let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-25

[GrowleyMonster]

One of two. Yeah I did sneak in a few tobacco plants!


Picked first okra yesterday, and I pickled a quart of my jalapeños in escabeche because they are stacking up in the kitchen. One part vinegar, one part water, tsp salt, tsp sugar, three sprigs each dill, oregano, and cilantro, two cloves garlic, some carrot coins, A few slices of ginger and daikon, and two itty bitty onions. Three weeks in the fridge and they will be ready to enjoy. Oh yeah and I stuck the okra pod in there, too.

The heat has killed a few plants. I water aggressively in the evening and again in the morning, but we need some less hot, cloudy weather and a bit of rain. My low areas along the fence are not producing well. I think I will just forget about that area next year.

Meahwhile I keep seeing this little herd of bugs on one of my tomatoes. I shoo them away with sevin dust but they come back. Are these good bugs, or bad bugs?

 

[Knucklehead]

Meahwhile I keep seeing this little herd of bugs on one of my tomatoes. I shoo them away with sevin dust but they come back. Are these good bugs, or bad bugs?View attachment 42445

I think they are immature leaf footed bug nymphs. Here's a photo. The larger ones look sort of like stink bugs and are a different color.

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[deluxestogie]

I just harvested this year's garlic. It's not worth a pic. It's the crummiest garlic crop in a decade. I suspect that my choice of location (the front porch corner bed) is mostly to blame. Many formed only a single, small bulb, rather than cloves. I'll allow them to dry well in the shed, then see if I can come up with enough decent cloves to plant again in November.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

This is about what my wildlife neighbors allow me to pick from my Prime Jim blackberry bramble on a given day, but only if I go out just before sunset.

Bob

 

[MadFarmer]

I just harvested this year's garlic. It's not worth a pic. It's the crummiest garlic crop in a decade. I suspect that my choice of location (the front porch corner bed) is mostly to blame. Many formed only a single, small bulb, rather than cloves. I'll allow them to dry well in the shed, then see if I can come up with enough decent cloves to plant again in November.

Bob

Bob, I didn't relocate my garlic bed but had a similar year. I blame the drought we've been in. I've decided to save this year's crop for next year's seed.

 

[deluxestogie]

The rumor from garlic growers is that the larger the clove you put into the ground, the larger the head of garlic that will grow from it. If that it true, it is not genetic, but epigenetic, and will affect only the immediate successor generation. The trouble with such rumors is that they may or may not be BS.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

Since my camera was in my pocket, as I returned my sledge hammer to the shed, I went ahead and wasted a few electrons to take this photo. This is my entire year's worth of garlic.

Bob

 

[skychaser]

I'm a garlic growing virgin. First crop ever is growing this year. Are you supposed to harvest this early? I've heard July to August around here. My small crop is looking really good from the top side. Who knows what lies below.

 

[deluxestogie]

In my location, garlic is planted after the first frost (typically early November), and harvested in mid to late June.

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[skychaser]

I planted mine the first week of November. It's an Italian purple garlic that my AG agent gave me. He said I needed it. ?? I have the exact name written down somewhere. I'll do some reading up on garlic. It might sell really well for me during tomato season. People might want it for the sauce and paste they make. And the timing is just right to go with tomato harvesting time.

 

[deluxestogie]

I regularly harvest my garlic when the lower leaves have browned. With your large crop, you can just dig one up a 1 week, as soon as the lower leaves begin to brown, and see where they stand. Given your far northern growing season, I would lean heavily on the advice of nearby growers. Too early, and the garlic will be fine, but smaller. Too late, and the cloves will begin to separate.

Bob

EDIT: And always save the very largest and nicest heads for replanting in November.

 

[deluxestogie]

Like most squash, the leaves and blossoms of North Georgia Candy Roaster are edible.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

A few things I've been able to grow despite all the herbicide contamination:

Harvested about a gallon of tree ripened Nectarines - delicious!


Looks like there will be figs.


Hops to shade the patio (one of four)


Sunflower with happy bee.

 

[Alpine]

Ah! The mysterious tree is a nectarine then…

pier

 

[GreenDragon]

Mean-while I keep seeing this little herd of bugs on one of my tomatoes. I shoo them away with sevin dust but they come back. Are these good bugs, or bad bugs?

I believe those are assassin bugs. The are good for the garden!

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[ChinaVoodoo]

It's my first time growing garlic. What do I do with scapes? Does picking them make the bulbs bigger or smaller?

 

[GreenDragon]

You will get bigger bulbs if you pick the flower stalks. Diverts the energy back to the bulbs.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

You will get bigger bulbs if you pick the flower stalks. Diverts the energy back to the bulbs.

How far down?

 

[GreenDragon]

I'd cut just above the topmost leaf.

 

[deluxestogie]

Some folks fry or pickle the garlic scapes. I have found them to be a bit too crunchy (woody) either way, and just discard them now. I suppose they might make a decent flavoring for a stir fry, like a Thai pepper, that you discard, rather than eat.

I then wait for the bottom leaves to brown, prior to digging (not pulling) the bulbs.

Bob