How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[Frankterpene]

Yeah we get those 8 1/2 hours of sunlight in the middle of December. Fortunately we typically have mild winters here in the PNW unlike the freezing brutal winters they get in other northern states and Canada. Being 80 miles from the pacific ocean the weather patterns that roll off keep that arctic cold that drops down away from us. But sometimes early fall rains bring us our own rot-a-thon.

here we are used to get 30C in summer and -25C/-30C in coldest days of winter. our summer is short but still have some couples of nice weeks of sun. some weeks get really wet and hot, but only 2-3 per years. usually we got around 22-25C in june july. we need to plan good to get some of late harvest vegetables ready in october

 

[farmingfisherman]

Coffee bag potatoes!

 

[StonedGardener]

Some very young poppy pods........mixed in with purple lupineView attachment 4912817

 

[injinji]

I'm a week or so late with the news, but the Flint corn has gone to tassel. The plot with the pole beans is the oldest, and started it. But now all the other patches have caught up.

 

[injinji]

I was a little late in hoeing the sandhill garden. (this is why I hate to run sprinklers to get the seed to sprout)



I did make a little progress today. I still have the middles to deal with.

 

[injinji]

The wife has a birthday next week, so this is about the one year anniversary of transplanting the bottle brushes. The Easter freeze really touched them up. I cut out a lot of dead stuff and am pouring the water to them. So far, so good. This is the first major blooms.

 

[xtsho]

I was a little late in hoeing the sandhill garden. (this is why I hate to run sprinklers to get the seed to sprout)

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I did make a little progress today. I still have the middles to deal with.

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That's a lot of work.

 

[injinji]

That's a lot of work.

I actually tweaked a muscle in my chest from pulling the stirrup hoe so hard.

 

[StonedGardener]

The wife has a birthday next week, so this is about the one year anniversary of transplanting the bottle brushes. The Easter freeze really touched them up. I cut out a lot of dead stuff and am pouring the water to them. So far, so good. This is the first major blooms.

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Beautiful......I don't think any color "pops" like red contrasted against geen!

 

[StonedGardener]

First time in 30 years.........water irises, located at creeks edge just before flowing into lake
(Great fishing spot).

 

[injinji]

I have a few squash borers. Sprayed everything but the beans and corn with BT the last two evenings. The wife really has a bad reaction to BT. So I washed the clothes I was wearing at the riverhouse, then when I got home, came in the side door and straight into the shower. (and it's not even Saturday)

I watered down at the field. There are hoses that were already there, but they are under hurricane debris. It's take a couple three hours to really get all the limbs moved and pull them out. But in the mean time I'm carrying water in buckets.

 

[StonedGardener]

I have a few squash borers. Sprayed everything but the beans and corn with BT the last two evenings. The wife really has a bad reaction to BT. So I washed the clothes I was wearing at the riverhouse, then when I got home, came in the side door and straight into the shower. (and it's not even Saturday)

I watered down at the field. There are hoses that were already there, but they are under hurricane debris. It's take a couple three hours to really get all the limbs moved and pull them out. But in the mean time I'm carrying water in buckets.

Should use FOODGRADE diatomaceous earth slurry and spray

 

[StonedGardener]

Should use FOODGRADE diatomaceous earth slurry and spray

Supposedly, weather spraying or dusting( in morning....the dew helps it adhere) try to avoid flowers.

 

[BlandMeow]

Growing potatoes in bags this year. They are really easy to grow! Spent the morning hilling up the bags. These work really well as you can simply roll up the sides to add more compost/soil.

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After:

 

[farmingfisherman]

Growing potatoes in bags this year. They are really easy to grow! Spent the morning hilling up the bags. These work really well as you can simply roll up the sides to add more compost/soil.

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After:
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We are doing the same. Coffee bags in milk crates. Roll up the bag and add more soil.

 

[BlandMeow]

The scapes are starting to form now. Should be harvest time in 3-5 weeks if my research is correct.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Found these lovely fungi in our parking strip. Google says its "dog vomit" Amazing what will grow in decaying chips!

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Four days since frost. Way late here. Starters are over grown and ready. Need to build 20 2" x 4" mesh fence cages and get digging holes. A hundred feet for $75. I bought it. $3 and change for 42" H x 18" wide cages. Really simple. Hard on the hands on side cutters. I believe 6 other seeds to drop as well. And 80's working on 90's now. No rain and high humidity. Orchid weather. But progressing. And some pics soon. Things are blooming now. And the damn deer got most of my lillies again. Waited 3 years to see many of them. I may be freezing some venison if the city gives me the zippy finger again. The state's cash crop of livestock. Yet no responsibility or liability for the damage they cause. We are overrun in a sububarn neighborhood and I have dented 2 cars as well as several people over encounters.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Four days since frost. Way late here. Starters are over grown and ready. Need to build 20 2" x 4" mesh fence cages and get digging holes. A hundred feet for $75. I bought it. $3 and change for 42" H x 18" wide cages. Really simple. Hard on the hands on side cutters. I believe 6 other seeds to drop as well. And 80's working on 90's now. No rain and high humidity. Orchid weather. But progressing. And some pics soon. Things are blooming now. And the damn deer got most of my lillies again. Waited 3 years to see many of them. I may be freezing some venison if the city gives me the zippy finger again. The state's cash crop of livestock. Yet no responsibility or liability for the damage they cause. We are overrun in a sububarn neighborhood and I have dented 2 cars as well as several people over encounters.

Deer fences are a way of life for many people who enjoy gardening. Good luck!

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Deer fences are a way of life for many people who enjoy gardening. Good luck!

Only 3' x4' area of my harder to get varieties. I have the fence now. May be needed as ugly as it will appear in my front yard. Still 6 - 16 deer casually strolling the streets and destroying our efforts is wrong in my location. State makes hundreds of millions on tag sales along with more for the supplies to hunters. Start owning up. My uncles sheep wandered in the road. Just a pet. He had to pay the full almost $4000 to repair the car. Double standards irk me. And that bruised and mutilated deer I hit is far from fair compensation in my book.