Garden 2022

[pepperdawg]

Coming on strong now.....lots of Yellow Summer Squash and Cukes.......Lettuce has shot its load already.

[gravitylover]

We might have some tstorms later so I clipped some herbs that were likely to get beat up. L>R - Dill, oregano, basil leaves and rosemary, in the background is the lettuce I keep growing inside for sammiches I get it at the supermarket, they sell live growing heads for $4 so I use the part I need then plant the rest. I usually get a good month of fresh leaves so I rotate two or three so there's fresh lettuce year round. This is the nicest rosemary I've ever seen, I kinda can't believe that I'm growing it haha.

[skifishbum]

was outta town late april and a good chunk of may
better 1/2 took care of a lot of it this season
feeling like im playing catch up but coming along nicely

had a good broc harvest

didnt quite git the hops trained like i wanted but the green fence of grapes, blackberries, hops and wisteria is doing its thing


irrigation water got turned on early and was "knock on wood" fuckup free this spring hopefully it lasts a while

harvested the first sun sugar maters and had stuffed peppers for dinner last night and the mrs. has been cooking these
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/89...corn-fritters/

[Boissal]

Damn dude, already getting some tomatoes, solid work. Your garden is a thing of beauty!

[shera]

Brilliant!

[skifishbum]

Damn dude, already getting some tomatoes, solid work. Your garden is a thing of beauty!

im always jelly of the work you and yours do on your spread and harvests
a dozen of those bigger maters were in pots in and outside since late march/april
wife did score some interesting heirloom selections at the wasatch community gardens sale
i need to miricle mater magic em
your impressive cherry harvest reminded me we need a new one
finally cut him down last fall, pumkins are using his space well though

[Thaleia]

Some random pics.

Always amazed how fast these guys grow.



Bok choys looking a bit rough



Greens are out of control



Carrot corner



Garlics getting close



Slugs and earwigs will probably take these out before they do anything



Celery and green onions



Raspberry's are kicking ass. Peppers, uh not so much lol



Donated this to the food bank today. Not much but it felt pretty good.

[shera]

That window box planted with greens is as pretty as any flowers.

Your celery prompted me to mention that I'm starting something called Lovage, very old school and so very hardy. Grows here in the alleys, 6 feet tall, smells of celery.

[Thaleia]

Thanks!

[gravitylover]

I'm so jealous of your carrots! I've failed every time I've tried.

[Boissal]

First zucc! Slow start to the season and of course that's what we get first. We switched to the round variety in an effort to control yield a bit and not get to October absolutely despising all forms of summer squash and feeding them all to the chickens... Hopefully those little guys do the trick.



I was weeding yesterday and had to pull off a crazy amount of volunteer tomato plants. As in more than 30 of them. We've kept a few that popped up in good spots but the majority are just on top of each other and taking over the whole garden. I'm impressed at how well they do honestly, they're from fruit that falls to the ground, spends the winter exposed to the elements and the ravenous chickens, and eventually gets tilled into the soil in the spring when I do garden prep. I takes me quite a bit of effort to get tomato plants from seed in a controlled environment and those volunteers are out there not giving a shit growing super well. In a particularly lazy year I could see taking chances and letting the tomato forest grow unrestrained.

[skaredshtles]

First zucc! Slow start to the season and of course that's what we get first. We switched to the round variety in an effort to control yield a bit and not get to October absolutely despising all forms of summer squash and feeding them all to the chickens... Hopefully those little guys do the trick.

I took the tack of attacking the flowers.

https://saltandwind.com/fiori-di-zuc...chini-flowers/

Mmm... fried zuke flowers.

[Boissal]

I took the tack of attacking the flowers.

Mmm... fried zuke flowers.

I still haven't tried that, should probably do it instead of groaning about having too many zuccs

[skaredshtles]

I still haven't tried that, should probably do it instead of groaning about having too many zuccs

Be careful... they're a bit of work, but holy shit are they tasty.

You wanna get fat? 'Cause fried zuke flowers is how you get fat.

[gravitylover]

I've been thinning the volunteer tomato forest by potting them and when they're ready to go I put them out at the end of the driveway with a Free Tomato Plants sign and they're gone in a few hours. I have 5 more ready to go out later.

[Boissal]

I've been thinning the volunteer tomato forest by potting them and when they're ready to go I put them out at the end of the driveway with a Free Tomato Plants sign and they're gone in a few hours. I have 5 more ready to go out later.

Brilliant! I have a gigantic stack of little pots I don't want to toss in the garbage. Definitely doing that next season, thanks!

[pepperdawg]

East Coast Summer Squash Porn:

[riser4]

It's not really porn until you do something pornographic with those squash

[skaredshtles]

East Coast Summer Squash Porn:

I appreciate your commitment to Sparkle Motion... but holy shit, man. That's a LOT of squash plants.

[Thaleia]

I'm so jealous of your carrots! I've failed every time I've tried.

Wow, besides soil prep and container choice they grow pretty hassle free in my area. Bugs aren't too into them but each year I'll find one or two caterpillars munching on them.

I cut holes in the bottom of large deep plastic storage totes to use as planters. Compost in the bottom then hand sift all the soil that goes into them so there's no lumps to impede the root growth. Sow a pile of seeds, then thin once sprouted so they're all an inch or two apart.

Besides that just water and occasional fertilizer. They do well here, but take a long time.

I have a variety of beets that grow long and tapered like a carrot and they grow in maybe 5 weeks. Sure wish somebody could figure out how to cross that speedy growth with the flavour of a carrot!

[gravitylover]

We're slacking here folks. It's prime growing season for most of us and it has been a week since anyone posted

Here's the link to that album I keep adding to. I put about 30 new ones in this morning.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gUsmNGR44D7GjgC99

[Norseman]

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[gravitylover]

Re: Carrots. I have a feeling it has to do with my water because I don't have much luck with most root veggies. I do fine with alliums but not great with potatoes, sufficient but not great.Turnips, parsnips and beets are mostly failures if I have a dry early summer like this year and have to water every day.

[Norseman]

germination is the hardest part of carrots, imo. the soil has to remain consistently moist but not soggy for two weeks

[John_B]

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When did you plant those Norseman? I'm on the east side of the Cascades and just pulled the last of my garlic out to dry. My scapes were at least a month ago. I think I planted in mid Oct.