Gardens 2019

[user 7704]

I can't find the original thread, so I started another.

How is everyone's gardens. Psalm and I have have record setting heat without any rain in our area. I've held off on planting my tomato seedlings and am keeping them in a rather shady spot. I'll transplant after a good rain.

My green beans are growing great, but I'm watering daily. I love hot weather, but would appreciate a little of God's water now and then.

I can always replant if necessary.

 

[Brent S]

I just came in from watering. I got the garden, greenhouse and about a third of the fruit trees. Still have grapes, blueberries and the rest of the trees to do. Normally I try to water in the am but with the same weather as you have, hot and dry, I figured the water will soak in better in the evening. Anyways, everything is growing great. All the tomato transplants survived and are just starting to produce small green tomatoes now. I planted about a thousand tomato seeds too and they seem to all have sprouted so I really need to go thin them down now. Hopefully I will be able to can a lot this year. Am about to pick peas for the first time, have been getting salads and greens for a long while now, need to pick all the beets and pickle them ASAP. The broccoli produced but I left it too long and it has bolted allready. Oh well. Just not enough hours in the day.

 

[user 7704]

I just came in from watering. I got the garden, greenhouse and about a third of the fruit trees. Still have grapes, blueberries and the rest of the trees to do. Normally I try to water in the am but with the same weather as you have, hot and dry, I figured the water will soak in better in the evening. Anyways, everything is growing great. All the tomato transplants survived and are just starting to produce small green tomatoes now. I planted about a thousand tomato seeds too and they seem to all have sprouted so I really need to go thin them down now. Hopefully I will be able to can a lot this year. Am about to pick peas for the first time, have been getting salads and greens for a long while now, need to pick all the beets and pickle them ASAP. The broccoli produced but I left it too long and it has bolted allready. Oh well. Just not enough hours in the day.

Sounds like your gardens are doing great. It went from Winter to Summer here so all of my salad stuff came up then bolted within a week. I'll try for some late Fall cool crops.

 

[Brent S]

Sounds like your gardens are doing great. It went from Winter to Summer here so all of my salad stuff came up then bolted within a week. I'll try for some late Fall cool crops.

My radishes, spinach and broccoli all bolted much too fast. Normally I would try saving seeds but honestly I may just compost them to make room for something else.

 

[Psalm7]

Im watering twice a week . Its supposed to rain Thursday . Everything growing good .

 

[user 6493]

my last garden died a slow painful death,,,at least it was for me so no garden this year for me

 

[user 7704]

Im watering twice a week . Its supposed to rain Thursday . Everything growing good .

I can't go that long between watering. I'm doing some stuff daily.

 

[Brent S]

I just spent about two hours working on my irrigation line that runs along the edge of the property. Still not working yet.... lots of the long run are above ground and freeze over winter, so I do a patch, turn it on, do another patch, etc. I will get it going tomorrow and start watering the blueberries and grapes . So far this year we had good rainfall so I put this off until now. Everything is looking parched and needs a little help. One of these days I’m going to bury the darned line....

 

[Psalm7]

I can't go that long between watering. I'm doing some stuff daily.

I water enough to keep stuff alive . Sooner or later the dry spell will end . At least usually it does .

 

[Dani]

I really wish I could share the wealth with you guys. . . We have been having way too much rain. I have lost most of my squash type plants. I still have some, . . . .but my green beans and tomatoes have been doing great.

 

[user 7704]

I water enough to keep stuff alive . Sooner or later the dry spell will end . At least usually it does .

Psalm, our forecast is predicting rain in the near future. Hopefully, soon.

 

[Mountain trapper]

We've had a very wet and cool Spring here after heavy snows in February. Todays high was 59 degs and we're having a thunderstorm right now. Last night was the first night that I didn't build a fire in the wood stove.
We don't get near the rain fall that many of you get back east or down south, but so far it's been enough to keep everything green around here.
The ground is still too wet to do any tilling in the garden. Normally we'd be watering every day by now.
Luckily we haven't had any frost for a couple of weeks.

 

[Proud Prepper]

This years garden is small. I planted a few small box gardens of tomatoes, peppers, onions,, oakra. and put some assorted old seeds in a row of the main field garden to see if any take root. I will be planting beats this year, I love fresh beets.

 

[user 7704]

Went to the garden at 6:30 a.m. to plant 14 tomatoes before the rain came,

Guess what? It didn't rain. Now I have to make sure they don't bake. It was below 90 today for the first time in 2 weeks. That will help.

 

[Dani]

Last year was a squash, pumpkin and cucumber year. This year my cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are doing great, although I did plant a lot less cucumbers. I can count 12 - 13 tomatoes on each of my Roma plants and a good number on my others. I will get a lot of cushaw's and butternut, but I got some squash bugs this season and what I get is all I will get. I really don't want to use chemicals, so will pull once everything is ready and feed to the goats. Once that is done I will replant but will use a spray of dish soap and oil to prevent reinfestation.

 

[Psalm7]

Psalm, our forecast is predicting rain in the near future. Hopefully, soon.

It clouded up and rained just enough to get the yard wet . The garden was still dry dust .

 

[user 7704]

Last year was a squash, pumpkin and cucumber year. This year my cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are doing great, although I did plant a lot less cucumbers. I can count 12 - 13 tomatoes on each of my Roma plants and a good number on my others. I will get a lot of cushaw's and butternut, but I got some squash bugs this season and what I get is all I will get. I really don't want to use chemicals, so will pull once everything is ready and feed to the goats. Once that is done I will replant but will use a spray of dish soap and oil to prevent reinfestation.

It's tough. Since I have bees, I can't use chemicals. I've seen some holes on my bean leaves.

 

[user 7704]

It clouded up and rained just enough to get the yard wet . The garden was still

Rain is desperately needed here. It rained 3 miles away. Lol

 

[Dani]

It's tough. Since I have bees, I can't use chemicals. I've seen some holes on my bean leaves.

I dont use chemicals either, one of the reasons is because of the bees on the property but the oil/dish soap is one that I will . . . I totally get it.

 

[Dani]

It's tough. Since I have bees, I can't use chemicals. I've seen some holes on my bean leaves.

You should be able to use lime.

 

[Brent S]

This years garden is small. I planted a few small box gardens of tomatoes, peppers, onions,, oakra. and put some assorted old seeds in a row of the main field garden to see if any take root. I will be planting beats this year, I love fresh beets.

I really need to pick all my beets before they get too big to be good anymore. Then I need half a day to prepare and pickle them. There’s never enough time. I just got in from work about twenty mins ago and will start early again tomorrow morning....

 

[Brent S]

It clouded up and rained just enough to get the yard wet . The garden was still dry dust .

I just got my pump going and all the leaks in the pipes fixed. At least I can water now. It was great with all the rain we had early in the year but it just all stopped all of a sudden.

 

[tmttactical]

No pesticides. BUT maybe you can find some good bugs to eat the bad bugs. I have a couple (went for one to two) lizards that live on my balcony. They come out every night and eat the bugs and spiders that try to establish residency on the balcony or gain entrance into our home. Just wondering if there is not some natural bug predators you can invite into your gardens and greenhouses. Nature vs. Nature.

 

[Brent S]

I read something advising that when picking greens, to throw out any leaves that have any chewed holes in them from bugs. Personally I would rather eat them than leaves that have pesticides on them. With rinsing and cooking I feel it’s safer than stuff you buy at Walmart any day.

 

[user 7704]

You should be able to use lime.

We had a bee club speaker who said they put agricultural lime around all the hives and it keeps the mites and beetles away. About 3 inches deep.

Cheaper than DE.

 

[user 7704]

No pesticides. BUT maybe you can find some good bugs to eat the bad bugs. I have a couple (went for one to two) lizards that live on my balcony. They come out every night and eat the bugs and spiders that try to establish residency on the balcony or gain entrance into our home. Just wondering if there is not some natural bug predators you can invite into your gardens and greenhouses. Nature vs. Nature.

I have preying mantels in one garden every year and lizards and frogs.

I usually have to hand pick the Japanese beetles though.

 

[Psalm7]

We will have squash ready to pick tomorrow . Everything else is growing well . Wednesday and Thursday is calling for rain . Im still going to water tomorrow .

 

[user 7704]

We will have squash ready to pick tomorrow . Everything else is growing well . Wednesday and Thursday is calling for rain . Im still going to water tomorrow .

I planted later this year so my squash hasn't bloomed.

 

[Psalm7]

I planted later this year so my squash hasn't bloomed.

We need it to rain or We can quit calling it a dry spell and start calling it a drought .

 

[user 7704]

Went and did an inventory of the gardens. I have lost 5 maybe 6 small tomato plants. Planted the Thursday and watered well, watered yesterday and didn't get to them today until 6:30 p.m. and they were completely fried.

It's been cooler here the last 2 days too. In the 80s instead of 90s.

Need a good rain soon.