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 2014-05-10 9:18 PM in reply to: bootygirl |
New user  1351    Austin, Texas |  Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread |
| 2014-05-11 9:39 PM in reply to: trijamie |
Elite 3972  Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Man - last years kale is 4' tall and going to seed right now. The bees are swarming them! Once they reroot in the new beds, I will cut them back for new growth. They grow up so fast! (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (30KB - 19 downloads) |
| 2014-05-12 10:58 AM in reply to: bootygirl |
Extreme Veteran 671 Not Quite DFL | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Does anyone grow peas that participates in this thread? |
| 2014-05-12 11:33 AM in reply to: crimefighter2 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by crimefighter2 Does anyone grow peas that participates in this thread? We have a few peas. They're just about big enough to grow out of my garden bed and onto the fencing I set up for them to climb. Also, here's some more progress on the chicken coop. (CAM00230.jpg) (CAM00231.jpg) (CAM00232.jpg) Attachments ---------------- CAM00230.jpg (212KB - 21 downloads) CAM00231.jpg (215KB - 20 downloads) CAM00232.jpg (140KB - 18 downloads) |
| 2014-05-12 1:49 PM in reply to: crimefighter2 |
| New user 900 , | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by crimefighter2 Does anyone grow peas that participates in this thread? Yes, what type are you interested in? |
| 2014-05-12 2:02 PM in reply to: NXS |
| New user 900 , | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Garden progressing well and so are the pests. Tomatoes, peppers, squash all have fruit set and and are doing well. Popcorn is about knee high and so far planting it on narrow rows looks good. Watermelons and cantaloupes are running and will thin the hills soon. Still need to work up the ground for purple hull peas and hope to do so soon. Squash bugs and horn worms have shown up and faced an untimely death, but the next generation will soon be here. On the large scale, cotton, soybeans and rice are all up and corn is about knee high, so my leisure time is greatly reduced. Josh, the coop looks great, my chickens would be jealous. Mary, the raised beds look nice, post more picks when they are planted. |
| 2014-05-12 9:24 PM in reply to: JoshR |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Those are some lucky chickens, Josh! |
| 2014-05-12 9:27 PM in reply to: NXS |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by NXSGarden progressing well and so are the pests. Tomatoes, peppers, squash all have fruit set and and are doing well. Popcorn is about knee high and so far planting it on narrow rows looks good. Watermelons and cantaloupes are running and will thin the hills soon. Still need to work up the ground for purple hull peas and hope to do so soon. Squash bugs and horn worms have shown up and faced an untimely death, but the next generation will soon be here. On the large scale, cotton, soybeans and rice are all up and corn is about knee high, so my leisure time is greatly reduced. Josh, the coop looks great, my chickens would be jealous.Mary, the raised beds look nice, post more picks when they are planted. . I went all gangsta last year on squash bugs! I hope the repeated ground disturbance and new dirt in raised beds save me a year of pests! (A girl can dream, can't she?) |
| 2014-05-13 7:01 AM in reply to: 0 |
Champion 10157 Alabama | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, beans, peas, yellow squash, zuchinni, egg plant and okra planted. Some of everthing is up I think. I might need to replant 2 rows of corn as I used different seed on 2 of the 4 rows and the 'old' seed has not come up. Don't know it that is just because it is a different variety or if the seed is no good. I bought this owl to keep guard over my blueberries and it is sitting on the kitchen counter and freaks me out every time I walk into the kitchen and see this beast drinking my Red Bull! Edited by Rogillio 2014-05-13 7:04 AM (Garden.jpg) (Hooters.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Garden.jpg (132KB - 23 downloads) Hooters.jpg (84KB - 20 downloads) |
| 2014-05-13 11:59 AM in reply to: NXS |
Extreme Veteran 671 Not Quite DFL | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by NXS Originally posted by crimefighter2 Does anyone grow peas that participates in this thread? Yes, what type are you interested in? I have planted Alaska Snow Peas, as well as Sugar Snap Peas (one row each, about 2 weeks apart). I've been doing some online research and I get conflicting information about whether or not a guy needs to set up some type of trellis or support system. I have never grown peas, and I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I just finally decided it was the only way I'd get any as my wife does not like them. Any advice to the novice pea planter/grower? |
| 2014-05-13 1:28 PM in reply to: crimefighter2 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by crimefighter2 Originally posted by NXS Originally posted by crimefighter2 Does anyone grow peas that participates in this thread? Yes, what type are you interested in? I have planted Alaska Snow Peas, as well as Sugar Snap Peas (one row each, about 2 weeks apart). I've been doing some online research and I get conflicting information about whether or not a guy needs to set up some type of trellis or support system. I have never grown peas, and I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I just finally decided it was the only way I'd get any as my wife does not like them. Any advice to the novice pea planter/grower? I would highly recommend adding a trellis. I don't know if it's mandatory, but the trellis gives the peas something to climb. If they don't have something to climb, they will flop over onto themselves. I don't know if that inhibits their growth or not, but I imagine they will break from the lack of support. If you have a raised bed a simple solution that I did, nailed a 2x4 onto the bed on either end, stapled some welded wire fence between the bed and the 2x4's. Voila. |
| 2014-05-13 1:42 PM in reply to: switch |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Here's a few pictures of the early stages for this year. Friend of ours gave us a lot of elephant garlic, so we just dumped it into the ground because we didn't know where to stick it. I also had some onions that I must've missed last year. We planted a bunch of seed onions next to them so you can see the size difference. (CAM00249.jpg) (CAM00248.jpg) Attachments ---------------- CAM00249.jpg (189KB - 23 downloads) CAM00248.jpg (215KB - 22 downloads) |
| 2014-05-13 1:54 PM in reply to: JoshR |
| New user 900 , | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by JoshR Originally posted by crimefighter2 Originally posted by NXS Originally posted by crimefighter2 Does anyone grow peas that participates in this thread? Yes, what type are you interested in? I have planted Alaska Snow Peas, as well as Sugar Snap Peas (one row each, about 2 weeks apart). I've been doing some online research and I get conflicting information about whether or not a guy needs to set up some type of trellis or support system. I have never grown peas, and I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I just finally decided it was the only way I'd get any as my wife does not like them. Any advice to the novice pea planter/grower? I would highly recommend adding a trellis. I don't know if it's mandatory, but the trellis gives the peas something to climb. If they don't have something to climb, they will flop over onto themselves. I don't know if that inhibits their growth or not, but I imagine they will break from the lack of support. If you have a raised bed a simple solution that I did, nailed a 2x4 onto the bed on either end, stapled some welded wire fence between the bed and the 2x4's. Voila. Good advice from Josh. Definitely grow them on a trellis. |
| 2014-05-13 1:57 PM in reply to: bootygirl |
| New user 900 , | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by bootygirl Originally posted by NXSGarden progressing well and so are the pests. Tomatoes, peppers, squash all have fruit set and and are doing well. Popcorn is about knee high and so far planting it on narrow rows looks good. Watermelons and cantaloupes are running and will thin the hills soon. Still need to work up the ground for purple hull peas and hope to do so soon. Squash bugs and horn worms have shown up and faced an untimely death, but the next generation will soon be here. On the large scale, cotton, soybeans and rice are all up and corn is about knee high, so my leisure time is greatly reduced. Josh, the coop looks great, my chickens would be jealous.Mary, the raised beds look nice, post more picks when they are planted. . I went all gangsta last year on squash bugs! I hope the repeated ground disturbance and new dirt in raised beds save me a year of pests! (A girl can dream, can't she?) If you get to missing them just let me know and I'll send you some! |
| 2014-05-18 7:27 PM in reply to: 0 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by NXS . How did your squash bug massacre go? Originally posted by bootygirl If you get to missing them just let me know and I'll send you some!Originally posted by NXSGarden progressing well and so are the pests. Tomatoes, peppers, squash all have fruit set and and are doing well. Popcorn is about knee high and so far planting it on narrow rows looks good. Watermelons and cantaloupes are running and will thin the hills soon. Still need to work up the ground for purple hull peas and hope to do so soon. Squash bugs and horn worms have shown up and faced an untimely death, but the next generation will soon be here. On the large scale, cotton, soybeans and rice are all up and corn is about knee high, so my leisure time is greatly reduced. Josh, the coop looks great, my chickens would be jealous.Mary, the raised beds look nice, post more picks when they are planted. . I went all gangsta last year on squash bugs! I hope the repeated ground disturbance and new dirt in raised beds save me a year of pests! (A girl can dream, can't she?) . Pretty much everything is planted - so full of hope. A full 2 weeks earlier than normal, but wall-o-waters stand at the ready. My husband 'helped' shop, so we have 17 pepper plants, including some grafted expensive "ghost pepper". I've invested in some perennials interspersed for attracting bees all season. I think the marigolds in all of the holes of the "tomato maker" bed. Look like sentinels, standby ready to defend against pests. I need a bee hotel. We went with a "Satern Peach" tree - the fruit look like donuts. I can't wait for blossoms next year! I next need some mulch and more gravel. (image.jpg) (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (37KB - 18 downloads) image.jpg (35KB - 20 downloads) |
| 2014-05-19 2:14 PM in reply to: bootygirl |
| New user 900 , | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by bootygirl Originally posted by NXS . How did your squash bug massacre go? Originally posted by bootygirl If you get to missing them just let me know and I'll send you some!Originally posted by NXSGarden progressing well and so are the pests. Tomatoes, peppers, squash all have fruit set and and are doing well. Popcorn is about knee high and so far planting it on narrow rows looks good. Watermelons and cantaloupes are running and will thin the hills soon. Still need to work up the ground for purple hull peas and hope to do so soon. Squash bugs and horn worms have shown up and faced an untimely death, but the next generation will soon be here. On the large scale, cotton, soybeans and rice are all up and corn is about knee high, so my leisure time is greatly reduced. Josh, the coop looks great, my chickens would be jealous.Mary, the raised beds look nice, post more picks when they are planted. . I went all gangsta last year on squash bugs! I hope the repeated ground disturbance and new dirt in raised beds save me a year of pests! (A girl can dream, can't she?) . Pretty much everything is planted - so full of hope. A full 2 weeks earlier than normal, but wall-o-waters stand at the ready. My husband 'helped' shop, so we have 17 pepper plants, including some grafted expensive "ghost pepper". I've invested in some perennials interspersed for attracting bees all season. I think the marigolds in all of the holes of the "tomato maker" bed. Look like sentinels, standby ready to defend against pests. I need a bee hotel. We went with a "Satern Peach" tree - the fruit look like donuts. I can't wait for blossoms next year! I next need some mulch and more gravel. Mary your beds look nice and sounds like you've been busy. Looking good on the squash bug front so far. They came and we kicked azz. We had 5 inches of rain last week along with hail, so the gardens looks a little rough,but with a little time, it will recover. |
| 2014-05-19 6:48 PM in reply to: NXS |
| Regular 147 | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread We put in our garden last Monday and had a frost Friday night. Looks like the kale and squash won't make it but tomatoes & green peppers look ok. Can't wait for the first tomatoe sandwich!!! |
| 2014-05-24 10:47 PM in reply to: NXS |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Hi. My name is Mary, and I'm a plantaholic. I thought I would pick up just a few plants to fill in the front flower garden..... I can't stop at just a few. |
| 2014-05-25 10:21 PM in reply to: NXS |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Tomatoes are double caged and extra staked. . Over the years, I have tried a few types, and I found that using them in tandem works. I use the plastics "ultimate tomato cage", and the surround it with a folding three sided wire cage, which I anchor with steel cork screw stakes. One day, when these items I already own break, I will readdress this with a single sturdy system |
| 2014-05-27 10:00 AM in reply to: bootygirl |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Looks like I'm going to get some fruit on my trees this year. Two apple trees and a peach tree. (CAM00266.jpg) (CAM00267.jpg) (CAM00269.jpg) Attachments ---------------- CAM00266.jpg (171KB - 21 downloads) CAM00267.jpg (144KB - 21 downloads) CAM00269.jpg (264KB - 22 downloads) |
| 2014-06-17 1:35 PM in reply to: trijamie |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Well things are starting to move along well in my garden. I've already been able to eat Garlic, Carrots, Beets, Peas, Onions, Strawberries lettuce, Kale, Cilantro and Raspberries. Here are some pics. 1st is of one of my broccoli's which is producing the biggest head we've managed in 3 years of trying now. 2nd is of my beans, corn, squash, pumpkins, cucumber bed. Also some onions in the foreground. (CAM00306.jpg) (CAM00307.jpg) Attachments ---------------- CAM00306.jpg (214KB - 23 downloads) CAM00307.jpg (155KB - 18 downloads) |
| 2014-06-18 9:27 PM in reply to: JoshR |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread |
| 2014-06-18 9:31 PM in reply to: JoshR |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Can anyone identify this volunteer? (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (38KB - 20 downloads) |
| 2014-06-18 9:41 PM in reply to: JoshR |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by JoshRLooks like I'm going to get some fruit on my trees this year. Two apple trees and a peach tree. . Jealous. My Saturn peach tree had little fruits all over when I bought it. I think I overwatered and they all shriveled up. I popped them all off and the tree looks better now. |
| 2014-06-19 7:14 AM in reply to: bootygirl |
| New user 900 , | Subject: RE: 2014 Garden Thread Originally posted by bootygirl Can anyone identify this volunteer? Watermelon. Your gardens looks great. Looks like the raised beds really worked out well. |
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