NFR 2024 Garden and Growing Things thread

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albula said:
I was told mine are Marionberries. I really like them just before they completely ripen and turn dark, tart with just a hint of getting sweet The berries are easily larger than my thumb and quite prolific for an extended time.The canes can get quite long if not cut back .I had one last year that I didn't notice that grew some 15 feet up into an adjacent Rhody. It was impossible to pick those berries.A large handful of them mixed with some Greek yogurt is a treat in the morning.
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The berry patch requires management. Each year, the canes that produce fruit die at the end of the season. I cut those canes after the first hard frost in the fall. The new canes are laid on the ground beneath the trellis and covered with leaves for the winter. In early spring, I clean the leaves out and untangle the mess of vines, running them up through the trellis. They produce fruit for the next year. This spring, I transplanted starts into a second growing patch am hoping they will produce berries next summer. IMG_3894.jpegIMG_3895.jpeg
 
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The berry patch requires management. Each year, the canes that produce fruit die at the end of the season. I cut those canes after the first hard frost in the fall. The new canes are laid on the ground beneath the trellis and covered with leaves for the winter. In early spring, I clean the leaves out and untangle the mess of vines, running them up through the trellis. They produce fruit for the next year. This spring, I transplanted starts into a second growing patch am hoping they will produce berries next summer. View attachment 116423View attachment 116424
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Nice wall
 
Had planned to get my tomatoes in the pots today. I guess not now.
They are looking pretty sad and obviously don’t like rain as much as I do. 😂
I brought them in out of the weather for the day…..
SF
 
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Get them planted before it gets too hot for transplanting, and keep them somewhat shaded and out of the direct sun in those black pots over the hot stretch at the end of the week...
In other words, just do with the tomatoes what you would do..

Hide from the sun and hot weather till it passes.
😁
 
Took some progress pics a little while ago. Filrderkraut cabbage just starting to begin to form heads. Fava beans setting and forming beans . Picking Korean raddishes, gigante Italian parsley, New Zealand spinach, yet to plant- various basil andIMG_5769.jpegIMG_5769.jpeg pole IMG_5774.jpegIMG_5775.jpegbeans. Do better to wait until soil temps IMG_5773.jpegare 55-60 deg. Growing in a couple neighbors yards again this year- potatoes and trombocini squashIMG_5770.jpegIMG_5779.jpegIMG_5778.jpegIMG_5777.jpeg
 

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Wow! My peas are only a little over a foot high!

edit: OK, make that a foot and a half high.
 
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I picked some radishes Thursday, but my lettuce is still dime and nickle sized leaves. Some onions about 3" high now and green beans are 4 - 6" high. Carrots are about an inch or so.

Here's a puzzle: I was checking on my apple trees and Italian prune tree. The combo apple tree in my raised bed area looks like it's going to be pretty productive (Liberty, Jonagold, and Yellow Delicious). Down in my back yard, I didn't see a single apple on my Honeycrisp tree although it had lots of blossoms this spring. And the prune tree has very few prunes too, and it also had lots of blossoms. Does this mean the bees didn't find those trees this year and not pollinate them? They both had record crops last year.
 
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