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Post by AmyG on Sept 16, 2020 15:05:51 GMT -6
What are you planting if anything?
My spring garden sucked. Like I did more planning and prep than usual, but it appears that my plants prefer to be neglected. I got like 3 tomatoes, and I usually get bunches. and then most of the plants died. 2 are soldiering on, hoping to change their location, give them a haircut, plant them deeper and see what happens. I did get basil, my rosemary is still 1 twig (my cats AND chickens like trying to LAY ON IT??) dh pepper plants have leaves but no peppers, my green onions are huge but well I don't eat that many green onions. I got 2 eggplants and then the plant died. I had MASSIVE amounts of sunflowers which I have now decided to kill kill kill next spring. I think a lot of my plants hated sunflowers, although they were nice for afternoon shade in the hot hot never ending summer.
I'm contemplating fall, reworked my raised garden beds 2/3 done already, 1 today should be done. It's like still 105 so it's not like it's fall. so I'm planting mostly some seeds, hoping that the plants will come up in a week or so when the temps hopefully get to <100 consistently.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 22:06:07 GMT -6
Okay AmyG I've never fall gardened before but talk to me about it! I had a really good spring/summer garden and got to can tomatoes for the first time (and I have gallons of them!), so I'm feeling pumped up. What do you typically plant, do you clear space or use new space... tell me all the things.
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Post by AmyG on Sept 16, 2020 22:15:07 GMT -6
Okay AmyG I've never fall gardened before but talk to me about it! I had a really good spring/summer garden and got to can tomatoes for the first time (and I have gallons of them!), so I'm feeling pumped up. What do you typically plant, do you clear space or use new space... tell me all the things. Well right now my raised garden beds had like straw and leaves in the bottom, they compost thru the 6 months or so since I added them with soil on top, so the raised garden beds need more soil and organics added. so I till that all up and add more and take out all dead plants. Then check what things can grow in your area, whether long or short fall growing season. in my far west valley I can overwinter some plants if I cover them and plant close enough to the house with good mulch, so I will keep peppers, tomatoes and eggplant alive all winter, they'll stop producing fruit when temps drop (if they ever do), and then start up again in like March (last frost in my area is about feb 14th.) But sometimes we will get 2 week nights of killing frost, so there is always the possibility that anything will die off. I will plant winter squash, butternut, spaghetti and acorn squash. Butter nut has been the best growing for me. I will plant some new tomatoes to replace the ones that died from neverending summer--the plants were all it's supposed to be hottest week in mid june not mid august!! I have good luck with lettuce and spinache, they might not get big enough, some years they are slow growing, until early spring, but I'll have lettuce and spinache for a while
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 22:29:29 GMT -6
Okay AmyG I've never fall gardened before but talk to me about it! I had a really good spring/summer garden and got to can tomatoes for the first time (and I have gallons of them!), so I'm feeling pumped up. What do you typically plant, do you clear space or use new space... tell me all the things. Well right now my raised garden beds had like straw and leaves in the bottom, they compost thru the 6 months or so since I added them with soil on top, so the raised garden beds need more soil and organics added. so I till that all up and add more and take out all dead plants. Then check what things can grow in your area, whether long or short fall growing season. in my far west valley I can overwinter some plants if I cover them and plant close enough to the house with good mulch, so I will keep peppers, tomatoes and eggplant alive all winter, they'll stop producing fruit when temps drop (if they ever do), and then start up again in like March (last frost in my area is about feb 14th.) But sometimes we will get 2 week nights of killing frost, so there is always the possibility that anything will die off. I will plant winter squash, butternut, spaghetti and acorn squash. Butter nut has been the best growing for me. I will plant some new tomatoes to replace the ones that died from neverending summer--the plants were all it's supposed to be hottest week in mid june not mid august!! I have good luck with lettuce and spinache, they might not get big enough, some years they are slow growing, until early spring, but I'll have lettuce and spinache for a while Gah, my climate does not make that possible, unfortunately. I may have a shot at kale or cabbage, maybe I'll give that a try! I'm tempted to try to transition some of my herbs inside. I also need to make a massive batch of pesto to freeze before the first frost.
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Post by AmyG on Sept 17, 2020 0:59:37 GMT -6
Well right now my raised garden beds had like straw and leaves in the bottom, they compost thru the 6 months or so since I added them with soil on top, so the raised garden beds need more soil and organics added. so I till that all up and add more and take out all dead plants. Then check what things can grow in your area, whether long or short fall growing season. in my far west valley I can overwinter some plants if I cover them and plant close enough to the house with good mulch, so I will keep peppers, tomatoes and eggplant alive all winter, they'll stop producing fruit when temps drop (if they ever do), and then start up again in like March (last frost in my area is about feb 14th.) But sometimes we will get 2 week nights of killing frost, so there is always the possibility that anything will die off. I will plant winter squash, butternut, spaghetti and acorn squash. Butter nut has been the best growing for me. I will plant some new tomatoes to replace the ones that died from neverending summer--the plants were all it's supposed to be hottest week in mid june not mid august!! I have good luck with lettuce and spinache, they might not get big enough, some years they are slow growing, until early spring, but I'll have lettuce and spinache for a while Gah, my climate does not make that possible, unfortunately. I may have a shot at kale or cabbage, maybe I'll give that a try! I'm tempted to try to transition some of my herbs inside. I also need to make a massive batch of pesto to freeze before the first frost. I'm not sure where you are located. sometimes you can extend your gardening time on either size of the cold by use of a bit of clear plastic and some hula hoops to make enclosed sort of greenhouses lower to the ground and lots of mulch. I use the Sunset Western Garden book and their planting zones to help determine what will work for my area for plants (not just gardening). it takes into account soil, climate, hot and cold temperatures, seasons, more so than the USDA hardiness guide. Like I could plant things that can handle our cold temperatures[we do get freezing temps] but they would never attempt living at 120 degree summer. I think there is a Sunset Eastern garden book, and a national one as well, but they may be out of print. and of course your local university agriculture extension office and local real nursery (not home depot or lowes) may be useful to determine what can handle the temps. I know that raddishes have about the shortest time from germination to eating. and my grandma back east used to swear that late year collards and other greens were best after they got snowed on the first snow of the year. lol.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 13:25:07 GMT -6
I'm just bumping this with a question. We have a frost advisory for tonight 😭😭 I have sooooo many beautiful green tomatoes on the vine still, and even some blossoms. Is it worth trying to cover them for one night and leaving them on the vine, or do I harvest the green ones and do something with them? I have to admit I'm a little heartbroken to say goodbye to my garden!
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Post by AmyG on Oct 1, 2020 20:26:05 GMT -6
I'm just bumping this with a question. We have a frost advisory for tonight 😭😭 I have sooooo many beautiful green tomatoes on the vine still, and even some blossoms. Is it worth trying to cover them for one night and leaving them on the vine, or do I harvest the green ones and do something with them? I have to admit I'm a little heartbroken to say goodbye to my garden! I didn't see this. I would cover them and they'll probably be ok, but it's probably too late of advice sorry
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Post by Dramaphile on Oct 12, 2020 10:07:14 GMT -6
My garden has gone to the wilds mostly, but I still have peppers coming, one little pumpkin starting to turn orange, and my raspberry plant (which I thought died when I first planted it in May) has decided that it is raspberry season despite it being halfway through October and I got a pretty decent harvest yesterday! They were really tasty.
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Post by Pistol on Oct 14, 2020 21:09:48 GMT -6
Wrong thread. Again. One day I will learn to read...
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Post by Dramaphile on Oct 15, 2020 7:05:24 GMT -6
Pistol I need to try that with my DD, she's almost 5 and I think she could handle sewing a pillow.
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Post by Pistol on Oct 15, 2020 7:11:05 GMT -6
Pistol I need to try that with my DD, she's almost 5 and I think she could handle sewing a pillow. My machine has speed control and a start/stop button on it so I unplugged the foot pedal, slowed it all the way down to a painfully slow creep, and had them use the start/stop button. I had to keep reminding them that they are just steering the fabric and the machine will feed it on its own but otherwise they did good. I did a decent seam allowance and just lined it up with the edge of the presser foot so they had an easy gauge of where to be. And I told them when to stop for the corners to turn it. I need some more fairly straight projects for them to practice on.
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Post by Dramaphile on Oct 15, 2020 7:16:55 GMT -6
Pistol I need to try that with my DD, she's almost 5 and I think she could handle sewing a pillow. My machine has speed control and a start/stop button on it so I unplugged the foot pedal, slowed it all the way down to a painfully slow creep, and had them use the start/stop button. I had to keep reminding them that they are just steering the fabric and the machine will feed it on its own but otherwise they did good. I did a decent seam allowance and just lined it up with the edge of the presser foot so they had an easy gauge of where to be. And I told them when to stop for the corners to turn it. I need some more fairly straight projects for them to practice on. maybe a cape or a simple tote bag? or a small blanket with two layers turned and topstitched
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Post by AmyG on Oct 15, 2020 14:16:54 GMT -6
Pistol, nice stuff your kids were working on. I checked to see if you'd taken up gardening. As this is the gardening post. lol.
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Post by Pistol on Oct 15, 2020 16:02:56 GMT -6
Pistol, nice stuff your kids were working on. I checked to see if you'd taken up gardening. As this is the gardening post. lol. 🤣 this is not the first time I have made this mistake. 🤦♀️
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Post by AmyG on Oct 15, 2020 16:39:28 GMT -6
Pistol , nice stuff your kids were working on. I checked to see if you'd taken up gardening. As this is the gardening post. lol. 🤣 this is not the first time I have made this mistake. 🤦♀️ You didn't have to move them! lol. Your kids are growing like weeds! they fit right into the garden thread.
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Post by Pistol on Oct 15, 2020 16:56:40 GMT -6
🤣 this is not the first time I have made this mistake. 🤦♀️ You didn't have to move them! lol. Your kids are growing like weeds! they fit right into the garden thread. That they are. I can't believe R will be 8 in January!
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