Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

darn it. That's what I get when I try talking to my phone telling it what to say instead of typing it myself. But I probably don't do any better typing it myself. at least the words are spelled right LOL

hahahaa so well in a southern accent is whale !!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

conscience? I have to remember con + science. And I better know ho to spell science!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

conscience? I have to remember con + science. And I better know ho to spell science!

thanks teach.

 

[campingshaws]

Garden pics incoming!

 

[campingshaws]

We cut off all the dead parts. Should've left them I guess. One of the guys (who worked in a plant nursery) recommended osmocote 14-14-14 fertilizer. He said it brings stuff back from the dead!

I have the little camp boys collecting pine straw for me to "mulch" the strawberries (to keep the roots cool).

They planted borage seeds in with the strawberries (left) and more marigolds around those uncaged tomatoes (right).

Purple basil, sunbleached? Most of it had also gone to flower, so I cut those off.

Various tomatoes. We cut off some of the worst of the yellow parts.

Green beans:

Squash. I ran out of storage for more pics. :/

 

[campingshaws]

My sweet little helpers! They planted carrots in between the tomatoes. They also ate most of the basil they harvested!

Dragonfly. Friend?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Is everything planted in peat ?

 

[campingshaws]

Is everything planted in peat ?

It's miracle grow garden mix. I got it from TSC. It's about 8 inches deep, then the rest is sand.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

thats supposed to have fertilizer in it already. It looks like peat from the picture. looks dry. Only thing I see is tomatoes, I plant them much deeper or even on their side. Thats a lot of work there I hope the ertilize helps. I looked up dragonfly on squash bloom and all I found was a painting from 1800s . Guess they been doing it for a long time. LOL

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Awesome pics, as usual. For next year, I would recommend removing about half of the soil from your beds and replace with compost (anyone near you have horses?) If you do it in early winter and cover with cardboard, it will be ready for spring. Cardboard keeps weeds from growing and prevents nutrient leaching from the rain. Beans look to have a virus, still safe to eat but your production will be low. Not sure on the tomatoes... I would pinch off blooms until the plants get a little larger. If the basil is bolting, then too much sun I think. Keep it pinched back and try to set up some partial shade. Everything looks very wet. Maybe too much water???

View attachment 1025893 My sweet little helpers! They planted carrots in between the tomatoes. They also ate most of the basil they harvested!

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Dragonfly. Friend?

Love the helpers! They are learning so much from the experience.
That is a beautiful Damselfly and very beneficial. Super predators of unwanted bugs, including mosquitoes! At rest, damselflies hold their wings along their body and dragonflies' wings stick out sideways, like this: