What did YOU do in your garden today :P

[digitS']

Picked at least a gallon of snap peas!

Got some leeks.

And, uh ... uh ... oh yeah, Brussels sprouts.

digitS'

 

[digitS']

Picked a couple of gallons of peas yesterday. How about that for November?

Today, it will be a shovel and wheelbarrow day. I hope the ground isn't too wet and heavy ... I have to get dahlia trash buried. I will have to be both an operating engineer and a teamster. (Funny, my spell chequer on this tablet doesn't know the word "teamster." )

Crammed it all into 2 beds in the little veggie garden, last year. That's no good. Should stay with my policy of 3 beds trash, 1 bed dug ...

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Steve, when did you put those seeds in the ground, and the September frosts didn't slow them down?

I want to sort of major on peas next year, I've really missed growing them the last few years.

 

[Smart Red]

What did I do? Watched the frost melt.

 

[digitS']

I'm fairly sure it was the 15th of July, Thistle'.

They are Sugar Daddy snaps. I'm not sure if I am recommending them. They seem to have worked well.

They aren't trellised so they are laying on the ground. Picking them up reveals all these pods under the vines. By now, they must have grown about as much as I remember from a couple of springs ago. I wasn't happy trying to grow them without a trellis back then but this is now!

Steve

 

[Wishin']

I am so afraid I will kill the blackberry from @ninnymary that I am "over wintering" a sprout I took from the original plant. It is growing in a baby-food jar on the window sill in my room. The actual plant has taken two light frosts and seems to be doing well. The original large cane didn't seem to take the first frost well. The leaves got brown spots and turned yellow. Then new canes sprung up a few days later. The new ones seem to have handled the last frost just fine.

They are still bright and green. I want to bring the whole thing inside, but I have nowhere for it to get light, so as long as it seems to be "hanging in there" it is staying where it is. oops sorry....... I meant to put this in the overwinter thread. That is what happens when you have to many threads open.

 

[digitS']

Roots and crown may be just fine, @Wishin' .

I'm no berry expert but realize that the first year may be a difficult one for a transplant.

Plants grow outdoors and in cold climates, drastic measures not needed.

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

Steve, I planted sugar daddy also and they are doing terrible. Haven't grown much, snails seem to be nibbling them, and they refuse to climb the trellis. My snow peas are in a similar situation. Last year they did great so of course I increased the number I planted and thought I would have gazillion of beautiful snow peas to give away. Not happening.

Mary

 

[Wishin']

Roots and crown may be just fine, @Wishin' .

I'm no berry expert but realize that the first year may be a difficult one for a transplant.

Plants grow outdoors and in cold climates, drastic measures not needed.

Steve

Thanks Steve , I was worried because a friend said the Burbank gardens are in a more "tropical" location of California. We are in for another very cold winter here. I didn't know if the plant would be able to take our weather. Of course the northerners might laugh at NC "cold" weather.

 

[seedcorn]

cold is cold. don't care what state.