What Did You Do In The Garden?

[buckabucka]

I finally transplanted all the brassicas into the ground.

There is a whole hoop house left to plant: corn, melon, cuke and squash. All are transplants except the corn, which I hope will germinate in this cool weather. I'd put it off until next weekend, but it is getting late...

 

[ducks4you]

I KNOW!! My porch peppers are setting fruit!!!!
I have a secret weapon!! DD's yard for the excess vegetables. Tell yourself: I CAN DO THIS!!!!

 

[Beekissed]

Dusted the spuds with sweet lime to get rid of the flea beetles. Watered newly planted flowers....getting dry here and next week will be even dryer, with temps rising into the 90s later on.

The peas are right on the verge of being ripe enough to pick.

Saw a few zebra swallow tail butterflies today, as well as a few other types, but those were quite lovely to see. The flowers are just on the verge of mass flowering and the butterflies seem to sense it...quite a few gathering around.

 

[ninnymary]

my mustard has just started to emerge thanks to Mary for sending me the seed I
am looking to add it to my salads soon

Oh I'm glad to hear it. You must let me know if you like it. I hope it was enough seed.

Mary

 

[digitS']

Dusted the spuds with sweet lime to get rid of the flea beetles

Flea beetles?!!

This was the year I was hoping to try turnip greens for ... maybe ... the first time ever. Bought a Japanese variety that doesn't grow a bulbous root, special.

The dang flea beetles plus a few 80 & 90 degree days have nearly stopped their growth - literally at the seed leaf stage. It's been probably over a month that they have been struggling to grow!

Lime? Tomorrow would be my usual day to spray but it is supposed to rain. They are beetles so Spinosad works on them but not in the rain ...

Steve

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I planted 15 tomatoes. I went to the Farmer's Market and found the delicata squash. Last stand even. Went around the whole place and asking and some never heard of it and then last stand with plants and on the bottom shelf by the ground. I think DS thought I was making it all up, but was shocked I came for what I wanted and left without buying anything else. Lol. Only next week DD and I are going and I will look for some different things to plant. I hope to get a lot planted in the next few days. I have not even planted 1 onion, but I saw onion plants at the farmer's market, so maybe not too late to plant.

 

[seedcorn]

Someone asked, so here is my experience with starting okra in individual 4 packs. Used a commercial potting mix. I'm cutting the plastic apart trying to get them. Never again. I will just start in garden. They took 2+ weeks to germ, now will have transplant shock, so any gained time will be lost. Learned a lesson.

Out of 52 seeds, I have about 12 plants-boughten seed.

 

[ducks4you]

JUST keep your okra that spouts well watered. That's how I've lost them and had to replant.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I planted 6 more tomatoes and 11 asparagus. DS dug the bed out for me and I will finish planting tomorrow and then the challenge of the weeds. I am not real happy with the spot chosen, but kind of pushed for time and energy right now. I would not have ordered them if I had known what was going to happen with DH.

 

[ducks4you]

Been busy, calls for closings so "the Jingle Jangles of $", BUT, on Saturday I tilled up the garden and reassessed where the peppers would live. I have these 5 arbor vitae that I probably shouldn't have planted next to the garden, but I am gonna try to tranplant them as a windblock in September. I figure that if I dig one up, transplant and give it a week I will know if I can do the same with the others, all of which are 6 ft tall and 2 1/2 ft wide. They can grow 30 ft tall. If the first one doesn't make it, I will simply chop down the others and burn them at my Salsa Party. They were a gift all one foot tall when I got them in pots, so it's not loss. STILL, they create shade. I will be buying some cool weather vegetables NOW on clearance this week and create a couple of beds for that. MY GARDEN SPEAKS TO ME (for those who have taken the poll, "How Do You Garden", or whatever the title dealing with gardening style.) Anyway, it is an adventure every year. Can't be creative in many respects, so I am a creative gardener.
ANYway, it was time this weekend to put these peppers in the ground!
They have doubled, tripled and one quadrupled while sitting on the porch in the windows (east and south) for one month.

CERTAINLY when 3 plants are setting fruit, it is TIME to put them to bed!