This is where I always screw up. Mulching or more the lack of. I get everything set and get distracted by projects then next thing I know grass stealing nutrients and and chasing my tail trying to keep it down. One of my latest distractions... moving mountains.
The mulch on my garden is as thick as its ever been and my garden is doing better than it ever has. A thick layer of mulch on your garden is a game-changer VOE.
Boss broke down and got a mulching attachment for the skidsteer. Next couple of weeks I'm brining it over and I'll have my mulch on standby for next year.
The first harvest of the season Should have two more ready by are weekly family/friends dinner we have every Friday night. My wife says that way everybody gets to see everybody. Having some very good friends adds to the fun. This one won't make it past dinner tonight. LOL
My cherry tomatoes are at the top of the 8’ frame and I’m just starting to get some ripe ones. Seems tomatoes in general are behind the rest of the garden this year. It’s apt to be August before I have a slicer. The mini hot house I cobbled up seems to have helped. Time to take the plastic off and let them run I guess.
I’ve never seen squash grow quite this fast before. It’s my first try with watermelon. This one is bigger than a softball already. The acorn is a big one and it looks almost ready unless it’s a pumpkin
I'm going to dry them out and make them into birdhouses. Just decorative since they're toxic to eat. This was my first run at trying to grow them. But now that I have an idea just what to expect I might expand to dipping gourds and apple gourds next season. They grow all crazy. Each vine is at least 30 plus feet long and growing. I use cattle panel to trellis and they've grown the length and doubled back at least once. Realizing I can't grow them anywhere near other plants because it depletes the soil and kills everything within 5 feet of the base. I have about 10 gourds growing between the 3 plants but it is still early in the season and more are developing everyday.
I haven't had a garden in a few years but with the bologna99 virus going on I decided to do something small in my flower bed to keep me busy. Unfortunately the ever neglected to-do list took over and things went crazy. All of that on the trellis is just 3 plants.
Thanks! That’s interesting. I wondered how literal the name was. I’d love to see the finished bird house!
Almost forgot about this thread.... Corn, peppers and sunflower Snow peas, beans and a mystery squash or pumpkin Tomatoes 7+ feet tall Olives in Canada! Coronation grapes Pineapple, lemon, clementine and santa melon all grown from grocery store fruit Finally some watermelon
So... quick question. I have about 5 cherry tomatoe plants loaded with tomatoes that won't ripen because of the heat. Nearing 100 and August is my hottest month. They are in 3 gallon pots so keeping up with a watering routine to prevent blossom end rot is becoming a pain. What are your thoughts on bringing them inside under a grow light in a 75-78 degree room a couple days to let them ripen on the vine then take the plants back outside? My theory is... longer the fruit is in a holding pattern the longer it is susceptible to failure. I know you can pick the borderline ripe and they'll ripen on the counter but I prefer to ripen on the vine. Thoughts?...
I would move them to some afternoon shade if you can. Mine get sun till about 3 then they are shaded and its feeling close to 100 here and they are ripening on the vine. Just my 2cents
Uprooted the entire patch and alternated butternut squash with blue potatoes to attempt a Summer to Fall crop. Whoops! Forgot to lay out a row of Red Peppers to compliment the others.
That’s an awful small pot for tomatoes as you’re finding out. I would bury the pots in compost and leaves then pile more leaves on for mulch. Keep the roots cool and they will ripen.