Your 2024 Garden

[fuzzi]

We got some rain overnight.

I don't anticipate the squash or beans to be producing once we get back from vacation, but I hope the tomatoes and melons will be okay. We'll be gone just 5-6 days, and I don't expect the gardens will be watered. My "housesitter" is 74, and I prefer he focuses on the chickens, dog, and cats.

 

[NanaK]

Hubby took a family member some zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, eggs and tomatoes on Sunday. Her garden was not doing well. She loves our home raised eggs.

Yesterday got a text. It was a photo of several loaves of zucchini bread and said "Fresh from the oven. Want one ?"

Thought that was so nice of her!
Hubby went and picked it up. It is really tasty!

She will definitely get more zucchini and eggs.

 

[Sally PB]

I posted this in the other garden thread. Does anyone know what's wrong with my rhubarb?

This is from a purchased crown. 8 feet away is this plant:

It's a split from a neighbor's plant.

From what I've read online, I fear it's crown rot which is caused by a fungus. No treatment other than to pull and burn the affected plants. It lives in the soil, so that would mean it will likely kill my nice looking plant, and the one in between them.

Anyone have any hope that it's something else, something treatable? Hubby and I have discovered we really like rhubarb jam.

 

[MyParadiseFalls]

I’ve been very proud of our garden this year…with the help of some friends we got two 50’ greenhouses put up over winter and almost 30 fruit trees and bushes put in. Now we are growing 6 varieties of tomatoes, 5 varieties of peppers, zucchini, pickling cucumbers, squash, radishes, turnips, two varieties of kale, pears, two varieties of peaches, apricots, plums, three varieties of cherries, blackberries, three varieties of raspberries, FOUR types of blueberries, three varieties of grapes and countless other plants that I’m sure I’m forgetting

 

[MyParadiseFalls]

Oh!!! We also got the biggest freeze dryer HarvestRight makes so we have a way to preserve it all

 

[Nomadicus]

Oh!!! We also got the biggest freeze dryer HarvestRight makes so we have a way to preserve it all

For "Kicks & Giggles" freeze dry some ice cream sandwiches.... I was given some. Crunchy ice cream.

 

[Nomadicus]

From what I saw tonight we will be picking and shelling a couple of hampers (bushels) of zipper cream peas tomorrow after the dew dries and before it can come a shower of rain on them. If it rains after we get them picked they will need another large picking by Thursday afternoon. They are cranking out peas like never before. TN Ernie Ford would be happy with this patch.

 

[Nomadicus]

We picked peas yesterday late in the afternoon. The peas are in the fridge after we shelled to after midnight last night. Not picking again today as help is coming tomorrow.

 

[Nomadicus]

No real chance of rain today until that one little cloud stopped for a visit. We mush have got 2". Last time we had dark skies and a high % chance for rain not a 0.01 of an inch. Like Yogi Berra said "It ain't over until the Fat Lady Sings".

 

[Nomadicus]

By tomorrow afternoon we may be able to pick peas without mud boots on.