What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

Nope, it's too hot in my country, cabbage and broccoli and cauliflower won't grow in the summer. And my father had turned all of our fields into greenhouses. He's a tomato farmer. So we just put everything in a greenhouse. There are barely any insects inside as well.
I'm wondering if your country has a cold enough weather for them.

I grow brassicas in winter. no greenhouse. they don't mind little frost we get. my winter garden grows much better than summer garden (if there is any, lol).

 

[chickengr]

How do you use the fennel? I want to try the bulb in something to see if I like it as I’m not a fan of seed.

I like it fresh in salad, alone or with other veggies. it is very tasty with any green leaf lettuce.

 

[chickengr]

OMGeeze yall kept talking bout frost advisories so went to check the weather and we got one for tonight!
Guess I better do something with what's left out in garden.
So lettuces, kale and stuff will need to be covered right?

they recover after the mild frost.

 

[Coldd]

We pulled in a lot of things today. Here’s the photos. Prepped Serrano and jalapeños for canning tomorrow. Lots of tomato’s out still but pulled in the ones that were in the ground, from the plants flopping over.

I think the Hubbards were ready to go, a few maybe borderline. Zucchini is being turned into bread.

Lots of herbs still out, rabbits been eating the beets…I’ve been too tired to get out hunting, which is really disappointing to be honest. Electric fencing is complete, tons of bears out right now, so not too late. One puked in our front yard, looks like it got into a squash/zucchini plot. As the weather cools more they will be more active in the area and hopefully this will dissuade them from exploring the coop.

All the best.

 

[Paz]

I grow brassicas in winter. no greenhouse. they don't mind little frost we get. my winter garden grows much better than summer garden (if there is any, lol).

In the summer, you have to grow summer vegetables, dragon beans are great and also corn and eggplants. Tomatoes and peppers are very susceptible to viruses but grow well during the summer.
I think we live in very similar conditions. So no greens during the summer. The Mediterranean sun will kill them all.
We grow them in greenhouse because my father has turned all of our fields into greenhouses. So basically there’s not a lot of place to plant them anywhere else. Hahaha.

 

[chickengr]

In the summer, you have to grow summer vegetables, dragon beans are great and also corn and eggplants. Tomatoes and peppers are very susceptible to viruses but grow well during the summer.
I think we live in very similar conditions. So no greens during the summer. The Mediterranean sun will kill them all.
We grow them in greenhouse because my father has turned all of our fields into greenhouses. So basically there’s not a lot of place to plant them anywhere else. Hahaha.

I plan to grow corn and some tomatoes, peppers and eggplants in summer. I will see if millet, quinoa and amaranth will survive the heat. they can be planted 2-3 x a year here so no big deal if they don't make it in july/august. I am moving from the zone 9b/10a to 9a. I hope to have better luck there.

this year my zucchini and tomato plants blossomed but did not have any fruit. I have just heard that we imported some disease from netherlands (together with seeds). all of old seeds will be thrown away and I ordered and received new more local seeds. hopefully those seeds are healthy. I got it from a small scale farm that take care of their produce.

 

[igorsMistress]

I like it fresh in salad, alone or with other veggies. it is very tasty with any green leaf lettuce.

Thanks, I was wondering if it would be good raw!

 

[jerryse]

We have not reached peak color on leaves yet . Leaves are starting to fall . Hard to believe that the trees will be bare by the end of the month Staying busy . Mowed some trails in the woods , made pear crisp the other day . Need to do a pumpkin pie or pumpkin bread .

 

[Swiss]

We finished harvesting the garden last night! I am amazed at the vibrancy of the red corn! And the carrots produced pretty well, even though they were way overcrowded!

My bull's blood beets didn't get very big, so these are Shiraz Tall Top beets. The carrots also came out very clean for a root vegetable!

 

[Swiss]

Oh! And I harvested the potatoes last Friday!
I planted 3 lbs of seed potatoes, and our total harvest was 25.2 lbs.