Gardens
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Daily haul.
Fried Green Tomatoes to night
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Todays haul. Another day or so I will take what I will not use to our local food bank.
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Another daily haul. Most goes to neighbors and our local food bank. Next year I will cut down on the amount I plant and expand the variety. I made the basket.
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You have a bountiful garden, Rodger, a real blessing.
Does anyone know this plant?
I thought at first it would be our lone green bean plant. However, it has gotten much too large and has almost sunflower like buds. Those bids have never seemed to bloom, though.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
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Velvetleaf. Get rid of it, quick.
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First pick of late-planted beans, summer squash still putting out 2 on three fruit per day. It's been a great garden this year.
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@peter4jc said:
What are those plants?
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@peter4jc said:
Velvetleaf. Get rid of it, quick.Thank you, Peter. I'll take care of it today.
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Some call them Angel Trumpets because of the shape of the flowers. Others call them Moon Flowers because they bloom in the evening into the night.
I like them because, one, they re-seed themselves and come up every year on their own, and two, because they have a wonderful, sweet fragrance that wafts into my windows. They do spread and take over a whole section, so be ready for that if you go with them. I can send some seeds if anyone is interested.
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Thanks. Peter, Some seeds would be appreciated.
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@peter4jc said:
Some call them Angel Trumpets because of the shape of the flowers. Others call them Moon Flowers because they bloom in the evening into the night.I like them because, one, they re-seed themselves and come up every year on their own, and two, because they have a wonderful, sweet fragrance that wafts into my windows. They do spread and take over a whole section, so be ready for that if you go with them. I can send some seeds if anyone is interested.
I'd like some seeds if it's not too much trouble. I've got a patch out front that used to be hostas. I've been wondering what to put out there.
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Here's a visual of the progression after blooming; the flowers drop off in a few days and leave a little green stub, which then grows in size, somewhere between a golf ball and a tennis ball. The spikes are soft until halfway through; after that, they'll hurt you. None of the seed pods has dried and opened up yet to drop their seeds. That'll be early-to-mid October. The seeds fall to the ground and lie there through the winter, and sprout in the spring, without any intervention from a lazy old man.
Oliva V lancero for scale.
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@peter4jc said:
Here's a visual of the progression after blooming; the flowers drop off in a few days and leave a little green stub, which then grows in size, somewhere between a golf ball and a tennis ball. The spikes are soft until halfway through; after that, they'll hurt you. None of the seed pods has dried and opened up yet to drop their seeds. That'll be early-to-mid October. The seeds fall to the ground and lie there through the winter, and sprout in the spring, without any intervention from a lazy old man.I do like it when it's nice and easy!
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Initially, it looked like this year's pepper crop was going to be a dud. But I am very surprised and happy! Habanero, Thai, and Japaleno.
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The great squash hsrvest, 42, curing now at 80 degrees for 10 days.
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organic garden, compost, grass clippings, all the leaves on the property in the fall are mowed up and blanket the garden (about 1' deep), no fertilizer. By July all the leaves have broken down and nourish the soil. That's it.
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Most everything is finished up but arugula, radicchio, and lettuce. Going to plant garlic next week. Raspberries still putting out. I may lay cardboard in the paths between the beds to cut down on the weed eating.
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@silvermouse said:
organic garden, compost, grass clippings, all the leaves on the property in the fall are mowed up and blanket the garden (about 1' deep), no fertilizer. By July all the leaves have broken down and nourish the soil. That's it.Thanks, Edward.
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Looking forward to next years gardens. Going to move 2 areas that have had pigs on them for 2 years. These should produce well (hopefully). Every year we save seeds (heritage plants), bt every 2 or 3 years we go to more plants and heavy seed saving}. If things go well we should have some extra, will post here if we do.
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I mulched up a bunch of leaves today to attempt what @silvermouse does with his squash gardens. I don't have enough for a foot of coverage, but it is a few inches thick. Thanks for the tip, Edward!
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@Hobbes86 said:
I mulched up a bunch of leaves today to attempt what @silvermouse does with his squash gardens. I don't have enough for a foot of coverage, but it is a few inches thick. Thanks for the tip, Edward!If you have any yard maint. folks in the area it may be a good place for leaves or grass clippings.
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Cut all the chard, raddicho, lettuce, and arugula. Also cut a handfull of mint and cilantro for the kitchen. 60 degrees now will have snow and 16 degrees tomorrow.
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That's quite a temperature swing, Rodger I raked up the apple drops that I should have been picking up all summer. Coddling moths will have a field day next year. Looks like I will have to find what kind of bait trap I can make for the trees.
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@First_Warrior said:
Cut all the chard, raddicho, lettuce, and arugula. Also cut a handfull of mint and cilantro for the kitchen. 60 degrees now will have snow and 16 degrees tomorrow.It’s definitely headed your way Rodger. It’s 15 degrees colder out now than it was at 0500
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
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I've got three buildings to heat. Going out at dusk after my cigar to turn on the heaters.
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Wife brought in kale, Swiss chard and parsley. No playing when I gave the pigs extra hay, no playing or snacking , they went right to building a large birds nest bed.
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