let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-25
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GreenDragon
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Things are progressing. I've got my veggie beds all planted. Tobacco is being a little slow this year, but I hope to transplant soon.
Will have at least one apple:
The nectarine/plum is loaded. I've keep thinning them out, but it doesn't look like it.
Peppers and Lettuce
Celery, beans, peas and cucumbers
Surprise bonus from previous owner - this beautiful clematis that popped up.
And finally, work has started on a patio area so I can survey my garden empire in any weather. And grill. And just generally hang out
Will have at least one apple:
The nectarine/plum is loaded. I've keep thinning them out, but it doesn't look like it.
Peppers and Lettuce
Celery, beans, peas and cucumbers
Surprise bonus from previous owner - this beautiful clematis that popped up.
And finally, work has started on a patio area so I can survey my garden empire in any weather. And grill. And just generally hang out
smallwanderings
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BarG
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That oldie but goldie should do the trick
BarG
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Happy grilling and chilling with your new patio, looks great
BarG
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My North Georgia Candy Roaster squash always keeps longer than other winter squash that I've grown. This 2021 squash has made it to May 2022, and will likely wait a week or two more, before I finally cut it.
Bob
My North Georgia Candy Roaster squash always keeps longer than other winter squash that I've grown. This 2021 squash has made it to May 2022, and will likely wait a week or two more, before I finally cut it.
Bob
I've begun to get my veggies planted.
Three white pickling cukes in a hanging pot.
I planted the peas two months prior to my nominal last frost date. They will eventually have okra and Chinese eggplant outside the fence.
Today, I planted a small bed of sweet corn. I just drilled holes with a dibble, and dropped the kernels in, no-till. (That would be, "too lazy to till today.") In addition, I cut a pathetic, somewhat shriveled 3"-long sweet potato—from a bag of store-bought—in half, and laid the pieces to rest in a small grave in the center of the corn. [Plan B was to throw that sweet potato into the pasture. Finders; keepers.]
I feel like I'm behind in planting the veggies, but I'm actually about 10 days ahead.
Bob
Three white pickling cukes in a hanging pot.
I planted the peas two months prior to my nominal last frost date. They will eventually have okra and Chinese eggplant outside the fence.
Today, I planted a small bed of sweet corn. I just drilled holes with a dibble, and dropped the kernels in, no-till. (That would be, "too lazy to till today.") In addition, I cut a pathetic, somewhat shriveled 3"-long sweet potato—from a bag of store-bought—in half, and laid the pieces to rest in a small grave in the center of the corn. [Plan B was to throw that sweet potato into the pasture. Finders; keepers.]
I feel like I'm behind in planting the veggies, but I'm actually about 10 days ahead.
Bob
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It rained here yesterday evening, complete with high winds and a cascade of tornado watches and warnings. (I may have sustained hearing damage from my NOAA weather radio alerts.) In the power company outage map below, the numbers are not the count of affected customers, but rather the number of areas of outage. What is bizarre is that the strongest core of the storm swept directly and precisely north-eastward over Interstate 81. That mess on the southside is a separate batch of storms coming out of North Carolina.
Fortunately for me, the sun had set (decrease in available storm energy) about 1 hour before the front hit here. [The high number of outage reports from Roanoke is the result of high population density combined with neglected electrical infrastructure.] So, I still have power.
Should I feel clever or embarrassed?
This morning, I went out to my well-watered, un-tilled garden, with a packet of Dulcina green beans, a hand spade, a cup of 10-10-10, and a heavy, claw hammer. Clever Bob. No-till.
I used the claw hammer to pound a hole into the soft soil where each bean would be planted in offset rows, plopped a bean into each divot, then used the hand spade to spread a layer of dead willow mulch over the area, filling the divots in the process. I sprinkled out my 10-10-10 at the recommended tomato rate.
Bob
Fortunately for me, the sun had set (decrease in available storm energy) about 1 hour before the front hit here. [The high number of outage reports from Roanoke is the result of high population density combined with neglected electrical infrastructure.] So, I still have power.
Should I feel clever or embarrassed?
This morning, I went out to my well-watered, un-tilled garden, with a packet of Dulcina green beans, a hand spade, a cup of 10-10-10, and a heavy, claw hammer. Clever Bob. No-till.
I used the claw hammer to pound a hole into the soft soil where each bean would be planted in offset rows, plopped a bean into each divot, then used the hand spade to spread a layer of dead willow mulch over the area, filling the divots in the process. I sprinkled out my 10-10-10 at the recommended tomato rate.
Bob
GreenDragon
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My first job out of college was at the local power company. Every year we would get protests and articles in the paper about our tree trimming program. The historical part of town, where all the wealthy resided, had lots of huge trees overhanging the road. Heaven forbid we trim them. The mayor, of course, would cave to their demands for a moratorium. Then, mysteriously, whenever we had a strong thunder-storm, north'easter, etc, limbs and whole trees would fall over the power lines, causing outages for days and sometimes weeks. Guess who then complained the most for our terrible service?
BarG
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Who got the trees? That should answer your question.
You would be be surprised if th untapped resource in people's front yards of really fine potential lumber . Lol
I think you might have put many corns there.
You would be be surprised if th untapped resource in people's front yards of really fine potential lumber . Lol
I've begun to get my veggies planted.
Three white pickling cukes in a hanging pot.
I planted the peas two months prior to my nominal last frost date. They will eventually have okra and Chinese eggplant outside the fence.
Today, I planted a small bed of sweet corn. I just drilled holes with a dibble, and dropped the kernels in, no-till. (That would be, "too lazy to till today.") In addition, I cut a pathetic, somewhat shriveled 3"-long sweet potato—from a bag of store-bought—in half, and laid the pieces to rest in a small grave in the center of the corn. [Plan B was to throw that sweet potato into the pasture. Finders; keepers.]
I feel like I'm behind in planting the veggies, but I'm actually about 10 days ahead.
I think you might have put many corns there.
koceff
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Not yet in the garden but getting there.
Tomatoes (San Marzano and St. Pierre)
Cucumbers ( long smooth variety "Gergana" )
Sweet bell pepper Bonneta,
Peppers Macroni Red,
Zucchini
Chilly peppers Ancho Poblano
Chilly peppers Jalapeno
Cherry tomatoes Sweet milion
Aubergine
The corn, Okra and basil are in an other spot.
Tomatoes (San Marzano and St. Pierre)
Cucumbers ( long smooth variety "Gergana" )
Sweet bell pepper Bonneta,
Peppers Macroni Red,
Zucchini
Chilly peppers Ancho Poblano
Chilly peppers Jalapeno
Cherry tomatoes Sweet milion
Aubergine
The corn, Okra and basil are in an other spot.
BarG
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I sprayed 5 gallons of thuricide this morning after watering the roots on my corn and tomatoes. I'm spraying each row from both sides . Each year I get more complete ears with less worm damage , I'm getting cantaloupe now with all the bees out, they love the cantaloupe and hopefully melon flowers. Tomatoes are looking promising also ass well as peppers. We're hitting high 90's her with no more rain for at least a week .
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BarG
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I won't be using a tiller on my garden. A disc used properly worked better for me. My tiller needs new engine, lol makes me prejudice.
First harvest of the season.
Bob's first harvest of the season.
Bob
Bob
Some biology pictures from my veg garden.
Heres cereal rye i was growing in the off season. thing to note is the tubes of soil particles glued to the roots. these are called rhizosheaths. its the meeting place where bacteria and fungi make nutrients available and they trade it to the plant in exchange for carbon juice. so this takes co2 from the air and puts it straight into the ground as organic matter, and turns nutrients into more organic and available form.
Heres cereal rye i was growing in the off season. thing to note is the tubes of soil particles glued to the roots. these are called rhizosheaths. its the meeting place where bacteria and fungi make nutrients available and they trade it to the plant in exchange for carbon juice. so this takes co2 from the air and puts it straight into the ground as organic matter, and turns nutrients into more organic and available form.
Brown Thumb
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Homegrowngoodnes
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Looks like a farm field!
First squash harvest of the season. Zephyr and Tempest. Some of the Zephyr have green on the ends, normal for that variety.
edit: that's a dessert plate, not a dinner plate.
edit: that's a dessert plate, not a dinner plate.
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