Your 2024 Garden

[NanaK]

Pulled the weeds out of the strawberry bed. Dug out some of the older plants that did not produce well last spring. Worked in some compost. Then I planted some of the runners in their place.

Carrots are sprouting.

Starting to cool down at night. I need to set some mouse traps in the greenhouse.

 

[Nomadicus]

Ma got another good picking of the zipper cream and purple hull peas. I'm about ready to stir the gardens that are done for the year with the tiller soon. Frost is still about a month away

 

[Nomadicus]

We picked more zipper cream and purple hull peas today and will pick them again on Tuesday. Then I will mow them really low down and till till them into the soil to add some plant matter that the bacteria can use to make humus with. I need a lot in that patch as the top soil that drains well is not really deep. The subsoil has a little sand and more clay that doesn't drain well in a rainy spell.

 

[Nomadicus]

We picked zipper cream and purple hull peas again today and will again on Friday and that should be the end of them. I also picked enough okra for another pan of fried okra when daughter is here the coming weekend. Eggplant are showing the 40° temps we've been having at night.

 

[Sally PB]

So far the beans are surviving the frosty nights by being cover with two sheets. Tonight and one more night and then maybe it'll be warm enough to leave them uncovered. Then they'll get an extra couple hours of sun. Hopefully that will spur them on to ripening the pods!

This row did so well, I want seeds from this row to plant next year.

 

[tripletfeb]

We are in a freeze warning tonight and were in one last week as well. I'm not gonna bother covering anything, the garden is pretty much done. I plan on pulling everything this weekend and letting the chickens have at it

 

[Sally PB]

Well, 35 degrees up at the house. I'll be really impressed/amazed if the beans have survived down in the garden.

 

[fuzzi]

Yesterday I cleaned out the run, put the straw and manure on a raised bed that will probably lay fallow until Spring.

I planted the last four collards in a bed that had manure from a couple months ago. It has probably cooled down enough...while planting I uncovered a fire ant nest full of eggs! And angry ants! Despite my wearing gloves one eventually got me, stung/bit me on the wrist. It raised a welt but it went down after a while.

See the volunteer watermelon? It even has blossoms. Too bad.

 

[Nomadicus]

Put a stop to picking those peas finally. Set the blade down real low on the JD and mowed them down. After several passes I think they will not be coming back now. I ground them up really good along with the ants, aphids, and stink bugs. Done. Done. Done. Did put out 10 collard plants for winter greens.

 

[tripletfeb]

Yesterday I stripped the garden for winter. Hate this time of year, everything is dying and the cold is coming