auntstephie321 wrote: »

Panda_Poptarts wrote: »

A massive hailstorm ripped through on Saturday and killed just about everything. My little tomato plants are beaten to hell, but there are some green tomatoes still attached to the vine. All my greens, especially those massive collards, got their leaves thoroughly mutilated. Cabbages and cauliflower seem to be doing okay.

I've got my fingers crossed that things grow back.

oh no fingers crossed for you I'd be devastated

I really kind of am.

Yes, I can if needed. That's just a matter of buying new plants *grumble*. We may get some more here soon. I'm hoping they just start to show signs of re-growth. The stalks are all okay, it's just the leaves, so we may just get a later harvest than expected. I was able to get outside with buckets and baskets and a swimming pool quickly enough to salvage the main plant at least!

@canadjineh Couldn't agree more!! The baby tomatoes are still holding onto the vine, and appear to be intact. If they survive the trauma of so many stalk breaks, we'll be fine. I was so proud of my collard greens. They were averaging out at 120g per leaf. Massive! I hope they re-grow.

Some of my zucchini are turning out to be cucumber! I guess it's a good thing since I had an awful headache after eating zucchini the other evening! Jalapenos are still alive, but not growing. Blueberries are really looking good though! Should have fresh blueberries in a couple of weeks!

@auntstephie321, love your garden! That looks awesome!

@Panda_Poptarts, so sorry for your garden! I hope it recovers! Mother Nature has become a real B word!!

@KenSmith108, at least something is getting fed from your garden! Hate they have four legs though!

Has anyone ever tried using black pepper to keep the critters out of their garden? I've heard it used to keep cats out of flower beds, but haven't ever tried that either. The instructions were to pour it around the perimeter of the garden and it deters animals. Just curious!

Panda_Poptarts wrote: »

A massive hailstorm ripped through on Saturday and killed just about everything. My little tomato plants are beaten to hell, but there are some green tomatoes still attached to the vine. All my greens, especially those massive collards, got their leaves thoroughly mutilated. Cabbages and cauliflower seem to be doing okay.

I've got my fingers crossed that things grow back.

I feel your pain. We got a hail storm earlier this week and it shredded most of the newly planted flowers, the swiss chard, that luckily I had just thinned out for dinner , and some of the lettuce was pretty damaged too. We have been cleaning up and some stuff hopefully will be coming back. Luckily we had put off planting the tomatoes, so they are still fine inside.

Update pics of my garden:



All compost from neighbor in. This was 5/21/2016

Since I have had deer wipe out my garden, I erected a deer fence/trellis. I put it at 45 degrees to not block morning/evening sun. And deer are less likely to attempt a jump when slanted (my theory).

Here is a pic of that: (brocolli planted) Pic taken 5/27/2016



The boards are walking planks, since it is very thick compost, the boards spread my weight. Also shown is transplanted squash (I planted indoors by seed). Many pepper plants in. (6) Cabbage transplants (store bought).
Sweet basil, french tarragon. Asparagus. Carrots seeded. White, yellow and purple onions. Leeks, scallions and chives.

My dill is growing crazy. I'm glad for two reasons, I planted a lot of cucumbers (4 or 5) different varieties. Maybe 3 dozen plants in all. And second reason, fresh dill in the store is expensive!



If you look closely, you can see my asparagus! I was so excited to see them pop out. When I bought the crowns, they were dry roots. A YouTube video said not to purchase them that way (not sure why). But mine are all alive. They will form a huge fern.



Here's zoomed in of the first stuff I planted. Peppers, cabbage, broccoli. The onions are all standing up now ~ they were so pathetic when I planted them. Cucumbers are next to concrete block on left side. I hope I can train them to go on a 45 degree trellis (not sure). The peppers are different types and sizes that I purchased from different store (that's why they are different sizes):



Looking to right of previous pic, broccoli, dill, scallions, onions, sweet basil. I later companion planted rainbow radishes between broccoli plants.



Broccoli is starting to head. I think its too soon, but I can't stop it. I hope they aren't bolting:



Not shown ~ but planted:
Cantaloupe (next to trellis, I'm going to let them climb it)
More peppers (soreno's, jalapenos)
French tarragon
Blueberries
raspberries
blackberries

Yet to plant:

Taters
(4) kinds of climber beans
Strawberries
watermelon
Garlic
Elephant garlic (if I can find some)

More pics later.

Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program

DittoDan wrote: »

Update pics of my garden:



All compost from neighbor in. This was 5/21/2016

Since I have had deer wipe out my garden, I erected a deer fence/trellis. I put it at 45 degrees to not block morning/evening sun. And deer are less likely to attempt a jump when slanted (my theory).

Here is a pic of that: (brocolli planted) Pic taken 5/27/2016



The boards are walking planks, since it is very thick compost, the boards spread my weight. Also shown is transplanted squash (I planted indoors by seed). Many pepper plants in. (6) Cabbage transplants (store bought).
Sweet basil, french tarragon. Asparagus. Carrots seeded. White, yellow and purple onions. Leeks, scallions and chives.

My dill is growing crazy. I'm glad for two reasons, I planted a lot of cucumbers (4 or 5) different varieties. Maybe 3 dozen plants in all. And second reason, fresh dill in the store is expensive!



If you look closely, you can see my asparagus! I was so excited to see them pop out. When I bought the crowns, they were dry roots. A YouTube video said not to purchase them that way (not sure why). But mine are all alive. They will form a huge fern.



Here's zoomed in of the first stuff I planted. Peppers, cabbage, broccoli. The onions are all standing up now ~ they were so pathetic when I planted them. Cucumbers are next to concrete block on left side. I hope I can train them to go on a 45 degree trellis (not sure). The peppers are different types and sizes that I purchased from different store (that's why they are different sizes):



Looking to right of previous pic, broccoli, dill, scallions, onions, sweet basil. I later companion planted rainbow radishes between broccoli plants.



Broccoli is starting to head. I think its too soon, but I can't stop it. I hope they aren't bolting:



Not shown ~ but planted:
Cantaloupe (next to trellis, I'm going to let them climb it)
More peppers (soreno's, jalapenos)
French tarragon
Blueberries
raspberries
blackberries

Yet to plant:

Taters
(4) kinds of climber beans
Strawberries
watermelon
Garlic
Elephant garlic (if I can find some)

More pics later.

Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program

What zone are you in? And holy cow.... How many cucumbers did u say u planted?

ettaterrell wrote: »

DittoDan wrote: »

Update pics of my garden:

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Not shown ~ but planted:
Cantaloupe (next to trellis, I'm going to let them climb it)
More peppers (soreno's, jalapenos)
French tarragon
Blueberries
raspberries
blackberries

Yet to plant:

Taters
(4) kinds of climber beans
Strawberries
watermelon
Garlic
Elephant garlic (if I can find some)

More pics later.

Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program

What zone are you in? And holy cow.... How many cucumbers did u say u planted?

I'm in zone 6, southern Michigan. I planted like 3 or 4 dozen plants (I like pickles). I'll count them tonight.

Dan the Man from Michigan

KnitOrMiss wrote: »

@DittoDan - did your scobies arrive intact??

YUP! Thank you! I actually put them in a gigantic jar, threw some kombucha, water, tea, and sugar in it. I want them to revive them a little before I feed them to my plants, biochar and compost..... :happy:

Dan

Some blueberries I just picked, plus a view of the back yard. Beautiful day here! Will be getting in the pool once the sun isn't directly overhead!

I rent and am lazy. Kudos to all of you. Thanks for sharing.
inb4 box or window garden suggestions - I don't wanna. I go to the farmers markets and I also have some onions and celery growing in water, usually. And I buy fresh herbs and keep them in jars with water in the fridge. It's like a little vase garden in there.

midwesterner85 wrote: »

I'm in the process of buying a house and look forward to figuring out how to garden starting next year. Between now and then, I plan to research low carb gardening as much as possible. But the house I'm buying has 2 other things to consider:

1. There is a giant maple tree in the back yard that shades the entire yard and half of the house. I live in a small town of about 5K residents and I'm pretty sure it is the biggest maple tree in town. I haven't measured, but eye-balling, it is about 7-10 feet in diameter at the trunk. I don't want to destroy such a grand old tree. But also, as long as the tree is there, I can't grow much in the back yard because there is too much shade.
2. There are moisture problems in the basement. There is a flower bed along the foundation on one side of the front of the house. That is one of the walls where water is seeping in. I would like to replace those flowers with vegetables that will help soak up lots of water. Fortunately, the tree doesn't shade that area.

OK, So I measured this and it may not be perfectly measured, but I came up with 6.75 feet in diameter. It's just shy of the 7-10 feet that I was guessing, but I suppose part of that was memory as I hadn't looked at it very closely and not for a couple weeks before posting that estimate. In any case, it's still pretty big.

Ha! A beer garden, and I don't even need an ID or cover charge.