What did you do in the garden today?

[CyndiChick]

Yellow leaves often indicate that as does over watering tho, careful adding to much nitrogen, peas naturally put out excess. I have found if I harvest peas constantly the plants last longer. But as soon as one pod goes past the point of eating and goes to seed the plant starts to die. But I have only had this issue with snap peas this season so far. I added 2 tablespoons of molasses to a pitcher if water...waited to water so the peas were thirsty and would give them the molasses watering evey other week. Seemed to really extend my harvest.
Is it only yellowing from the bottom up? If so it is a sign of N diff, your Dads right and they will appreciate the ferts to munch on
I believe overwater yellow is from the top down or all over. Are the leaves striped? If so, could be a Mag def too. I came across a Mag deficiency last year (lost the plant before I had the answer-easy fix too usually)

We used the fertiluzer sparingly so hopefully we don't give excess. They are yellowing from the bottom up, and until they start yellowing they are lovely and vining like crazy! We water only if the soil is dry, and not at all if rain is called for since afternoon showers are common here in central Florida. We also potted one so we can see if too much sun is hurting them. Fingers crossed this helps!

 

[nikki1]

This has been a curl-up-with-a-bottle-of-Advil weekend in the garden. We bought our place a year and a half ago, and the previous owner had let the yard go wild. Last year we didn't get to start in on the garden, as we were just trying to tame the encroaching wilds.

So this year, with the yard tamed to submission, we have started in on a fenced area that many years ago was a vegetable garden. The good news is that the soil is a WHOLE lot nicer than anywhere else on the property. The bad news is...everything else. It was completely overrun with blackberry brambles and chin-high canary grass. Very daunting.

So all winter we hacked and whacked and cussed to where we could at least find the soil. With a pickaxe we cleared the grass roots from an area big enough to build a raised bed, and we hacked up another area to plant potatoes. (We cleared the area, added some compost to make a mound, and surrounded it with a border of firewood logs. When we finished it looked like a pioneer grave. NOT the effect we were going for!)

So this weekend it was finally warm enough to plant our summer stuff, but aside from the raised beds, the rest of the area was still pretty untamed. So I started in on sodbusting. Took my old trusty pickaxe (the tool of choice for sodbusting) and started on those grass roots. I cleared an area under and around the fence, and planted green beans. Hacked and pulled an area to make a pumpkin mound...out in the corner so it can grow berserk and not take over all my other plants. Took a deep breath and planted some canteloupe seeds in the raised bed. (SUCH a nice change of pace!)

Today, my everything hurts, but it's good knowing I've done something productive. I hope that if I keep at the grass roots all summer, maybe next year we'll have a decent garden. Or I'll be in a body cast.

Wish me luck! If I get brave and/or ambitious I'll post pictures

--Nikki

 

[MEMama3]

I made the hills for my melons, but that's as far as I got. I got sidetracked by the need to mow the lawn. Can we say ADHD?

 

[nikki1]

I made the hills for my melons, but that's as far as I got. I got sidetracked by the need to mow the lawn. Can we say ADHD?

As the mom of an ADHD kid, I totally get it!

 

[deserthomestead]

Most of my spring plants have already bolted due to our 100+ degree days lately.. My spinach, peas, and beans are all long gone. My lettuce is still holding out, and my tomatoes are flowering beautifully! I'll have tons of tomatoes soon!

I have a pumpkin plant and a mystery gourd (forgot to mark it!) ready to go out to the garden tomorrow.
My rose bushes don't appreciate the hot temps, but I spotted a single bud on one of them today!

8 new fruit trees planted in the front yard over the3 past few weeks, we'll see how they hold up over the hot summer. (I'm not optimistic, but I got the trees on clearance so it's no huge loss if they don't make it.)

It's too dry and hot for potatoes to do well here, but I'm giving sweet potatoes a try. One in my potato bin sprouted, so I had my 4 year old bury it! It's sending up leaves like crazy, we'll see what happens with it.

 

[erinszoo]

Picked more snap peas. Pretty sure they'll be starting their die off soon as the temps are maintaining 80°+ every day now. My Stupice tomatoes are just loaded with maters and blooms. Hope they taste good too so I have a keeper to grow again. Our potatoes are growing like gang busters too this year after being duds all round last year.
I'm getting nervous about leaving on vacation though. 10 days is a loooong time to leave my plants I babied all winter and spring in someone elses hands. The winter squash are taking off so nice but I'm afraid squashbugs will hit while I'm gone. Guess I could seven before I leave but I'm not very up on the idea of using pesticides. I can't use remay though because they are growing up the fence to the chicken yard. Maybe the chickens will peck off squash bugs?!?

 

[MEMama3]

I bet they will if they can reach them. I find they'll eat anything that is a moving target.

I'm so jealous of you southern gardeners who are already getting crops. In Maine our season hasn't even really started. Only cold hardy plants are going strong and when we get an unexpected frost (like we did last night) we are scrambling to cover everything. I've lost several flower seedlings to 80 degree days followed by 30 degree nights. No amaranth for me this year

 

[chickenstricken]

sprinkled cayenne pepper all over the ground. I hope it keeps the (insert expletive here) cats from using the garden as a litter box.

 

[MEMama3]

Let me know if it works.I have one cat that goes outside (the other is too chicken of the chickens lol) and she destroys the gardens. And never the ones I don't care about, just the perennial beds right in front of the house. I've yelled and sprayed her with the hose, but it still doesn't seem to be helping. I don't think the rudbeckia will make it this year.

 

[thaiturkey]

As usual I didn't do much at all. However, I found six newly hatched chicks with one hen and another hen with eggs in the process of hatching. That's enough gardening for today.