What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Sure did awful late wake up for me sorry gang my Dr. new my past work so always talked well looking closer to home now they had become a 2 1/2 hour drive there is clinic next to the hospital close 10 miles down the road.. my brussle sprouts went in the ground like May I think bought them as established plants at local diy store little sprouts now hope before October I have more than nubs

 

[gtaus]

I used Rainbow chard as a border in my flower beds one year. I planted them quite close together and they mounded up with different color stems amidst the dark green leaves. It worked well for the flower bed and I was able to get enough chard for a meal even picking just a leaf or two from each plant.

I'll suggest that to my wife. Sounds like a great idea.

 

[WthrLady]

Managed another gallon of mixed size tomatoes. I seem to have 4 Roma/Amish Paste tomatoes. I didn't buy those. LOL. I think they must have been mislabeled. But they're doing alright.

About 1/3 of what I brought in was splitting so I'll give those to the hens. We've had so much rain, the splitting is inevitable. I pulled several orange tomatoes today, as we are expecting 2 inches of rain tonight. I'd like SOME nice slicers from this garden.

Almost managed 2 green beans, 3 jalapenos, 2 banana pepper, and 3 cukes.

Sad year for the garden.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am having a weird year in the garden had not grown brussle sprouts before this is a big learning curve and next year I bought two early girls disappointed at the size grow one early girl and maybe a beefsteak next year

 

[Sueby]

Whew, you guys talked a lot this weekend! I was taking care of my sister who had major back surgery.

@IamRainey my Grandmother is my inspiration in almost everything I do! She had a beautiful garden, made fantastic jam & baked beautiful wedding cakes! I miss her so much, now that I'm older & would LOVE to have her around to pass on her wealth of knowledge. She was my muse when my best friend asked me to maker her wedding cake, the 1 and only I ever did:

As for too hot for tomatoes, I'm sure somewhere it can be, but around here the only thing I can think of is humidity - if it's too humid they can't pollinate & the flowers drop. That was last summer here.

I picked the brandywines that had started to turn, I decided to ripen everything inside this year as the brandywines are so good at splitting. Plus that one that is in a heap on the ground (but still growing!)

I still have more to read...

 

[Sueby]

@penny1960 that stinks, to lose your doc. I hope you're feeling better.

I have never grown beans. Maybe some day!

My cukes all have powdery mildew & with my sis over I didn't have time to do anything about it. It did a number on my squash & now the cukes.

@igorsMistress I started picking & freezing my roma's for canning later...

 

[Sueby]

Our local extension told us not to use it on edible garden plants either. Doesn't matter as the hard winter had all the bottoms fall out of the barrels anyway. LOL

Why is that @WthrLady? I have never heard of that. It's mostly flowers down there, but my horseradish & rhubarb also. Is it a bad idea? How about for the compost pile?

ETA: I googled it, so far I see that they say it's from contaminants from shingles. My roofs are metal so I'm not sure what that means. & ecoli.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. Getting busy again. I need to put the remaining critter ridder down in the garden. Something was nibbling at the carrot tops again. I picked a few of the carrots that had their tops munched off, a cucumber and some more cherry tomatoes. I'm not too disappointed in the yield from the carrots. I planted them to be a companion plant for the leeks. I sautéed all the baby veggies I had picked yesterday and had them with some skirt steak for dinner yesterday evening. Very tasty. While mowing my back yard yesterday I noticed I have a bell pepper that is almost big enough to pick. That was a nice surprise. I have tiny beans developing, yay! And one of my Roma tomatoes is starting to turn orange. I agree @WthrLady, this has been a bit of a struggle with the garden this year. However, I did learn a lot that can help me have a better garden next year. I noticed this morning I finally have a poblano pepper developing. This time last year I had a bag full in my freezer. Today I finish up the peach preserves and tomorrow I will likely can most of the remaining peaches. The wedding cake you made looks fabulous @Sueby. I took some pictures this morning, the two herb gardens (I added some flowers in there for color) and my bell peppers. All the herbs are doing fine except for the tarragon and chives. The sage finally perked up and the lavender is really blooming.

 

[WthrLady]

Why is that @WthrLady? I have never heard of that. It's mostly flowers down there, but my horseradish & rhubarb also. Is it a bad idea? How about for the compost pile?
Shingles and gutters. Wild birds poop there. The rain water carries it to your rain barrel. If used on edibles., the bacteriums and virus can be carried into the plants through the soil and then to whomever eats the fruit/veg.
ETA: I googled it, so far I see that they say it's from contaminants from shingles. My roofs are metal so I'm not sure what that means. & ecoli.

 

[Sueby]

Thanks, that's what I thought after reading it. The UConn Extension office here in CT says just to take some precautions, like not directly on anything leafy you'll eat - so water the soil, not on the plant, don't collect the 'first flush' & to treat with bleach.

I will follow those guidelines if I water any veggies, but for the most part it's set up just so the chicken run doesn't flood & to water flowers. I'll skip watering the rhubarb & horseradish with it - not that I water those really anyway.

Thanks for pointing that out, I had no idea but it totally makes sense!