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Robinjopo1

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This year is proving the old adage of canning for two years.

I have rows of beauty green bean plants, but no beans. Same with tomatoes, etc,

The only good harvest I have had are cucumbers and yellow squash. Squash and zucchini are planted together, but the zukes didn't produce. Usually by now I have canned about 30 to 40 quarts of green beans. This year zero.

It went from Winter to 90+° weather with more rain than ever in a July. The blooms just fall to the ground as soon as they open. Therefore, no veggies.

That is why I'm glad I never listen to people and can way too much for one season. I have enough to get us through a couple of bad harvests.

I'm hoping for some late crops.

That's why preppers rule.
 
No doubt, each season is a crap shoot. The weather is more erratic than ever now, so being able to preserve a good harvest on anything is really important. This year I have apple trees that are falling over with fruit! Yet I didn’t get a single plum or cherry. My figs are loaded as well, along with blueberries. I pretty much let the garden go to weeds now. Only thing I’ve kept up with were the tomatoes and carrots. Can’t believe I didn’t do green beans this year, I’ve only got a few cans left now. Guess I will buy some cans shortly.
 
This year is proving the old adage of canning for two years.

I have rows of beauty green bean plants, but no beans. Same with tomatoes, etc,

The only good harvest I have had are cucumbers and yellow squash. Squash and zucchini are planted together, but the zukes didn't produce. Usually by now I have canned about 30 to 40 quarts of green beans. This year zero.

It went from Winter to 90+° weather with more rain than ever in a July. The blooms just fall to the ground as soon as they open. Therefore, no veggies.

That is why I'm glad I never listen to people and can way too much for one season. I have enough to get us through a couple of bad harvests.

I'm hoping for some late crops.

That's why preppers rule.
My green beans did produce...for one meal, then nothing. I put them in early. Hopefully the Amish north of me will have some so I can freeze dry them. Last year I canned and I have a years worth left but I want the extended shelf life with the freeze dried beans...


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@Brent S What, sacrilege, a prepper that did not plan on his green beans running out, For shame. 10 demerits. :D
Yeah, I’ve become a lousy prepper. Our business has done really well, better than I ever imagined. The bad news is it dosent leave much time for anything else! The up side is I now have money. The bad side is I don’t have time to use the jeep or camper I recently bought.... life is usually feast or famine. I do feel bad about neglecting the garden though, it has been a really rewarding thing to produce and preserve your own food. Of course you can buy canned goods much cheaper than you can produce them, but it’s not as tasty or rewarding. Oh well, maybe next year... we just hired our second employee so hopefully that will free up some time for me in the next few months.
 
My green beans did produce...for one meal, then nothing. I put them in early. Hopefully the Amish north of me will have some so I can freeze dry them. Last year I canned and I have a years worth left but I want the extended shelf life with the freeze dried beans...


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I see your location so we have been sharing some of the same weather patterns.
 
I see your location so we have been sharing some of the same weather patterns.
Yep. My tomatoes are struggling.. at least the big ones. I had English peas and they got shredded (birds?) and I didn’t get but one or two. All my corn got attacked by squirrels I guess after a storm bent them down. Every cob was stripped. Not a great year for gardening. I got some good potatoes, green peppers and cukes. Some squash.


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Yep. My tomatoes are struggling.. at least the big ones. I had English peas and they got shredded (birds?) and I didn’t get but one or two. All my corn got attacked by squirrels I guess after a storm bent them down. Every cob was stripped. Not a great year for gardening. I got some good potatoes, green peppers and cukes. Some squash.


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If the squirrles get to abundant and bothersome, then its time to Can up some squirl meat.
 
Every year is a challenge growing a garden here in the mountains. We took a gamble and planted before June 1st. Everything was looking good until we had a major hail storm. That storm wiped out all of the tomato plants, most of the peppers and shredded the strawberry, raspberry and grape plants. The hail damaged all the fruit and blossoms in the orchard. In places the hail built up almost 2 feet deep and the heavy rain washed out areas of the garden, taking the seeds along with the soil. So we replanted about 50 new tomato plants and 50 pepper plants plus more cucumber, beans, peas etc. Then the first week of June we had a frost. Fortunately it was a light frost and we only lost a couple tomato plants. Amazingly the strawberry, grape and raspberry plants all came back and are doing good now. The weather has turned hot (90 today) and we haven't had a drop of rain in about 6 weeks now. And none in sight at least through mid August. I water at least a third of the garden every day.
We've been picking a lot of hot peppers, raspberry, blueberries, peas and radishes. Some of the tomatoes are starting to turn now. Everything is looking good, except now I'm starting to have troubles with pests like chipmunks and ravens. I keep traps out for the chippers and sometimes catch 3 or 4 of the pests a day. I'll have to rig up some traps for the ravens rext.
 
I buried soaker hoses in the ground down each roll with different timers per roll and mister above the garden over certain plants, the peppers and strawberries going to be the best harvest I have had. We've been pretty hot in the low to mid 90s with low humidity. I have wild flower growing all over the garden, they kinda my canary of the garden, if there are a problem they be first to let me know.
 
I don't have animal problems in my gardens. I have 7 ft. fencing. Most of It is just nylon but it scares them when they touch it. The deer have paths that go close to the veggies on their trek to the lake but never bother my crops.

The squirrels do eat my mulberries and plums, but I'm okay with that.
 
I buried soaker hoses in the ground down each roll with different timers per roll and mister above the garden over certain plants, the peppers and strawberries going to be the best harvest I have had. We've been pretty hot in the low to mid 90s with low humidity. I have wild flower growing all over the garden, they kinda my canary of the garden, if there are a problem they be first to let me know.

Strawberries are one of our earliest Spring crops here. Usually gone by May.
 
We had a late garden because of snow and frozen ground, our growing season is short on average.

I replant all the way until late August. If I have something die, I just replace it. Some times they make it to harvest other they don't. I replanted beans, squash and tomatoes last week.

I always space green beans 2 weeks apart too. I like to have a long growing season.

We don't have Spring here. We go straight to Summer.
 
I replant all the way until late August. If I have something die, I just replace it. Some times they make it to harvest other they don't. I replanted beans, squash and tomatoes last week.

I always space green beans 2 weeks apart too. I like to have a long growing season.

We don't have Spring here. We go straight to Summer.
I need to try that!


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This year I've had some really good all the way to bad. Things that did very well, patty squash, butternut squash, curshaw pumpkin, cantaloupe, honeydew, green beans, parsley, cilantro, dill, pickling cucumbers, habeneroes, banana peppers, Tabasco peppers, okra, all greens, Bush cucumbers, eggplant, cherry tomatoes and romas. What didn't do good at all was my cabbage and snow peas. Snow peas were very short lived and only a few heads of cabbage, think it was four total, the others wanted to bolt. Yellow squash, all other tomatoes, all other pumpkins, jalapenoes, bell peppers, pablanoes, cayenne peppers and zucchini were just ok. I picked carrots today and got more than I thought I would but still not a good harvest. That was partly my fault though since I quickly planted and my hand sowing was off and then I only thinned out a couple times so most are in the thin side. Sweet potatoes and peanuts 're still a ??. They are still in the growing stage. Just started planting most southern beans but the ones out there that are close looks like it will be another good year for beans. As soon as one thing is done, I rip out and replant something else. Keeps the cycle going and keepd fresh produce in my kitchen.
 
I replant all the way until late August. If I have something die, I just replace it. Some times they make it to harvest other they don't. I replanted beans, squash and tomatoes last week.

I always space green beans 2 weeks apart too. I like to have a long growing season.

We don't have Spring here. We go straight to Summer.
Occasionally we can get an early frost by the end of August, but always we'll get frost in September. Last year our first snow came in late September.
 

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