How does your garden grow?

[Larro Darro]

You guys in the south are killing me.

I have some two-leaf cucumber seed sprouts as of today. Snap beans haven't made it out of the ground yet. Pictures of bare dirt aren't very interesting I suppose?

Don't feel bad, I'm behind the Texans. And the odds are your beans will still be trucking on long after the heat has done ours in. They say they will stop producing if it's above 85F. Hope that's wrong because it was 91F earlier today here at the Larro Ranchero.

Larro

 

[Jstpssng]

You guys in the south are killing me.

I have some two-leaf cucumber seed sprouts as of today. Snap beans haven't made it out of the ground yet. Pictures of bare dirt aren't very interesting I suppose?

I'd love to see pictures of bare dirt... how do you keep the weeds from taking over while you sleep?

 

[Larro Darro]

I forgot to say that we saw the first little Crimson Sweets on the vines this morning. They were about the size of a ping pong ball.

Larro

 

[dave1949]

I'd love to see pictures of bare dirt... how do you keep the weeds from taking over while you sleep?

Those weeds never sleep; they are the Pinkertons of the plant world. :laughing:

I didn't til the garden last fall. I tilled it back in mid-May, then again the morning I planted the cukes and beans. Not having a lot of garden this year. The raised bed has some leaf lettuce, red beets, carrots, spinach and radishes coming along. It's about time to get out the tweezers and thin the carrots. We'll plant some more lettuce, radishes and spinach soon.

 

[Paul Thornton]

Growing just enough to keep the two of us supplied with fresh greens here in the woods.

L2800 w/FEL - 72" Land Pride rake

 

[lakngulf]

Growing just enough to keep the two of us supplied with fresh greens here in the woods.

L2800 w/FEL - 72" Land Pride rake

What a great setup!

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm perpetually guilty of taking on more than I can do. I'm turning over a new leaf though... as soon as I get the few survivng strawberry plants in the ground from the 1000 which should have been planted a month ago.
Peas, radishes,onions, summer carrots and 'taters are all up... garlic is looking good. My seedlings are going on plastic to keep the weeds down.

Dave, have you tried pelleted carrot seeds yet? They seem a little pricey in the short run but it's nice not to thin them...
Especially since that chore never seems to happen. (Have I mentioned that I tend to take on too many projects? )

 

[TomSeller]

Bean arbor and okra are taking off also
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Nice. How easy do the vines clean off the wire in the fall?

 

[TomSeller]

I'm perpetually guilty of taking on more than I can do. )

Same way here. Last year my brother who waters my one of my remote gardens (he lives closer to it) mentioned how he and his wife are getting tired of eating cucumbers. I was like "oh yeah, totally forgot I planted those"

 

[dave1949]

I have not tried pelleted carrot seed, didn't even think about it being available. I am guilty of not thinning carrots too, which is really pathetic given how small our growing is. The raised bed soil/medium is pretty fluffy. The carrots do suffer a bit if not thinned but it's not a disaster.

 

[lakngulf]

Nice. How easy do the vines clean off the wire in the fall?

Not a major problem. I leave them, plant beans the next spring. Wife comes to check on garden, says these old vines need to be cleaned off, I say they are ok. She cleans them off. (Hope she is not on this forum)

 

[Western]

Need to pick corn today in the worst way, raining and 1.27" so far:thumbsup:

 

[Larro Darro]

I saw small melons on my other melons last night. I thought I had saved the seed packet, but I can't find it, so I don't know what they are called. It was something sweet and cute. They look kind of like cucumbers at this point. I bought all my seeds in two or three places, so I will just look at the seeds they have until I find some that looks like them.

Sister picked the bush beans and squash for me. She was happy to have them, and I was happy to give my back another day's rest.

Larro

 

[TomSeller]

Not a major problem. I leave them, plant beans the next spring. Wife comes to check on garden, says these old vines need to be cleaned off, I say they are ok. She cleans them off. (Hope she is not on this forum)

Lucky dog. My wife won't step foot in the garden.

 

[dave1949]

I like the last bush bean picking at the end of the season when the beans are going to be getting tough or woody anyways. I pull up the plant, pick the beans off standing up and toss the plant on the compost pile.

 

[Western]

Picking corn today. 1st row gave up 3 -5 gallon buckets!

2nd photo was "quality control" and it PASSED :up:

 

[Larro Darro]

The corn is looking good, Dennis. Sister brought me a few ears from my cousin's garden when she came over to pick the beans and squash. I might try it out at supper.

Larro

 

[Western]

Tim, the sooner you cook it, the better it will taste. We are fully processing each 5 gallon bucket at a time.

 

[dave1949]

That's some yummy looking corn Dennis. Fresh cut corn with some salt, pepper and butter, hard to beat.

 

[Western]

Dave, you got that right! one of our favorites str8 from the garden:thumbsup:

Getting more cucumbers than we can use, put tons of snap beans and squash in the freezer.