2.5” of rain since I emptied the gauge Thursday. It wasn’t supposed to keep raining, but God laughed at that. It’s been dry a whole hour and a half. The sky says it’s going to start raining again soon.
What did you do in the garden today?
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Ascholten
Free Ranging
Yep, just another Florida summer. I remember back in the 90s you could literally set your watch by the afternoon thunderstorms. You guys are catching the bigguns, im just hitting the outside bands of the outflow poppers and so far getting about .3 to .5 daily. I'll take it. Every oz I can get that I don't have to pay JEA to water the plants, is a good day
Aaron
Just removed all but 4 of the tomato plants from the hoop house. One was 15 feet Long! OMG insane. The ones I removed were either under performing, or not performing at all. I had one variety, 4 plants, that never even flowered. Some flowered but never set fruit. The fruit that did set was pollinated by me.
I SUSPECT bugs weren't going in the hoophouse, and I closed the screen door at night, so no bugs or moths then either. The remaining 4 at least have fruit on them that is turning.
One I took out had over 25 over ripe and moldy tomatoes. THAT plant was in a corner and I could never reach anything.
Now the squash, which has BABIES, has the whole south wall. The north wall is 4, or maybe 5 LARGE tomato plants.
Soon I'll put in some lettuce rows and maybe some carrots.
I SUSPECT bugs weren't going in the hoophouse, and I closed the screen door at night, so no bugs or moths then either. The remaining 4 at least have fruit on them that is turning.
One I took out had over 25 over ripe and moldy tomatoes. THAT plant was in a corner and I could never reach anything.
Now the squash, which has BABIES, has the whole south wall. The north wall is 4, or maybe 5 LARGE tomato plants.
Soon I'll put in some lettuce rows and maybe some carrots.
Today I cleaned the onions I dug last week. They've been sitting on the porch drying/curing. Some were "regular" bulbing onions.
Some were potato (multiplier) onions. Anyone else grow those? They aren't the same as Egyptian Walking onions. Plant them in the fall, let them grow all summer, dig them in late summer. The one onion you planted grows into 3-5 separate onions. They break away from the original onion like daffodil bulbs split off and multiply.
Sound really great? Well, they're small onions. When I ordered the bulbs, I got a half pound of onions about the size of my thumbnail. When I dug them, I thought that the advice for planting garlic -- eat the small ones, replant the big ones -- might apply, so that's what I did. This is my second year, so when I cleaned them this morning, I sorted out the biggest ones to plant. Yes, as onions go, they're still small. The big ones are the size of pingpong balls. Definitely bigger than last year.
I'll keep about 40-50 of the biggest to plant in a month or so. The rest will go into the general onion bin and get used over the winter. They do keep well in my basement.
Some were potato (multiplier) onions. Anyone else grow those? They aren't the same as Egyptian Walking onions. Plant them in the fall, let them grow all summer, dig them in late summer. The one onion you planted grows into 3-5 separate onions. They break away from the original onion like daffodil bulbs split off and multiply.
Sound really great? Well, they're small onions. When I ordered the bulbs, I got a half pound of onions about the size of my thumbnail. When I dug them, I thought that the advice for planting garlic -- eat the small ones, replant the big ones -- might apply, so that's what I did. This is my second year, so when I cleaned them this morning, I sorted out the biggest ones to plant. Yes, as onions go, they're still small. The big ones are the size of pingpong balls. Definitely bigger than last year.
I'll keep about 40-50 of the biggest to plant in a month or so. The rest will go into the general onion bin and get used over the winter. They do keep well in my basement.
Gammas Bearded Babies
Crossing the Road
Well I finally got 1 little squash off the "early" squash plant that is still going...guess the critter got my other one off there...and then one shrunk up and got all fuzzy.
I really don't understand why it has been doing that...anybody know?
I really don't understand why it has been doing that...anybody know?
Went out on the 4 wheeler to round up the chickens back into their run for the night. Noticed that the loofah that's growing around the bachelor pen has about half a dozen fruits on it! 
A couple are quite sizeable already! So excited about that!
On the downside, I think I've been doing a little too much on the foot today. I almost couldn't make it back to the house. Now it's REALLY swollen up. Oops... I think the chickens are going to have to stay locked in their run tomorrow. I need to stay off my foot.
A couple are quite sizeable already! So excited about that!On the downside, I think I've been doing a little too much on the foot today. I almost couldn't make it back to the house. Now it's REALLY swollen up. Oops... I think the chickens are going to have to stay locked in their run tomorrow. I need to stay off my foot.
My understanding is that those summer squash that do that didn't get sufficiently fertilized. Those get tossed to the chickens.
Your body is talking to you, best listen to it. I'll admit to ignoring the signs sometimes myself, but it generally doesn't go too well.
I know... I know... I just felt so guilty seeing them locked in a dry lot surrounded by several acres of fresh, tender green grass. They have free choice pellets & hay (for the goats) but that's just not the same as fresh grass and bugs. I didn't intend to overdo it and I have been sitting in the recliner most of the day. I bet I've been on my foot less than an hour (total) all day long. Apparently it was still too much...
Ascholten
Free Ranging
What did I say?
Aaron
Aaron
Gammas Bearded Babies
Crossing the Road
Fertilized or pollinated?
I Fertilized fmevery few weeks with worm castings or fish emulsion not to mention the 1 time espoma garden tone
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