2023 Garden Thread
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I'll need to dig and relocate a couple, now that the bed is more open. It's full of tulips and daffodils in the spring, shasta daisy, that purple flowered fuzzy stuff, and forget me not in the summer heat, so, as you can see, it needs some fall help. Thanks for the info, I've looked 'em up already.
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jact55
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Feels like the first full normal weekend in a long time. Shit ain't on fire, I'm not fishing or out of town, there isn't family drama. So time to destress in the garden.
Harvest day, for anything that looks half way ready lol.
Sorry, went overboard on pics
Plucked potatoes and onions so far. Letting dry/cure then I'll figure it out.
Corn and carrots coming up next. Cook and freeze
Tomatoes tomorrow. Making a giant spaghetti sauce to freeze and try to can some also.
Always have an issue with waste/spoiling in my gardens. Hoping to avoid it this year.
Previous harvest pics.
my radioactive red carrots. Cooked some, and did my first canning also.
Zuchinnis are getting less vigorous, think they are about done.
Some Cantaloupe is coming ready, although small.
My best year for peppers ever. Most went into a vinager based salsa
Food from the garden. Just trying to keep up.
Harvest day, for anything that looks half way ready lol.
Sorry, went overboard on pics
Plucked potatoes and onions so far. Letting dry/cure then I'll figure it out.
Corn and carrots coming up next. Cook and freeze
Tomatoes tomorrow. Making a giant spaghetti sauce to freeze and try to can some also.
Always have an issue with waste/spoiling in my gardens. Hoping to avoid it this year.
Previous harvest pics.
my radioactive red carrots. Cooked some, and did my first canning also.
Zuchinnis are getting less vigorous, think they are about done.
Some Cantaloupe is coming ready, although small.
My best year for peppers ever. Most went into a vinager based salsa
Food from the garden. Just trying to keep up.
Capt Insano Emeritis
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I have to say that the Yamato climbing Cucumber is amazingly prolific. I have 20 quarts of dill pickles have made cucumber/ celery leaf gazpacho and salads
Between the HavaHeart and my .22 I have removed 12 of these bastards this year. It's the worst invasion I have ever had. I have been gardening in this spot for over 25 years and never had more than one, or two in a season. They got all my Broccoli this past spring and about 1/2 of my beans. I have a 5 ft. fence (topped with a charged wire for deer) and buried chicken wire, but the always seem to get in!
I’ve been putting extra zucchini, yellow squash and cucumber out on the curb with a little sign that says free. They don’t last very long as the neighbor walkers pick them off pretty quickly.
Someone either was upset they didn’t get any or misinterpreted my sign, because all the squash and zucchini that weren’t quite ready to harvest and were still behind my fence are gone now also.
SF
Someone either was upset they didn’t get any or misinterpreted my sign, because all the squash and zucchini that weren’t quite ready to harvest and were still behind my fence are gone now also.
SF
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These little shits are destroying all my hard work too. All over this year.
Dr. Magill
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Couple of these:
Cal and Axel are practicing. Still young. Their targets:
Squirrels
Rabbits
Weasels
Mice
Moles
Birds unfortunately
Cal and Axel are practicing. Still young. Their targets:
Squirrels
Rabbits
Weasels
Mice
Moles
Birds unfortunately
Any Japanese Maple aficionados here? If so, and if you've done some propagating via cuttings, how long do you plan to wait, after the fresh cuttings are first planted, to dig them up to look for root formation? Thanks in advance for any info.......
BEA-UTIFUL!! That would make a great painting.
Dr. Magill
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There is a good possibility that the tree is graftedAny Japanese Maple aficionados here? If so, and if you've done some propagating via cuttings, how long do you plan to wait, after the fresh cuttings are first planted, to dig them up to look for root formation? Thanks in advance for any info.......
The roots would be different from the top.
I’d ask @Mossback
Depends where the plants are planted, in pots or in the ground.
Many Japanese Maples are grafted, but some, mostly species types, are not.
If in pots, check anytime, if in the ground...well if they are still alive at this point, they have roots.
Pics will help...
Generally speaking small plants are best moved in Fall, or late winter.
I may be confused by the question...
Many Japanese Maples are grafted, but some, mostly species types, are not.
If in pots, check anytime, if in the ground...well if they are still alive at this point, they have roots.
Pics will help...
Generally speaking small plants are best moved in Fall, or late winter.
I may be confused by the question...
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Could you put the cutting/hormone in a rockwool cube (like cloning cannabis) then just wait till you see roots poke out?Any Japanese Maple aficionados here? If so, and if you've done some propagating via cuttings, how long do you plan to wait, after the fresh cuttings are first planted, to dig them up to look for root formation? Thanks in advance for any info.......
My neighbor has grape vines, maybe wild, growing through my fence. They look and taste like the Concord grapes we had back east, maybe they are the same. I'd like to propagate them and root them on my side of the fnece in case my neighbor cuts his down on purpose or by accident. How does one best propagate a grape vine? Thanks!
5 Easy Ways to Propagate Grapes at Home
Easy ways to propagate grapes at home—from cuttings and layering to simple techniques that boost your backyard vineyard on a budget.
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Thanks!5 Easy Ways to Propagate Grapes at Home
Easy ways to propagate grapes at home—from cuttings and layering to simple techniques that boost your backyard vineyard on a budget.
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Ground cherries are a pleasant surprise. They taste amazing raw, crunch like a grape, taste just like Pineapple. I bet they would make a great sweet salsa.
Blush Tiger tomato, good taste will grow again. Skin is a little on the tough side.
Rosala Cherry tomato is probably the best tasting sweetest cherry tomato I have ever had. Skin isn't super thick and tough. Will plant again.
Only my cherry tomatoes survived the blossom end rot, pretty much everything else succumbed.
Loads of green tomatillos
Blush Tiger tomato, good taste will grow again. Skin is a little on the tough side.
Rosala Cherry tomato is probably the best tasting sweetest cherry tomato I have ever had. Skin isn't super thick and tough. Will plant again.
Only my cherry tomatoes survived the blossom end rot, pretty much everything else succumbed.
Loads of green tomatillos
Dr. Magill
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jact55
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Gonna have to look into those ground cherries. Interesting.