Gardens

Yakster

CheapSmoke

@silvermouse said:
Maybe 40 but I did something incorrectly because they are a bit smaller than golf balls and ideally should be closer to tennis balls.

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Did you plant them with a golf club or tennis racket?

edz

@silvermouse said:
Maybe 40 but I did something incorrectly because they are a bit smaller than golf balls and ideally should be closer to tennis balls.

Sounds like some nice size heads unless it is elephant garlic.

Yakster

Golf ball sized seems about right for normal garlic.

edz

@Yakster said:
Golf ball sized seems about right for normal garlic.

I like the idea of tennis ball size ones though,

Yakster

Those beefsteak tomatoes are delicious.

Yakster

Today's harvest.

First_Warrior

Hasta's and Bee Balm's are blooming.

ShawnOL

What are the purple ones, Rodger?

peter4jc

Hostas

ShawnOL

Thanks, Peter.

First_Warrior

Rhododendrons are full.

Yakster

Moar maters.

edz

My wife would think she was in heaven there.

peter4jc

Last year, I had a volunteer corn stalk alongside my house. This year it's a volunteer zuccinni plant. One of the ****s is around 5". I never knew the leaves on these could get so big; w/o taking a tape measure to it, I'd guess around 15" long by 12" wide.

I have an unusually nice crop of purslane going too (whether I want it or not).

TRayB

Purslane is edible. I used to get a lot in my yard when I lived in town, but I never tried to eat it.

peter4jc

I've munched it raw, plucking some as I walk by. It's good but it's on the ground for cryin' out loud - that's waaaaaay down there, ya know? Some people like to cook with it or add it to salads, but again, there's that word... effort.

dirtdude

Harvested the basil for a fresh batch of pesto that I'll throw on some shrimp later.

First_Warrior

Had the first tomato, basil, and green onion salad all from the garden last night.

Hobbes86

@First_Warrior said:
Hasta's and Bee Balm's are blooming.

You have a beautiful place, Rodger.

dirtdude

Is that a gnome in the garden thread, no a @Hobbes86, how ya doing Ian?

ShawnOL

Welcome back.

Yakster

Welcome back, Ian.

We got back from spending a week at my mom's, dogs in tow, and when we returned my Wife let me know that some rodents had gotten to the garden produce. I didn't realize how much our dogs, and mostly the Hell Mutt, act as guardians of the garden while there here. I just need to train her to leave the skunks alone and we'll be good.

The primary strawberry patch was covered and survived unscathed, at least.

TRayB

@Yakster said:
Welcome back, Ian.

We got back from spending a week at my mom's, dogs in tow, and when we returned my Wife let me know that some rodents had gotten to the garden produce. I didn't realize how much our dogs, and mostly the Hell Mutt, act as guardians of the garden while there here. I just need to train her to leave the skunks alone and we'll be good.

The primary strawberry patch was covered and survived unscathed, at least.

That should take care of itself, I think. Unless Hell Mutt is also stupid.

ShawnOL

They're

Yakster

I got an update that most of the damage was from incompetent watering, not rodents.

Yakster

So I guess he is a no good hoser.

Got to try out a trick I learned at Instagram at Lowes. Any torn garden bags are 50% off, ask at the gardent register and they'll give you large plastic bags to contain the contents. Here on Thursdays they clean up the shelves of broken and torn bags and move them to a 50% off pile because that's when they take pictures of the shelves. Saved a bunch.

Hobbes86

@dirtdude said:
Is that a gnome in the garden thread, no a @Hobbes86, how ya doing Ian?

I'm doing well, thank you. Though, after some serious storms a couple of my zucchini plants are not.

Hobbes86

@Yakster said:
So I guess he is a no good hoser.

Got to try out a trick I learned at Instagram at Lowes. Any torn garden bags are 50% off, ask at the gardent register and they'll give you large plastic bags to contain the contents. Here on Thursdays they clean up the shelves of broken and torn bags and move them to a 50% off pile because that's when they take pictures of the shelves. Saved a bunch.

I have a Lowes near me. I'll have to see if they do the same thing.

First_Warrior

Took a big box of tomatoes, squash and green beans to our local food bank.