How does your garden grow?

Molalla1 · May 24, 2019

goeduck said:
Same here. Easier to look at the thermometer outside when the dogs get me up at 3 AM to piddle. :thumbsup:

Having said that I would like to have a soil moisture meter. I am guessing they register temperature as well? But I cannot guarantee that at that time of day I will be able to retain the (3 AM) readings In the morning. :confused3:

Maybe after coffee, strong coffee. I am known for making coffee that pours like molasses :

Don't get me wrong I'm all about old school, and a cup of coffee that will melt your spoon . . . :drink:

thepumpguysc · May 25, 2019

I'm waiting for the sun to peek thru this morning so I can pick some yellow squash..
The green beans made it thru the deer feedings & are sprouting..
The zucchini has come in nice but I like them alittle bigger than they are right now..
The deer or rabbits found the watermellons.. they started eating the leaves so I had to cover them yesterday.
The cabbage has started turning in on themselves.. probably be another month before they're ready..
I cant hardly standit.. I gotta go git me some squash.!!

herm0016 · May 28, 2019

12 x 28 tilled and hopefully get some compost tomorrow to till in and fill our raised beds. whats a good ratio of compost to clayish dirt for a veg garden? 50/50?

Sysop · May 28, 2019

Really depends on the clayish dirt and the type of stuff that is in the compost used. My personal advice would be to pick up a soil meter and check the PH of everything you want to mix, then mix accordingly to get to the PH levels that are preferred for the stuff ya wanna grow.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=soil+meter

thepumpguysc · May 29, 2019

I got 6 yellow squash off the other day & the Mrs. cooked up real nice w/ onions.. yum yum..
Went & got 4 nice big zuccini this morning.. time to make some bread.!!!
The green bean are lookin GOOD.. prob. get a bucket or 2 Saturday..
Found some worms in the broccoli this morning.. time to start "dusting".. I wondered WHY they weren't producing yet.. cuz the dam worms were eatnm'..
The watermellons TOOK OFF after I covered them w/ netting so the deer/rabbits couldn't eat the leaves..!!!! I KNOW they grew at least 3 inches in a matter of days..

Oaktree · May 29, 2019

thepumpguysc said:
I got 6 yellow squash off the other day & the Mrs. cooked up real nice w/ onions.. yum yum..
Went & got 4 nice big zuccini this morning.. time to make some bread.!!!

Trouble with either one of those is that they're so prolific that not even halfway thru the season you're sick of eating it, and have run out of neighbors, friends, co-workers to pawn the excess off onto. :laughing:
Neither stores well either.

Planted yellow squash one year, learned lesson.
Hard squash (acorn, butternut, hubbard, etc.) is bad enough, at least it keeps and is way more versatile.

goeduck · May 29, 2019

Oaktree said:
Trouble with either one of those is that they're so prolific that not even halfway thru the season you're sick of eating it, and have run out of neighbors, friends, co-workers to pawn the excess off onto. :laughing:
Neither stores well either.

Planted yellow squash one year, learned lesson.
Hard squash (acorn, butternut, hubbard, etc.) is bad enough, at least it keeps and is way more versatile.

Yes but they are so good when small. No so much when large. As a kid we used to hollow out the big zucchini and float them down the irrigation ditch to have some fun and get rid of them at the same time.

goeduck · May 29, 2019

Oaktree said:
Trouble with either one of those is that they're so prolific that not even halfway thru the season you're sick of eating it, and have run out of neighbors, friends, co-workers to pawn the excess off onto. :laughing:
Neither stores well either.

Planted yellow squash one year, learned lesson.
Hard squash (acorn, butternut, hubbard, etc.) is bad enough, at least it keeps and is way more versatile.

Yes but they are so good when small. No so much when large. As a kid we used to hollow out the big zucchini and float them down the irrigation ditch to have some fun and get rid of them at the same time.

thepumpguysc · May 30, 2019

The wife makes zucchini bread.. its SOOOO GOOD..
I used to take it to work & the salesman & office workers would beg me for some.. they ended up paying me for it..LOL.!!
I would take it in the shop & let the mechanics eat it for free.. lol
& I NEVER get sick of yellow squash.. I get pizzed when she blanch's & freezes it at the end of the season..
not so much when I'm eating homegrown squash in the middle of winter tho.. lol