2022 Garden Thread

Tape it to a long dowel so you dont have to reach or bend over so much.
Makes it easy to get between brances and on the backsides of plants.
About 24-30" works best for us.
:)
 
Dr. Magill said:
It’s been a different type of season
Probably the Covid
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Covid is so last year...
And the year before that.

First rule of Covid here, is you dont talk about Covid.

Mods hate Covid.

;)
 
Garden status update:

Tomatoes, which I plant in a specially built "tomato" green house/cold frame, are all dead plants. They stopped growing in height the end of June, with no new fruits developed after that (I think). I picked the last two Early Girls and some little yellow pear shaped tomatoes yesterday, so I will stop wasting water on these now.
I replanted green beans 5 times, with the 4th turning out to be successful. I harvested 3 servings of beans last Thursday and will pick some more this weekend. I only planted peas once this year, about 2 months later than normal, and they germinated and grew. So I've been picking peas for a week now. I must have planted lettuce about 10 times, most of which didn't grow or got eaten by slugs. But some has grown. It is Black Seeded Simpson, a variety that I don't recommend and will never plant again. It produces limp lettuce leaves, not quite icky, but close. I planted carrots a few times and now have enough growing that I should get some before first frost. Same with onions - can't remember how many times I planted them, both indoors and out. But I have a decent number growing; I just hope they mature before first frost. I have a few beets growing, which is OK cuz I only planted a few. Turns out we don't eat that many beets. My second planting of spinach may turn out to be successful, if I can stay ahead of the slugs with slug bait.

I have had two successful rotations of radishes - yippee! Tho even a gardener with black thumbs can grow radishes, so it ain't saying much. My espalier 4-variety apple tree has a good many apples, though they are small. They are always small. This tree has some kind of pest cuz the apple skins are always scaly or pock marked. I just peel the apples and they are OK on the inside. My little honeycrisp apple tree has maybe 2 dozen apples this year, and smaller ones at that, after a terrific crop last year. They are late this year, but otherwise seem to have made it through this weird gardening year. I just fertilize and water the tree, so there isn't much to it. I have an Italian prune tree that has yet to produce a decent crop, but usually I get some. Not one single prune this year. Maybe I should cut it down; it's just taking up space in my tiny back yard.

Oh, the strawberry crop amounted to about 2 standard berry boxes for the season, and the blueberry crop was less than half of last season. And here I thought I was becoming a half decent gardener, but I'm being sent back to the sandlot league.
 
Salmo_g said:
Garden status update:

Tomatoes, which I plant in a specially built "tomato" green house/cold frame, are all dead plants. They stopped growing in height the end of June, with no new fruits developed after that (I think). I picked the last two Early Girls and some little yellow pear shaped tomatoes yesterday, so I will stop wasting water on these now.
I replanted green beans 5 times, with the 4th turning out to be successful. I harvested 3 servings of beans last Thursday and will pick some more this weekend. I only planted peas once this year, about 2 months later than normal, and they germinated and grew. So I've been picking peas for a week now. I must have planted lettuce about 10 times, most of which didn't grow or got eaten by slugs. But some has grown. It is Black Seeded Simpson, a variety that I don't recommend and will never plant again. It produces limp lettuce leaves, not quite icky, but close. I planted carrots a few times and now have enough growing that I should get some before first frost. Same with onions - can't remember how many times I planted them, both indoors and out. But I have a decent number growing; I just hope they mature before first frost. I have a few beets growing, which is OK cuz I only planted a few. Turns out we don't eat that many beets. My second planting of spinach may turn out to be successful, if I can stay ahead of the slugs with slug bait.

I have had two successful rotations of radishes - yippee! Tho even a gardener with black thumbs can grow radishes, so it ain't saying much. My espalier 4-variety apple tree has a good many apples, though they are small. They are always small. This tree has some kind of pest cuz the apple skins are always scaly or pock marked. I just peel the apples and they are OK on the inside. My little honeycrisp apple tree has maybe 2 dozen apples this year, and smaller ones at that, after a terrific crop last year. They are late this year, but otherwise seem to have made it through this weird gardening year. I just fertilize and water the tree, so there isn't much to it. I have an Italian prune tree that has yet to produce a decent crop, but usually I get some. Not one single prune this year. Maybe I should cut it down; it's just taking up space in my tiny back yard.

Oh, the strawberry crop amounted to about 2 standard berry boxes for the season, and the blueberry crop was less than half of last season. And here I thought I was becoming a half decent gardener, but I'm being sent back to the sandlot league.
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Yeah bad year for everything but peppers comparatively. We needed that. 6 weeks that was sheet early now if no cold until November. Some major adjustments to deal with climate change
 
Salmo_g said:
Garden status update:

Tomatoes, which I plant in a specially built "tomato" green house/cold frame, are all dead plants. They stopped growing in height the end of June, with no new fruits developed after that (I think). I picked the last two Early Girls and some little yellow pear shaped tomatoes yesterday, so I will stop wasting water on these now.
I replanted green beans 5 times, with the 4th turning out to be successful. I harvested 3 servings of beans last Thursday and will pick some more this weekend. I only planted peas once this year, about 2 months later than normal, and they germinated and grew. So I've been picking peas for a week now. I must have planted lettuce about 10 times, most of which didn't grow or got eaten by slugs. But some has grown. It is Black Seeded Simpson, a variety that I don't recommend and will never plant again. It produces limp lettuce leaves, not quite icky, but close. I planted carrots a few times and now have enough growing that I should get some before first frost. Same with onions - can't remember how many times I planted them, both indoors and out. But I have a decent number growing; I just hope they mature before first frost. I have a few beets growing, which is OK cuz I only planted a few. Turns out we don't eat that many beets. My second planting of spinach may turn out to be successful, if I can stay ahead of the slugs with slug bait.

I have had two successful rotations of radishes - yippee! Tho even a gardener with black thumbs can grow radishes, so it ain't saying much. My espalier 4-variety apple tree has a good many apples, though they are small. They are always small. This tree has some kind of pest cuz the apple skins are always scaly or pock marked. I just peel the apples and they are OK on the inside. My little honeycrisp apple tree has maybe 2 dozen apples this year, and smaller ones at that, after a terrific crop last year. They are late this year, but otherwise seem to have made it through this weird gardening year. I just fertilize and water the tree, so there isn't much to it. I have an Italian prune tree that has yet to produce a decent crop, but usually I get some. Not one single prune this year. Maybe I should cut it down; it's just taking up space in my tiny back yard.

Oh, the strawberry crop amounted to about 2 standard berry boxes for the season, and the blueberry crop was less than half of last season. And here I thought I was becoming a half decent gardener, but I'm being sent back to the sandlot league.
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We had a hard freeze on April 15th (19F) that killed almost all the walnut "blossoms" on our tree so we're not going to get many nuts this year (my pellet gun is zeroed in for any fox squirrels that try and steal nuts). For what ever reason, our tomato crop this year is epic; best ever crop (no electric toothbrush pollination). Most of the tomatoes were set before we hit the high 90's and dozen or so days into the 100's. Squash perished. Peas were good. Japanese eggplants - loaded and delicious.
 
Location has a lot to do with it
Soil is often overlooked. Probably the factor from what you’ve been sharing.
Aside from leaf feeding the rest is coming from the medium
 

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Its not a great year, but certainly not that bad.
Second crop of peas are growing well, onions, shallots and garlic did well. Peppers are doing great, summer squash kicking out tons, cukes are keeping the pickle factory going. Beans are doing very well, lots of fillet beans being blanched and frozen. Blueberries were very good. Same with raspberries and the boysenberries are right on track so far, potatoes look to be fine, and brussels sprouts are very vigorous and should be good in late fall.
There is always something to keep you happy when gardening.
:)
 
I’m pretty darn happy with the yield of the three sungolds plants I planted close to each other and next to the lavender. I think they liked it there and got visited by lots of pollinators. This is the second batch about like this. 7E4C4963-1D3A-46AA-B950-DDDAB058606F.jpeg
 
Random garden question:

Anyone have any suggestions for getting overgrown mint out of your garden? My wife planted some the other year (foolishly not in a container) and we didn't do much garden stuff this year. Now the mint is EVERYWHERE. So hard to dig out.
 
Josh said:
Random garden question:

Anyone have any suggestions for getting overgrown mint out of your garden? My wife planted some the other year (foolishly not in a container) and we didn't do much garden stuff this year. Now the mint is EVERYWHERE. So hard to dig out.
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I make a 2x2 frame with 1/4” hardware screen screwed with 1” galv sheet rock type screws that fits on the wheel barrow use a double digging fork , heavy gloves and rud the clumps through the screen into wheelbarrow. Spent a lot of hours doing that. Nothing replaces physical labor in the garden.
 
My dandelion game this year is totally on point. I've been giving away the seeds for free. Wind direction dictates which neighbor hits the jackpot.
 
Josh said:
Random garden question:

Anyone have any suggestions for getting overgrown mint out of your garden? My wife planted some the other year (foolishly not in a container) and we didn't do much garden stuff this year. Now the mint is EVERYWHERE. So hard to dig out.
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Make her lots of mojitos, otherwise mint is a rhizome (also seeds) every little piece you miss will keep growing. As much as I hate herbicides... might have to spray it for a few years.
 
Josh said:
Random garden question:

Anyone have any suggestions for getting overgrown mint out of your garden? My wife planted some the other year (foolishly not in a container) and we didn't do much garden stuff this year. Now the mint is EVERYWHERE. So hard to dig out.
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Pick and shovel
Dont leave any roots
Follow up everytime you see a sprout pop up
Repeat more times than you will care too...
:)
 
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