Garden thread
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Zucchini doing well.. cucumber slow but survived the frost..
Tomatoes doing well.. okra and peppers not so much.. have seedling growing in pots at the moment to replace the sad looking ones..
Corn is sprouting.. just planted it Saturday. 🤣4 -
spinnerdell wrote: »Funny thing about climate zones- my southern Nevada zone 8b is a much different growing environment from mtaratoot's western Oregon zone 8b. Okra grows beautifully here, artichokes not so much.
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Meanwhile I'm so far behind you all because I'm in zone 3. My garden is just sprouting!0
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SuzanneC1l9zz wrote: »Meanwhile I'm so far behind you all because I'm in zone 3. My garden is just sprouting!
Bummer... north central Texas here - we have tomatoes that are almost ready for harvest, first bunch of green beans will be ready this weekend, as will the blackberries! We have also picked the first strawberries as well.1 -
Deer found my peas! 😡 😡 😡3
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Herbs in pots are doing well. been harvesting too much basil ...might have to give some away to coworkers.. 😆
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Herbs in pots are doing well. been harvesting too much basil ...might have to give some away to coworkers.. 😆
Pesto freezes beautifully, just so you know in case you have a freezer. Jam jars are a nice size, or the 1-cup tempered glass bowls with plastic snap lid. When we grew lots of basil, I'd freeze many jars of it, give them to folks as part of their Christmas present, and we'd eat it all Winter long ourselves as a nice treat. While one can't microwave it to thaw quickly (the parmesan gets weird), it thaws very quickly if one puts the frozen jar in a dish of warm/hot tap water. If in canning-type jam jars, the jars will take that hot/cold stress OK, too.4 -
Here’s my baby garden! Beans, leeks, sweet peas and sunflowers
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Maybe you should sell the basil; have you seen the price of fresh herbs in the stores??
I've never grown herbs but you're making me rethink that. 3 -
Still might make more selling as straight basil.
Course IDK, been awhile since I bought good herbs.1 -
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃6 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆0 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆
😂 Do you want some? I think they’ll last me awhile.1 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆
😂 Do you want some? I think they’ll last me awhile.
At this time. I'm planted out.. too many plants .. running out of space . 😂0 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆
😂 Do you want some? I think they’ll last me awhile.
At this time. I'm planted out.. too many plants .. running out of space . 😂
Same here! I ran out of space to plant them but I couldn’t let them die! Yes, I’m officially a plant hoarder!🤦🏽♀️😆1 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆
😂 Do you want some? I think they’ll last me awhile.
You could be like Johnny Appleseed only with ummm.... marigolds. Lots of them. 2 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow that’s a ton of marigolds!! 🙂 your garden is going to be gorgeous!
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Ironwoman1111 wrote: »Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆
😂 Do you want some? I think they’ll last me awhile.
You could be like Johnny Appleseed only with ummm.... marigolds. Lots of them.
That’s a cute idea!😀🌼🌿
I’m on some of the Fitbit gardening groups too and there’s a woman there that takes wildflowers seeds when she goes on walks.
I like it!😉👍🏽0 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow that’s a ton of marigolds!! 🙂 your garden is going to be gorgeous!
I hope so!🤞🏽😀
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I need to stop going to home Depot..
4 new shrubs.. and another japanese maple tree.. 😬6 -
So as I mentioned, I'm in zone 3 so my veggie bed is just sprouting. I have kale. I have carrots. I have beans. I have one thing that's definitely a beet and a whole bunch of "eehh... you could potentially be a beet... I'm gonna weed around you for a bit and see." And I have a feeling I need to re-plant my Swiss chard 😕2
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I suppose I could be accused of "cherry picking." Not data though.
In the almost 20 years I've lived in my house, I don't think I've ever seen the Stella cherry tree this full of fruit. Yes, the birds are attacking them some, as are the Drosophila suzukii, but I am still able to get some!
I filled a quart jar as full as I could, filled the jar with brandy, and set aside. In December, I'll have kirschwasser and brandied cherries that I can drain, dry, and dip in melted chocolate. Some people take out the pits then add sugar to their brandied cherries. I leave them whole. The stem is a handle. The chocolate adds just enough sweetness to balance the brandy flavor. We'll see. I should jar up some more! I wanted to at least pick some before the rain came because all the remaining fruit on the tree might just split.
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SuzanneC1l9zz wrote: »So as I mentioned, I'm in zone 3 so my veggie bed is just sprouting. I have kale. I have carrots. I have beans. I have one thing that's definitely a beet and a whole bunch of "eehh... you could potentially be a beet... I'm gonna weed around you for a bit and see." And I have a feeling I need to re-plant my Swiss chard 😕
@SuzanneC1l9zz: wow, here in zone 6b my mind is boggling at the challenge of growing veggies up there!
Do you have any perennials? Looks like you can do chives, but not scallions.
My strawberries are at peak and I am so loving them! My first search said strawberries need zone 5, but then I found this page which has suggestions for varieties for zone 2 and 3, plus 27 other hardy fruits:
https://www.shiftingroots.com/hardy-fruits-grow-zone-2-3/0 -
Herbs in pots are doing well. been harvesting too much basil ...might have to give some away to coworkers.. 😆
Pesto freezes beautifully, just so you know in case you have a freezer. Jam jars are a nice size, or the 1-cup tempered glass bowls with plastic snap lid. When we grew lots of basil, I'd freeze many jars of it, give them to folks as part of their Christmas present, and we'd eat it all Winter long ourselves as a nice treat. While one can't microwave it to thaw quickly (the parmesan gets weird), it thaws very quickly if one puts the frozen jar in a dish of warm/hot tap water. If in canning-type jam jars, the jars will take that hot/cold stress OK, too.
Yes, pesto does freeze beautifully. For a while every AM for breakfast I had home made pesto on toast topped by a sunny side up egg. It's just me eating the pesto so I used the small (2.5 oz) plastic containers that the duck sauce from Chinese restaurants comes in.
If I blanched the basil very quickly, like 3 sec, the pesto would stay greener before and after the freezer. The basil taste would be a little less sharp, which could be a good or bad thing.2 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
A gift!🎁 Marygold seeds. I’m going to plant some of these today and about four varieties of sunflowers.😊 Later in the season, I love to see my sunflowers as I drive up the road, it almost seems like they’re saying welcome home!👋🏽🌻 And it’s been raining the last few days so my plants are happily growing!🌱 I’ll try to post some of their selfies later sometime.😃
Wow.. that's a lot.. you can plant your whole city.. 😆
😂 Do you want some? I think they’ll last me awhile.
If you have a local gardening group on Facebook you could likely move quite a few of them there
I used to use Freecycle for excess plants, but FB is working better.0 -
Here’s a plant update! The beans are too yellow (along with many other things) we’ve had a bit of trouble stemming from some bad soil we got this year, but things are looking better for the most part. We just amended with some blood meal for nitrogen and hopefully that helps!3
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Grazing.
How the heck do I guess about that?
One of my favorite things as the harvest starts is standing in my garden and picking fruit or whatever and just eating it. It never makes it inside. I just went out and ate maybe a handful of sugar snap peas, a third of a pint of blueberries, and maybe almost a pint of raspberries. So tasty..... but it would take away the fun if I picked them, brought them in, weighed them, and THEN ate them. I love the grazing part.
Oh well. I shouldn't complain. Lots of good phytochemicals. And tasty.8
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