Veggie Tales -August 2018
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Comments (543)Jamie - Wow, that sounds like an interesting fruit! You’ll have to keep us updated on it! Kevin - So sorry to hear about your grandfather. And you’ll have to give us a preview of the praying mantis egg cases! That’s pretty cool. Jacoblockuff - I agree. Why can’t mother nature accommodate our work and school schedules?! LoneJack - Okay so I’m not just imagining the late spring. I can’t believe it’s going to be 20something on Easter. We’ll have to wear winter coats to hunt for eggs! That’s just plain wrong. This weekend will be full of Easter and basketball, and with the cold temps expected, the only outdoor gardening I’ll be doing will be covering things overnight when it dips into the high 20s. Ugh. I do need to count my pepper seedlings and make sure I’ll have enough. Some of the older seeds had spotty germination so if I’m going to start some this late, I need to do it as soon as possible....See MoreVeggie Tales - December 2018
Comments (388)stacy You have a real challenge there, trying to grow heirlooms and not having control over what's around your own space. My uncle ran a community garden here 35 years ago and I had a plot there for two seasons. I've been fighting blight for about 8 years. I've found that I can grow tomatoes in a new plot, and I can lower the problem, but not totally eradicate it by rotating crops. But it's apparent to me that you must rotate crops if you want to grow heirlooms today. I grew 10 different beefsteaks, a yellow pear and a yellow Kellogg's Breakfast tomato last year. I had two plants, each of most of those. I've decided that I won't buy transplants in the future. So I grow my own from seed I saved, although I do add varieties from purchased seed. I've also decided to stick to heirlooms as much as I can, because it gives me the ability to save seed and in many cases they're the best tasting varieties. I intentionally set 4 tomatoes out in mid June with the idea that I may get the big tomatoes that I seem to get in the first flush. That worked great. The plants were the last to start showing blight and it was minor. This year I plan to repeat that and try setting out a plant in the 3rd and 4th week of June. It's my opinion that what you learn growing heirloom tomatoes will make you a much better gardener with your non heirloom varieties. If you can grow heirloom tomatoes you can grow anything! Grow at least a few in the middle of your plot, while leaving room for a few next year....See MoreVeggie Tales >>> November 2023
Comments (15)Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We had roasted carrots and parsnips from the garden with our feast. Recently pickled beets were supposed to be part of it, too, but they were forgotten and remained in the refrigerator. Oh, well, they will be a great new addition to the leftovers tomorrow. We have had a warmer than normal autumn and the garden is better tended than some years. Most is covered by a layer of shredded leaves. Garlic is planted, although a few weeks latter than I'd prefer. I was gone a lot in October and was sick when I got home and didn't do much for awhile. I'm sure the garlic will be okay, maybe just a bit smaller. Some carrots, parsnips, and beets are still in the ground. They should be okay for awhile. Might be a weird cabbage or kohlrabi if I looked around some. Potatoes are stored, herbs and garlic are being used, and a couple small cabbages are refrigerated. There are veggies in the freezer, too. Time to relax and enjoy the last days of autumn....See MoreVeggie Tales >>> December 2023
Comments (12)I have 2 gardens 100 miles apart. One in central OK , the other in eastern OK' I already posted pics of my central OK garden last month , the greens tunnel: My other garden in the eastern part of the state Ok: Shogoin turnips in the foreground., some replantings of more turnips , onions and other greens through my hot dry fall. , some toasted cowpeas after my first hard freeze. Spring planted collard patch in the back that survived the dry heat and grass hoppers through the summer/fall. In front is fall onions to the right ,garlic to the left and a short row of spinach in between. Purple Top turnips in front , behind is more fall onions and repeated replantings of turnips both left and right. Empty spaces are failed plantings of spinach , collards , kale , mustard.( because of dry heat and grasshoppers throughout my fall there). I was wanting to put a low tunnel through here but with repeated replantings things got spread out where I didn't want them , didn't get the greens mix that I wanted anyway. You can really see the effects of low sun angle on these plantings. I had a hard time with fall plantings in the east garden because of dry heat and grasshoppers and only being there on weekends (I have to drive a 100 some miles to it every weekend). It's my belated parents garden that I try to keep going. my central OK garden is doing better , am in the process of putting up low tunnels over it , ( if the winds will let me ). Okie HU...See MoreKevin Zone 6b - PIT, PA
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