resort. Neem is great. |
Dr. Acula
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User ID: 60863762 United States 07/24/2018 09:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i can't bring myself to take my tomato plants out of the house, so not good. Articles and "news" from liberal media shall now be known as catnip for libtards. Truth is schilling in the empire of retards. "Yep but for now we dub you toast guy." - AC520845 *PROCLAIMED PROPHET OF THE DOW* ® Let me know when the climate STOPS changing, then i'll be worried. |
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Maddrummerboy
User ID: 69764054 United States 07/24/2018 09:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Typical for us in SE Texas Also, highly recommend ZOOM organic fertilizer and liquid fish emulsion. I had 5' tomatoes within 3 weeks of transplanting them from their 8" pots |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76206819 United States 07/24/2018 09:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My wife is the gardener and hers is doing great, funny thing about SW Idaho it gets hot here in July and August really hot but sun loving plants flourish here with the proper irrigation. Her tomatoes are to die for. It's kind of easy to do here also because we virtually get no rain in these two months and she has it all on automatic watering, we can leave for a week and have no worries. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76170368 United States 07/24/2018 09:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My wife is the gardener and hers is doing great, funny thing about SW Idaho it gets hot here in July and August really hot but sun loving plants flourish here with the proper irrigation. Her tomatoes are to die for. Quoting: Ida Man It's kind of easy to do here also because we virtually get no rain in these two months and she has it all on automatic watering, we can leave for a week and have no worries. Sounds great. |
SilverPatriot
(OP) User ID: 6366763 United States 07/24/2018 09:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ours is doing OK, it's been very hot and dry here, so watering every other day. We have 4 Heirloom tomatoes planted an two were getting eaten by something. Turned out to be be a couple of huge tomato hornworms,fed those to the chickens. My wife's Kale is looking great, and our Horse Radish is getting thicker by the day. Quoting: Sodbuster Neem oil and Diatomaceous Earth works wonders and your garden is still organic. Thanks Just be aware that diatomaceous earth will also kill many beneficial. Only use as a last resort. Neem is great. My first treatment for bugs consists of alternating neem oil then garlic oil but whatever attacks the eggplant, cabbage and broccoli laugh at the neem and garlic oils these are dusted with diatomaceous earth. Our garden is fenced, to further help we have planted mint around the exterior to help repel rabbits, rodents and deer. |
tiger1
User ID: 76712081 United States 07/24/2018 10:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I will get a few green beans, and my onions and garlic are doing good. The tomato plants all withered, and then got flooded. Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow !!! |
SilverPatriot
(OP) User ID: 6366763 United States 07/24/2018 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Strawberries failed but lots of tomatoes if I can keep the rabbits out. Quoting: the deplorable ar-15 nut Picture taken during the garden build process the fence is up, the exterior boxes have mint plants growing, and they return every year. Mint repels rabbits, rodents and ground hogs hate mint the exterior boxes require little care some water and seaweed and kelp fertilizer. The deer and other critters run from him |
plzxplain
User ID: 76740554 Australia 07/24/2018 10:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Broccoli, garlic, silver beet going well. Picking and eating some sugarsnap peas. Cauliflowers got annihilated by aphids when away for few days. Various herbs doing ok. Lots of things are in small hothouse (its winter here)such as dragonfruit, baby moringa trees, few other cuttings, and unusual random plants and rare herbs Something that you guys can probably advise me on, I brought some sugar beets, never seen them before, but think they're common there ? When they've grown, do you cook and eat them the same as beetroot? Ive noticed a lot of you grow okra, I've never tried it, is not common here. What/how do you eat/cook it? |
New World Man
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Big Daddy D
Chaotic Constitutionalist User ID: 48865774 United States 07/24/2018 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mine is toast. My squash, zucchini & cucumber never produced and died. My tomatoes are growing some. My Yellow & Bell pepper plants are growing but not producing. I'm very disappointed to say the least. HWR The US is a One Party State controlled by a small cadre of Financiers Big Daddy D |
CorradoSoprano
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Shiva ascendant
User ID: 74854683 United States 07/24/2018 10:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nicely even though high 90's aren't doing me any good, I'm harvesting & canning something every day now. Ground squirrels were thieving my tomatoes but half a dozen rat traps are doing their job and the ones that are still alive seem to have got the idea that eating my veggies will get you dead since so many of their family and friends never came home after visiting here. Looking for things to kick into high gear when the heat breaks. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
Sungaze_At_Dawn
User ID: 75843661 Canada 07/24/2018 11:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wonderful. We planted tons of ever bearing organic strawberries and will be putting up 3 greenhouses next year. Blueberries and even ordered true blue huckleberries and will be growing those, cloning them and even selling the plants in a few years. Squash, tomatoes, butternut squash, dills, cukes, herbs, onions, lots of potatoes. Our neighbor swears they are growing twice as fast as normal and we're giving them steroids. We're going to turn this into a small business for one of my son's. We even got flowers in this year and foxgloves. And want to put in dyers flowers as well. Indigo , madder, and various medicinal plants, wormwood for example. And we planted 2 cherry trees, will be finding morepart apricot for next year. We're doing it all on 1/3 acre plus. Will probably look to lease land in a couple years as well. Deers seem to love blueberry chutes so we have been trying different methods of dissuading the deer from nibbling. Last Edited by Sungaze_At_Dawn on 07/24/2018 11:04 AM The Devil tries to convince everyone he doesn't exist. The state tries to convince everyone they cannot resist. Do not go quietly into the good night. Rage Rage against the dying light! |