Baymule's 2017 Garden Thread

[thistlebloom]

I just love your garden.
That mustard is such a pretty plant.

 

[baymule]

That is the best tasting mustard I have ever grown. It is on the "plant forever" list.

 

[seedcorn]

What variety of mustard is it?

Purple tomatoes don't interest me at all.....

 

[baymule]

http://www.rareseeds.com/japanese-giant-red-mustard-greens/

They turn green when cooked.

 

[Beekissed]

Bay, your garden is beautiful and really producing!!! You are WAY ahead of me, of course, and your chips are lookin' good. Your tomatoes especially look incredibly healthy.

 

[baymule]

Thank ya'll. But remember, when your gardens start producing, mine will be baked to a crisp. I have to start early! I planted squash seeds the first of March! That way, I get ahead of the squash bugs. I planted beans in April. I set out tomatoes in April that I had started in the house.

 

[Collector]

All your produce and garden pictures are making me anxious for ours to get going up here. our tomatoes got a little frost burn on Monday night hope they can rebound.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

The corn is looking so good and healthy! It gets so tall later on that it will blow your mind- I couldn't believe our average stalks were 12ft high! Take lots of photos as it grows for sure- it's still hard to find info on this variety, so the more photos there are, I think it will benefit folks in the future who want to learn more about it.

 

[hoodat]

As I noted in another thread my gardening this year consists mainly of getting my garden back under control. I didn't feel right using all that water in our four year drought so the drought resistant weeds ran amok. Perrenial morning glory , tickseed and Bermuda turned into a jungle this year when we finally got a rainy season again. I only have a few plants; Ace tomatos, jalapeno, Fresno and Anahein chilis and some acorn squash. Our mailman keeps me supplied with junk mail that I use along with flattened cardboard boxes to smother out weeds. When I weedeat a section I pile it on a concrete slab till they are thoroughly dry and then top the newspaper with them then top that with as much rabbit manure as I can. Fortunately I have plenty of that. Perrenial morning glory is related to sweet potatos and my rabbits do a good job turning it into fertilizer for me. The trouble is it spreads like wildfire and is a real tanglefoot. I'm always tripping over it. The few plants I have in are doing great. Ace is listed as determinate but I have always found it to be semi-determinate. I let it have three or four strong stems and stake each stem individually. If I grow indeterminate tomatos they always get away from me and there is a lot of waste from tomatos touching the ground and spoiling.

 

[Nyboy]

Go Girl You are a real farmer now !!!!!!!!