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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jun 28, 2015 3:33:18 GMT
We have had a lot of rain this year, with only a little hail. So my garden is doing well. The biggest surprise is, the pumpkin! After I planted the seed, nothing came up so I had given up hope on it. Well, about 2 weeks later I decided to peek in the tray and there was a sprout. the only 1 of the 3 planted. I transplanted him outside, another source of stress. LOL Now he is nearly 2 feet tall! Just a few more inches and he will reach the trellis so I can start tying him up.
I also left 1 cucumber plant and 1 watermelon plant in the greenhouse to see how they would do. Well, I will be growing cukes and watermelons in the greenhouse every year. I actually had to hang a trellis in there for both of those. they are both huge! The watermelon I transplanted outside didnt make it. they are hard to grow here because we dont get warm enough. I guess I have that problem solved.
Both artichoke plants are getting big, tomato plants have flowers. The lemon and orange tree are blooming and the peach tree has come out of its dormancy. Those smell amazing!
My friend in Houston is going to send me a huge box of pears to can for the cost of shipping and I have a huge box of peaches on order for August. I am watching the pick yourself farm for pie cherries.
I love summer!
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Post by kritter on Jun 28, 2015 3:48:51 GMT
WOW You have really got it going on there, girlfriend.
I bow to your gardening skills.
I noticed today that one of my pecan trees has small nuts already forming. I was afraid we wouldn't have pecans this year because of all the rain. I don't do anything with them except eat them out of the shell when I am in the yard.
A domestic goddess I am not.
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jun 28, 2015 4:50:32 GMT
I just learned how to grow veggies 3 years ago. So I am certainly no expert. Other than plopping the fruit trees into pots, I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing with those. Lol
But I love growing food so much and miss iT so much in the winter that I spend months reading about it and gathering information. Apparently I HAVE A SAD LIFE.
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Post by SA on Jun 28, 2015 10:43:45 GMT
That is awesome!
I was telling DH about your greenhouse fiasco a couple of weekends ago because I think I want to do it next year. ((won't happen, but a girl can daydream)
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jun 28, 2015 15:21:41 GMT
You can learn from my experience!
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Post by denise15601 on Jun 29, 2015 17:05:01 GMT
Mine is doing well, too since we have had a ton of rain. Alas, the yellow and green pepper plants don't look good at all.
I try sprinkling them with Sevin for the bugs, but the rain washes it off.
It looks like I will be able to pick some yellow squash in about a week since they are about 3" long.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 3:39:06 GMT
So inspiring. I wish I could gather the energy to try to grow vegetables.
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Post by sunsetpainter on Jun 30, 2015 13:47:19 GMT
I'm so jealous! For the last several years, my garden has done POOPY! The only things that are doing ok are the green beans and cucumbers. My peppers are stunted and yellowing and my grape tomatoes are tall but so spindly. I have some regular Early Girl and a couple of heirloom varieties that haven't grown since we planted them. I think I need to get my soil tested because we used to have so many peppers and tomatoes we had to give them away.
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Post by denise15601 on Jun 30, 2015 14:02:00 GMT
That is my problem with my peppers, too. Same thing last year. No idea why.
I know that I should have put floating row covers over my cabbage and broccoli, but never got around to it. So the bugs are munching the leaves...
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jul 1, 2015 3:38:58 GMT
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jul 4, 2015 1:43:08 GMT
thought I would add photos I took today. Most of my veegies are planted here.  My zucchini in a pot.  The carrot that I left in the ground last year on accident but decided to let it go to seed.  |
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jul 4, 2015 1:48:48 GMT
Just in case you think you dont have room for a garden. In the top photo from right to left is
Sugar pumpkins in the ground. Strawberries in the boxes. In the big pots are green beans and zucchini. Carrots are on the other side of the pumpkin, not pictured. And there are sunflowers on the other side of those. 1 slicing cucumber, 4 roma tomato plants, 2 Rutgers tomato plants and a bloody butcher. A few herbs in pots. Cherry and grape tomatoes in pots. Green, yellow and red peppers in pots. Jalapenos, cherry peppers, Tabasco peppers and on the very end, cantaloupe.
ON the opposite side of this concrete pad are pots that have pickling cucumbers, 3 types of potatoes, and then what is left of my cool season, beets, cabbage, lettuce and snap peas.
On my back porch I have Meyer lemon, mandarin oranges and peaches in pots. Those will go inside in the winter. To cold here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 22:01:16 GMT
Someone down the street has a lemon tree! He just brings it inside in winter. If I move South I'll have to do container gardening so that will be different. I save compost all winter long and then I can have healthy, organic vegetables and not have to buy fertilizer. But the city in the South SPRAYS for mosquitoes all summer long  . I called them today and they were wonderful and said I can get my name of a list of people they will call before they spray. That way I can cover my plants up or take them into my apartment. Covering will probably be easier. |
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jul 7, 2015 4:13:47 GMT
I have not figured out composting yet. I have now killed worms twice. Ugh. I need a worm free composting option.
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Post by val2525 on Jul 7, 2015 5:11:26 GMT
Sell the worms for fishing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 14:18:52 GMT
Great photos!
What about an outdoor compost bin? You can get the barrel style that easily spins.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 0:34:02 GMT
I have not figured out composting yet. I have now killed worms twice. Ugh. I need a worm free composting option. worms are disgusting but you need them for compost. They do something good, can't remember what. Maybe they aerate it. I used to have an little indoor compost bucket, just plastic with a hinged lid and a handle. That way you can easily throw your kitchen peelings into it. I don't have room here for a compost pile so we are using an old plastic garbage can. You just punch some holes in it near the base so it can get air. Then you start throwing your kitchen peelings, your garden waste (except for the weeds), add a layer of good topsoil, rinse and repeat. You really DO rinse because it needs a hosing if it doesn't rain often enough. I throw my old dead plants with the soil into it too. Every once in a while you take a pitchfork and turn it over if you can. It rots and turns into black gold=compost. Then you just take a shovel and throw some of that beautiful compost around your plants! They love it. Also, it's free fertilizer and it keeps your soil in good shape so that your plants don't deplete the nutrients. It's not a hard thing to do even though some books make it sound like science. |
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jul 19, 2015 17:51:32 GMT
Composting worms are different that earth worms. They are big and red and they eat the scraps and poops out the black gold. I have a nice colony of earthworms in the beds themselves and they keep the soil aerated.
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. I called them today and they were wonderful and said I can get my name of a list of people they will call before they spray. That way I can cover my plants up or take them into my apartment. Covering will probably be easier. 
