What did you do in the garden today?

[dunnmom]

Picked snap peas today that weren't the snappiest. This is the 3rd year I've grown them, and for some reason they stay kind of flat. I think it's because our springtime has been short for the past few years, and the heat isn't allowing for maximum uptake of water. They still taste really good! My kids' favorite veggie. I also plugged some pregerminated watermelon seeds into a bald spot in a corner of my garden where nothing else I planted there seems to want to grow. Worth a shot!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Chilly rain here today.

Reading up on companion planting.

I spent much of last week removing raspberries from a large bed to make way for more productive plants. That will be an ongoing battle I am sure since there is no way that I got all the roots.

I repurposed an extremely oversized nest box into a raised bed approximately 4'x2'x2'. Thinking cucumbers, cabbage and radish in that. Yes it will be very tight. Just 2 cabbage and the cukes on trellis with a few radish. There are just 3 in my house so we dont need a lot.
I will be moving plants from a 10x10 flower bed to make room for sugar baby watermelon and maybe cantaloupe.

I may be to late for more beets but will try anyway.

Still trying to figure out how to get a decent harvest from this clay soil.

 

[lazy gardener]

@dunnmom , is it possible that you have snow peas instead of sugar snaps?

 

[dunnmom]

@dunnmom , is it possible that you have snow peas instead of sugar snaps?

3 years in a row? Don't think so. This year I chose Sugar Daddy. Last year was Super Sugar Snap. The year before were seeds I got from a friend, and she didn't know what variety they were.

 

[lazy gardener]

Well, ok then. Did they have enough water? I've never had sugar snaps not be snappy, unless they were overgrown. Check the roots of one of your plants to be sure it's not diseased. If the root or stem at soil level has sunken lesions or is darker than it should be, disease could be your problem.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I always had to plant mine EARLY. First time in years I didn’t plant them. They were always out there alone before everything else. I would have the same problem as you once heat set in. I don’t know the temps in your area though. But just a suggestion

 

[Birdsong 82]

Heat doesn’t usually bother me too much but I will admit 96 degrees today outside a little hot not too bad but broken ac inside doesn’t make the best for cooling off at the end of the day.

And, I am absolutely miserable when it's hot. Anything over 72, and I'm overheated.

 

[Birdsong 82]

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My first crop on Carmine Jewel bush cherry . Pie or sour cherry .

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

 

[dunnmom]

I'm nearly certain it's the heat. Every gardening website, forum, or what have you that I've consulted about it says it's a cool weather crop, although some are heat tolerant. I planted all of the peas in March, started half of them in Feb. in pots.

We get temps into the 90's all May long, and our springs can be dry. April usually goes from freezing to cook an egg on the sidewalk temperatures. This year we had an especially dry winter and spring I water every other day, and still don't get the plump pods we get from the grocery store. The peas will fill out inside, but the pods stay pretty thin-walled.

Like I said, it's not a big deal, because we still get a pretty decent amount before the vines die in summer, but they aren't quite grocery store quality. I'm okay accepting the limitations of my climate, and my black thumb. I'm happy when I get to pick anything!

 

[Birdsong 82]

If I would’ve tried peas this year they would’ve done miserably. Our weather was so whacked out. Within a week we went from freezing temperatures to now been in the upper 80s and 90s since. As long as they were still tasty and you guys enjoy them that’s what counts right