The Garden Plot topic for Podcast Board DIS'ers: Share your successes and challenges!

[dpuck1998]

My first post on this thread.

I am not really a gardener.

We have a community garden plot, four foot by eight foot.

Tonight, we ate a bit of perfect broccoli!

The cilantro grew tall with fine feather leaves with flowers at the top. This morning it has toppled over and pulled it's roots right out of the ground!

Lettuce was enjoyed by slugs more than us.

We did not make anything for the peas to climb on. They are a tangled mess!

This is our first attempt at gardening. We are calling it our science experiment.

My cilantro is doing the same thing, I think I caught it just in time before it tipped. I cut off the top today and left it to dry on the counter.

We have some vines climbing around too, the pumpkins have left the fence and are headed into the lawn!!

 

[mainegal]

My cilantro is doing the same thing, I think I caught it just in time before it tipped. I cut off the top today and left it to dry on the counter.

The cilantro was the most science experiment like.

Are you going to dry and eat the fine feathery leaves? Or just the broad leaves?

 

[dpuck1998]

The cilantro was the most science experiment like.

Are you going to dry and eat the fine feathery leaves? Or just the broad leaves?

Hmm....I'm not sure, I'll have to do some research. Right now my hands smell like salsa though!

 

[mainegal]

Hmm....I'm not sure, I'll have to do some research. Right now my hands smell like salsa though!

Yum!
I was planning on using it in black bean and corn salad. And some Indian recipes.

 

[georgemoe]

Nice pictures Don!

 

[DebºoºS]

Great thread!I love seeing all of these gardens. We enjoy vegetable and flower gardening very much. Here are a few pics from the edible gardens. Everything is doing well this year. Our lettuce, broccoli and spinach was great. Here's a pick from a few weeks ago.


The peppers are just starting and the summer squash is coming in full force. These are the first two.

We have apple, peach, plum, pear & fruit cocktail fruit trees.

The parsley is now bolting but here's a pic from a few weeks ago.


We grow and bottle chardonnay grapes.

The newer vines now have wire basket to protect them from the bunnies and deer.

 

[georgemoe]

Great thread!I love seeing all of these gardens. We enjoy vegetable and flower gardening very much. Here are a few pics from the edible gardens. Everything is doing well this year. Our lettuce, broccoli and spinach was great. Here's a pick from a few weeks ago.


The peppers are just starting and the summer squash is coming in full force. These are the first two.

We have apple, peach, plum, pear & fruit cocktail fruit trees.

The parsley is now bolting but here's a pic from a few weeks ago.


We grow and bottle chardonnay grapes.

The newer vines now have wire basket to protect them from the bunnies and deer.

You have beautiful plants Deb. Thanks for sharing.

 

[DebºoºS]

We have some vines climbing around too, the pumpkins have left the fence and are headed into the lawn!!

LOL, our pumpkins have escaped too! We always plant them with plenty of room to grow but they would rather roam around the lawn. Here's a pumpkin growing in the wax beans. I just couldn't stop it.

No controlling pests and pumpkins!

 

[DebºoºS]

You have beautiful plants Deb. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, the edible garden is a challenge (right now it's bone dry and getting drier) but always rewarding. Nothing like fresh from the garden It truly is a labor of love.

 

[dmccarty]

Hi Dan. Never used the flat ones but I use the round soakers exclusively to water. I try to bury them about 3 inches or so below the soil. They don't stay there all the time though.

Yes they can be repaired. When one of mine springs a geyser, I use these little gems found at Lowes or Home Depot.

I bought something similar to put on the ends of the hoses. Glad to hear they work well since I just bought it Friday and have yet to fix ONE of the hoses.

The DW picked a bunch of tomatoes yesterday. I guess I have to can them today.

We finally got some rain last week but Monday I think I will water again.

Later,
Dan

 

[jeanigor]

Over the weekend, one of my Ruby Sunflowers started peeking out.

It is the smallest (runt if you will) of them yet the only one to show solid signs of flowering. His biggest brother is about up to my belly button.

 

[klam_chowder]

Thanks, the edible garden is a challenge (right now it's bone dry and getting drier) but always rewarding. Nothing like fresh from the garden It truly is a labor of love.

Wow, what a fab garden, Deb!

One thing I wondered about is how do you stagger your same-variety plants for harvesting? For example, if all my spinach was ready at the same time, I wouldn't be able to eat it in time I'd be okay with longer varieties, like cabbage, broccoli since the harvest and storage period is longer, but unsure how I'd do something like lettuce without dedicating my life to them? As you can tell, I'm far from growing cabbage/broc but did think about this before I laid down all my mesclun seeds

cheers,

 

[klam_chowder]

Well, we had lotsa this weekend so we spent 6 hours one day doing some serious pulling!

All those previously posted, questionable plants are gone!

Ahhh, much better now - see there was an evergreen down there!

Thx for the help all!

cheers,

 

[klam_chowder]

what do you think?

Obviously, we're prepping the house for painting and these trees never bothered him before but he says they're too big to be growing next to the house. I think he just wants them gone so painting will be easier, and he hasn't denied that either

The second photo shows it's not the healthiest either...

Here's the other 2. They appear very healthy and have beautiful blooms in the spring. The 2nd & 3rd pics are close ups of their leaves.

Appreciate any thoughts on whether we should saw these down

cheers,

 

[DebºoºS]

Wow, what a fab garden, Deb!

One thing I wondered about is how do you stagger your same-variety plants for harvesting? For example, if all my spinach was ready at the same time, I wouldn't be able to eat it in time I'd be okay with longer varieties, like cabbage, broccoli since the harvest and storage period is longer, but unsure how I'd do something like lettuce without dedicating my life to them? As you can tell, I'm far from growing cabbage/broc but did think about this before I laid down all my mesclun seeds

cheers,

Thanks
It's good to stagger and I would suggest you try doing it. I wish we did but we don't. When the lettuce comes in we eat what we can & give away the rest. We have neighbors with animals that enjoy it too. Surplus spinach can always be frozen. Toward the end of the season I'll plant additional cool weather crops.
Give broc & cab a try. You'll be surprised how hardy they are.
Each season is trial and error. I'll plant anything at least once. My kids wouldn't eat brussel sprouts or beets until we grew them.

 

[DebºoºS]

what do you think?

Obviously, we're prepping the house for painting and these trees never bothered him before but he says they're too big to be growing next to the house. I think he just wants them gone so painting will be easier, and he hasn't denied that either

The second photo shows it's not the healthiest either...

Here's the other 2. They appear very healthy and have beautiful blooms in the spring. The 2nd & 3rd pics are close ups of their leaves.

Appreciate any thoughts on whether we should saw these down

cheers,

that looks like a lilac bush to me I'd cut out the dead wood, suckers and trim anything that's rubbing against the house but not a hard cutback.

 

[DebºoºS]

what do you think?

Obviously, we're prepping the house for painting and these trees never bothered him before but he says they're too big to be growing next to the house. I think he just wants them gone so painting will be easier, and he hasn't denied that either

Appreciate any thoughts on whether we should saw these down
cheers,

That looks like it might be "Rose Of Sharon". Here are some pics of mine to compare.

Mine bloom profusely all summer.

They can handle being trimmed back no matter the time of year and can be grown easily from seeds.

 

[georgemoe]

First Veggie Pick'ed

The Pepper Princess.

I bought something similar to put on the ends of the hoses. Glad to hear they work well since I just bought it Friday and have yet to fix ONE of the hoses.

The DW picked a bunch of tomatoes yesterday. I guess I have to can them today.

We finally got some rain last week but Monday I think I will water again.

Later,
Dan

Did my hose repairs in this Northeast heat on Monday. Works pretty well but now I have another geyser in a different spot. Noticed it early this morning when I watered for an hour. Will fix that one tonight. Couldn't this morning in work clothes.

Over the weekend, one of my Ruby Sunflowers started peeking out.

It is the smallest (runt if you will) of them yet the only one to show solid signs of flowering. His biggest brother is about up to my belly button.

Really nice Todd!

 

[DebºoºS]

Hope everyone is able to keep their gardens watered. The hose connectors are working and the soakers are soaking here.
So sad, we lost this apple tree on the 4th of July



It was a Father's Day gift from the boys many years ago

We brought it home with it sticking out of my sunroof.

A strong gust of wind came and it just fell over bringing part of the pergola wth it




Loaded with apples and probably top heavy.

 

[georgemoe]

Hope everyone is able to keep their gardens watered. The hose connectors are working and the soakers are soaking here.
So sad, we lost this apple tree on the 4th of July

Sorry to hear and see this Deb.