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Weeded my garden this morning before it got over 100 degrees. Everything doing well, squash plants huge and full of blossoms, tomatoes no two to three feet tall and full of blossoms, and I have peppers ready to pick but the rabbits ate all of my kale, romaine lettuce and spinach. Oh well..
Weeded my garden this morning before it got over 100 degrees. Everything doing well, squash plants huge and full of blossoms, tomatoes no two to three feet tall and full of blossoms, and I have peppers ready to pick but the rabbits ate all of my kale, romaine lettuce and spinach. Oh well..
First time growing it in a container I have a garden box like this on the patio it is taking over has 17 squash on it! Transplanting the peppers into other containers tomorrow.
OK can't get a photo to show up it is a Gronomics Elevated Garden Bed 34x48x32 - 10"D
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Originally Posted by nmnita
If enough come at once at least I will be able to can them or make salsa or tomato sauce. I just hate it when there are too many to eat and not enough to do anything else with.
blanch the whole cored tomato, peel then freeze them single layer on a cookie sheet. Once frozen put them in a zip freezer bag, thaw them out & add to the next group of tomatoes when you have a batch worth to can.
Saw the first stink bug yesterday. He got away before I could grab & smash. Tomatoes will yield at least 3 today. 1 jetstar and 2 San Marzano. Bacon already prepared.
Jackpot! A neighbor was mowing his lawn and dumping his grass into a garbage can. I couldn't believe it because nobody bags anymore around here. Lucky me!! I asked if he was using it for anything, he said no. So my compost pile now has grass clippings.
Jackpot! A neighbor was mowing his lawn and dumping his grass into a garbage can. I couldn't believe it because nobody bags anymore around here. Lucky me!! I asked if he was using it for anything, he said no. So my compost pile now has grass clippings.
I'll be turning this soon.
Good idea. I got grass clippings by the truck loads in the 70's. Only one bad lesson learned. Make sure no weed control product is fresh in the clippings. I used some fresh ones to mulch sweet peas with and killed the row. Should have composted maybe. Then again.... This fall I'm going to offer free bags to anyone who will give me there yard leaves. There are rules here about leaf disposal. I won't compost but will till them in and let them compost that way. They are acidic so I'll add some lime. Years ago the first MO garden was small enough we maintained a pile about 10' in diameter using field fence to support it to 4' high. Covered with a tarp. Turned it the hard way. Wet it as needed. No more like that. My feeble mind is in research mode on soil building to use organic matter in a strip that we can use to fill some kind of raised beds with for low growing crops. The two of us have so little veggie waste I bury it to keep bad bugs from using it as a breeding ground.
A broad open daylight raid by Bambi's mom at 10:45 this morning. Her udder shows she is nursing. How does summer sausage go along with sweetcorn and lima beans?
Proven Guilty: She's grazing the Roma II flat beans in full bloom.
oh poor thing I feel so sorry for them when there is not enough food for them to keep hidden . mom used to chase them off with a broom she would never shoot them she said there was no reason too .
oh poor thing I feel so sorry for them when there is not enough food for them to keep hidden . mom used to chase them off with a broom she would never shoot them she said there was no reason too .
Around us there are millions of acres of food. I think they like easy pickings. I planted apples for them. I went out and looked at the bean damage. 4 legged lawnmower. Did find some tiny beans so I know bees found them too.
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