2021 garden thread

[Water Rat]

Here ya go crappyice..........compliments of Crazy Mamma Water Rat.

[crappyice]

Here ya go crappyice..........compliments of Crazy Mamma Water Rat.

LFG!!!!!


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[BizCT]

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[BizCT]

Fresh hoe today


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[sbuff]

I love a good hoe but I switched to a 4 time cultivator years ago. Much prefer it for loosening soil up in between plants 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-Wood-Handle-Cultivator/1000752676

[9jNYstarkOH]

For weeding we use a hula hoe.

 

[johnplav]

Garlic scape harvest 2021

[sbuff]

Booming zucchini,  tomatoes slow and steady 

Edited June 21, 2021 by sbuff

[corydd7]

Can't believe how well the brussel sprouts are doing, they give me such a hard time germinating but once they get going they have been super easy.

Even though the flea beetles did damage to all my eggplant they are starting to produce. The asian eggplant is ahead of italian.

Marigolds just starting to show their colors as of yesterday. Carrots, potatoes, and garlic should be ready in two weeks.

Peppers really slowed their progress the last week, I do have four or five Hungarian Wax peppers I could pull but I want to see if they will change colors.

[BizCT]

Parsley harvest today


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[crappyice]

The garden is loving these all day soaking rains we are getting!!!


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[BizCT]

All 5 tomato plants have tomatoes now.

Zukes going wild almost time for first harvest. Cukes are flowering

And another big basil harvest today







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[Splitear]

So I'm hoping I didn't screw up too badly...

I had been noticing that the water coming from our backyard well that I use to water the garden was pretty rotten smelling, and when I opened the lid, I saw that I had some unlucky critters that had fallen in. I pulled out a variety of small rodents (about 8 total) out last week. In an effort to clean up the water a little bit, I sprinkled just a very little bit of pool shock (I mean a super small amount). The good news is that the water no longer stinks, but after watering the garden the other day, I've wrinkled up one of my rhubarb plants pretty good and the peppers are a little wrinkly too. I remember seeing soybeans do something similar when getting hit with a witches brew back in my ag days, and they would usually pull through. I'm a little apprehensive to use the well for a little while until the chlorine has cleared out. I'll keep an eye on the plants and water from our house tap for the next few weeks. The tomatoes and cucumbers seemed unfazed, so that's a good thing. 

[SportsmanNH]

28 minutes ago, Splitear said:

So I'm hoping I didn't screw up too badly...

I had been noticing that the water coming from our backyard well that I use to water the garden was pretty rotten smelling, and when I opened the lid, I saw that I had some unlucky critters that had fallen in. I pulled out a variety of small rodents (about 8 total) out last week. In an effort to clean up the water a little bit, I sprinkled just a very little bit of pool shock (I mean a super small amount). The good news is that the water no longer stinks, but after watering the garden the other day, I've wrinkled up one of my rhubarb plants pretty good and the peppers are a little wrinkly too. I remember seeing soybeans do something similar when getting hit with a witches brew back in my ag days, and they would usually pull through. I'm a little apprehensive to use the well for a little while until the chlorine has cleared out. I'll keep an eye on the plants and water from our house tap for the next few weeks. The tomatoes and cucumbers seemed unfazed, so that's a good thing. 

If you have a spout or a means to hook up a garden hose to the well , run it off to the side and just let it run for a few  hours. It will flush out the chlorinated water and you will be fine. I take it that its a dug well if you could reach in and pull rodents out. A full bag of pool shock can chlorinate 10 thousand gallons. It doesn't take much to heavily chlorinate a well with a few hundred gallons in it. Just flush it out and you will be back to normal. 

Edited June 23, 2021 by SportsmanNH

[Splitear]

1 hour ago, SportsmanNH said:

If you have a spout or a means to hook up a garden hose to the well , run it off to the side and just let it run for a few  hours. It will flush out the chlorinated water and you will be fine. I take it that its a dug well if you could reach in and pull rodents out. A full bag of pool shock can chlorinate 10 thousand gallons. It doesn't take much to heavily chlorinate a well with a few hundred gallons in it. Just flush it out and you will be back to normal. 

That sounds like a plan. It is a dug well, and I just put a little sprinkle in and put the rest in the pool. Hopefully it doesn't take too much to flush it out. 

[crappyice]

All from seed I started too late- but they are catching up


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[BizCT]

Biz’s world famous pesto.


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[corydd7]

First peppers of the year, Hungarian Wax and they have plenty of kick. Deer was kicking my fence last night trying to get at my sunflowers. Yellow squash is almost there hopefully about a week out.

[Water Rat]

I saw this on the internet the other day.......pretty good idea.

[corydd7]

I know I know it's to early to pull garlic but it's my first time, everything goes so fast your first time I had to pull out, at least one. Decent size, was very close to another bulb so I'm hoping the others will be bigger and last longer as I go.

Please nobody laugh at my small garlic, I'm a little self conscious. 

Edited June 25, 2021 by corydd7
Attempt at humor

[Otto]

Cory, it’s been a dry summer so unless watered frequently that is the size they will get.  We’re the top leaves turning brown? That is usually the signal to pull the garlic and dry it. 

[corydd7]

Yeah a little but they could use more time. I just wanted to see the progress. 

I read that I should wait for a dry week if possible before I harvest them, is that correct? 

[corydd7]

Do you hit it with a little nitrogen a couple weeks before you harvest? 

[E J]

Don't add nitrogen to garlic now. It's way too late. If anything some 0-20-20 or something else without any nitrogen.

[Otto]

A dry week is nice, but when the leaves are about 50% brown it’s time.  Leave the bulb on the stalk and place in a dry warm place with some air circulation. A garage with an open window is good.  Let them dry for about a week and then snip off the bulbs.  You can then store in a cool dry place like your basement.  They should last through most of the winter, but we try to use ours up before the end of January, which is not hard to do in our house.   Save the largest and best bulbs as your seed for October planting.

I really love taking a full bulb, chop off the top 1/3 wrap in foil and put some olive oil on it then place it on my grill while I am cooking something for a while, like beer can chicken…..when the insides are soft, oh man so good!