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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 29 2016 : 3:07:11 PM
My favorite garden thing to do this time of year through the first of the New Year is to plan my new garden.
Today I started by locating an on-line a source for Mexican oregano plants. The site is in my favorites and a note on Dec 31 in my MJF planner so I won't forget. When I get my 2017 planner I'll start a page for garden notes.
I need to make a list of herb plants I want to grow and whether they will be grown in containers or must be in the ground. I prefer containers.
What are your garden plans for 2017?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Nov 20 2017 : 09:29:16 AM
Sara,
I love November/December peppers because they are the biggest and best I get! And, like you, I had left some little taters in the ground, though I left them around spring time. When we got a lot of rain in August, they sprouted again and I was pleased to get several little taters when I pulled them up a month ago or so. It was a fun surprise.
I keep my peppers/maters/etc going as long as possible, which is usually the end of December. It does require plastic covering and blankets, sometimes, but since they're in raised beds with metal rods that make an 'X' across it, it isn't too much of a pain to do. :)
FarmGirl #1390
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Nov 18 2017 : 08:38:12 AM
Sara, the final harvest is both a relief and a little sad. You did get quite a haul. What are you going to do with it?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
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| saram |
Posted - Nov 18 2017 : 08:35:05 AM
Last night I finally did "put my garden to bed." Anticipating the 32 degrees we woke up to, I went out with a flashlight and a grocery bag and stripped all the bell peppers, eggplant and Italian peppers. The bells filled an entire bag to the top! Truthfully I'm glad to be done with that stage; my kitchen has been in disarray for over a month! |
| saram |
Posted - Nov 03 2017 : 09:43:07 AM
October and November are always a flurry of production here. Things like beans, peppers and tomatoes are relieved to have survived the long hot summer and now they start pumping out fruits as if to redeem themselves. I picked 8 large eggplant this week (they went to the food closet) and a pan full of large Italian peppers which I roasted and froze. Lots of bell peppers are set on and I'll have to watch the weather carefully to be sure to pick them if a frost is expected, otherwise I'll leave them to turn to the yellow and red they want to be. The pumpkin vines have dried up and I'll need to collect the 30+ small sugar pumpkins for winter baking. Yesterday I dug around and found some potatoes. At the start of September I scratched a quick trench in the soil and laid out a row of shriveled, sprouting fingerling potatoes I found in the bottom of the pantry. What might have been compost has instead multiplied into useful produce and with very little effort by me! I love that kind of garden!
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Oct 24 2017 : 4:36:48 PM
Our tomatoes are done. The rest of the garden will be done soon because we are having a hard freeze this week.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 24 2017 : 10:55:23 AM
Sara our Oct has been warm too but not that warm.
I planted 24 yellow tulip bulbs in a container to bloom next spring. I placed it next to the south side of my house and anchored a screen on top to keep the squirrels out - nasty little rodents.
Next on my garden to-do list is to cut back the lantanas and sow yellow 4'clocks. The 4'clock seeds came from my sisters garden where her 4'clocks have been re-seeding for years.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| saram |
Posted - Oct 24 2017 : 08:39:23 AM
As if to prove my point about our long season, its going to get to 89 here today, the 24th day of October! That's actually unseasonably warm. |
| saram |
Posted - Oct 21 2017 : 09:51:44 AM
We don't get a really obvious start to the winter here, which makes me complacent and I usually don't do a proper "put away" of my garden. It sure would make the spring easier if I did tho! I've made a new goal to always have food available in the garden year round, so at this time I am planting cabbages, carrots, beets, kale, lettuce, collards, Brussels sprouts and such. Meanwhile, still processing tomatoes, apples and pumpkins, harvesting walnuts, starting to pick kiwi and Fuyu persimmons, and shortly we will have lemons, mandarins and navel oranges.
CeeJay, I can't imagine the many ways life would be altered by seasonal irrigation water. Moving livestock to and from the water source? Wow. That's a big job! Its sounds kinda fun, but I'm sure it gets old quick! |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Oct 18 2017 : 4:07:18 PM
I sowed, watered, pulled weeds and all that, but the harvest was not so good, except for my beans, carrots and leeks. We've already had more than one freeze, so it's done.
Irrigation water was turned off on Monday, so I disconnected hoses and rolled them up for the winter. Kinda glad irrigation season is over. For us it's a BIG JOB, but I won't go into those details. The only problem with it being off is that it WAS the water supply for our cows. Now we have to move them back and forth to water every day.
CJ
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Sep 22 2017 : 07:40:23 AM
Well, fellow gardeners we have come full circle. When I started this thread it was all about planning our 2017 gardens; then we sowed, watered, and reaped; now it's time to start putting our gardens to bed.
I harvested the last of my sage to dry. It should winter over okay. My large container rosemary has died and I disposed of it this morning. I'll replace it in the spring. This will be the first winter in 15 years I haven't had fresh rosemary off it.
My Greek oregano also died and it will also be replaced in the spring. I did dry some so I will have it for winter cooking. I have a theory that since I had to water them the last month because of lack of rain city water did them in. The rosemary may have out lived it's time in a container. 15 years is a long time for a container plant.
By the first of Nov I hope to have all my gardens and containers ready for the winter. What are y'all doing to winterize your gardens?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| firecatinc |
Posted - Jul 27 2017 : 5:17:59 PM
The lack of rain and sprained foot has taken a toll on my garden. The weeds have taken over and I'm having to water every evening. I have gotten some green beans in the freezer. I pulled my onions today and put them in the smokehouse to dry.
Nora
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| farmgirl68 |
Posted - Jul 27 2017 : 06:10:26 AM
I'm very disappointed with my garden this year. My tomato plants have tomatoes but the plants themselves look terrible. Then I saw last night that there are the beginnings of squash bugs. I tried picking up and putting the chickens there to help solve the problem but they were interested, not yet anyway (maybe they're too small at this stage.) Last year we had spaghetti squash and butternut squash until early this month. We'll be lucky to get enough to last us the early winter this year. The cucumbers are coming along. The brassicas on the other hand are amazing. I wish I knew a way to store cabbage besides sauerkraut. I also grew Malibar spinach which took a while took take but even with the heat is producing incredibly.
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| AuntJamelle |
Posted - Jul 25 2017 : 07:41:35 AM
Well, my tomatoes have NOT been doing well. :( Blossom rot city. Fertilized a couple different ways - no success. We tested soil and it needed lime. Put that down this weekend - hoping to save some of the crop but we'll see.
Cucumbers for pickles are doing great! Pulled the first 4 off last night! Several more just need another day or so and they'll be a good size to pick as well. Should be able to do a half gallon jar of pickles. Going to farmer's market today to get dill stalks and elephant garlic! |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 14 2017 : 11:49:51 AM
All my herbs are doing good in the heat but they sure do need the water except for the two rosemary which seems to love getting by on the occasional rain. The large rosemary is in a big pot and the small one is in the ground and it seems to be stunted. May move it in the fall.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Jul 14 2017 : 11:28:03 AM
I agree Sara. Last year I struggled with my zucchini and squash plants, but my green beans and peppers did amazing. So far this year is completely backwards. I already have a ton of zucchini and my squash are looking beautiful, while my bean plants and pepper plants are struggling. I'm hoping they turn around soon!
Krista |
| firecatinc |
Posted - Jul 12 2017 : 6:34:48 PM
Picked my first mess of beans today - yummy.
Nora
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 26 2017 : 11:48:07 AM
Good to hear your garden is producing, Marley
My herbs are doing good but the MJF garlic is having a hard go of it. It hasn't grown much since spring - too many dark days with little rain and now the heat of summer. I gave starts to two sisters - one 30 miles east of me and they are having the same results. Hopefully next year will be a better year for garlic.
The banana year is leafing out and doing good. I have it right by my kitchen door onto the deck so come winter I can shelter it. Hopefully it will survive the winter outside along with the bay tree which is also doing good.
It's always been a mystery to me how some years are good for one plant and bad for another. Like my banana tree and garlic. One is thriving and the other is very hanging on.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jun 26 2017 : 11:28:02 AM
Our garden is flourishing except for the okra. Last year we had the same problem. They just will not grow. We are getting lots of beans, tomatoes, parsley, onion tops, and the tastiest carrots!!!
It is time to make a soup!
Marly
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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - Jun 15 2017 : 5:14:47 PM
Planting season is finally here for us in Wyoming!!! I feel like I have plants coming out of my eye balls!!! Almost one hundred tomato plants are planted, and close to the same in peppers. Pumpkins, zucchini, radishes, tomatillos, watermelon, cantaloupe, onions, chives, oregano, basil, stevia, thyme, parsley, rosemary, catnip, marjoram, sage, eggplants, and 197 bush bean seeds planted as well. Still have quite a bit to plant, but we are getting there! Hoping it all grows!
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| firecatinc |
Posted - Jun 15 2017 : 3:17:08 PM
Getting a little regular rain. My garden is looking good right now. Noticed the zucchini were blooming really strongly this morning.
Nora
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| DandeeRose |
Posted - May 28 2017 : 5:02:57 PM
Looks great Marie!!
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| churunga |
Posted - May 28 2017 : 11:40:28 AM
I have successfully handed stewardship of my garden over to another. The shaman of our building, Andrew, and his friend Jade have agreed to help it grow.
This is my garden currently. I could not tend it because I broke my arm. Closest to the camera are the raspberry bushes which had spread to the garden and which Andrew had pulled out. The garden irises are looking very regal and will have to be split. The green in the ground by the compost is a large patch of mustard greens which came back from last year. It tastes wonderful.
My beautiful irises.
The onions originally planted with a seed bomb and has come back every year for the past three years.
Marie, Sister #5142
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| YellowRose |
Posted - May 22 2017 : 06:02:37 AM
Jaime, Marigolds are edible. Both flowers and leaves can be used in teas & salads. Have a light citrus taste.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| AuntJamelle |
Posted - May 22 2017 : 05:53:23 AM
Thanks, Sara!
I picked up a couple 8 packs of marigolds at Meijer and put a few in each big planter. Hopefully they will help keep pests away. Still waiting on my cucumbers to sprout! But I can tell the tomato plants have already gotten taller - we've had a good amount of rain recently and nothing is so magical for growing a garden then THAT! |
| YellowRose |
Posted - May 19 2017 : 07:17:16 AM
Jaime, congrats on the new job. Your cucumbers and tomatoes will be good in summer salads and pasta sauces.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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