Gardeners in the Asylum

[shilala]

Jamie, we planted a whole bunch of the heirloom lettuce and spinach you sent us a few years back. They're coming along nicely so far. We'll see how it goes!!!

[jjirons69]

Originally Posted by shilala

Jamie, we planted a whole bunch of the heirloom lettuce and spinach you sent us a few years back. They're coming along nicely so far. We'll see how it goes!!!

Let's hope the seed is still viable. Fingers crossed!

I cleaned out the lettuce and garden pea debris yesterday. Going to get more peppers to put in their place. The lettuce garden was spectacular this year. Never eaten so much lettuce in my life.

My squash are full of 1"-3" fruit and growing daily. Cukes are coming along well, too. Starting to get back around normal temps with the very cool spring finally leaving us alone.

[Chainsaw13]

Replanted my garden today. Jumped the gun last week and put all my plants in, only to have it drop to 32F on Tuesday. Lost half my plants. So today while at the farmers market, picked up replacements. I've got three types of heirloom tomatoes in now, along with corn, squash, eggplant, broccoli, red bell peppers and bush cucumbers.

[Mr B]

Sorry to hear that Bob. Hopefully round 2 will go better.

[shilala]

She's viable, at least to some length, Jamie. I've got all sorts of stuff growing where I planted the seed, and there's little tiny green and purple lettuces in there, I just checked.

[Mr B]

I finished up the garden this weekend.
I put in:
15 tomatoes (3 Woodle Orange, 2 Golden Sunray, 3 Red Calabash, 4 Brandywine, 3 Sweetie.
42 Peppers: Green Bell, Poblano, Jalapeno, Cayanne, Jalapeno M, Habanero
3 Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkins
3 Zucchini, Dark Star
3 Watermelon, Red Crimson
3 Cantaloupe
3 Pickling Cucumbers
Red Basil, Sweet Basil, Lemon-Lime Basil, Italian Parsley

My Back Hurts! I will try to get a video done soon.

[Coach Deg]

Ants!!!! How do I get rid of red ants??

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by Coach Deg

Ants!!!! How do I get rid of red ants??

A couple years ago, I purchased ant bait from my local Ace Hardware that was garden-friendly. The bait containers are long gone so I don't know brand, but I bet they still carry it.

I purchased them specifically because they were garden friendly. And they did an excellent job. They were "bait type", where the workers carried the killer back to the queen.

[Mr B]

I love the Combat brand ant houses. These are they type where they bring the poison back to the queen and colony and Kill em All Jack.
They work great.

[Coach Deg]

Originally Posted by Mr B

I love the Combat brand ant houses. These are they type where they bring the poison back to the queen and colony and Kill em All Jack.
They work great.

Obviously safe in the garden?

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by Coach Deg

Obviously safe in the garden?

I'm sorry, I never saw your reply question. I dont really know if it is safe for the garden or not. I kinda doubt it is organic but also, the tiny piece of bait in the trap is probably smaller that a 1/4 of a grain of rice. I have never had ants actually in my garden. Just in and around the house.

[SvilleKid]

Planted "skips" and washed out areas (from the massive rains Friday and Saturday). I think I planted more peas and melons than were left standing. Garden NOT on a slope or prone to flooding. But eight inches of rain in 24 hours...... Nothing stands up to that. I have to make a walk thru my woods in next day or so, to see if any trees down from the saturated ground. With that much rain, the weeds are going crazy, and ground still to wet to hoe or roto-till up weeds. Going to be a busy week to get back ahead of garden.

[Coach Deg]

Thank u

[Mr B]

Here is a garden video I did on Memorial Day. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkQ7fSB5Yk

[Blak Smyth]

A lot of work you put in there Mr.B, well done.

[SvilleKid]

First veggies from the garden tonight. Had some steamed cabbage, broccoli, squash and zucchini. Plus some fresh cornbread. Some pics of how the garden is coming:

[jjirons69]

Weeding sucks, don't it, Cliff??

Looks good!

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Weeding sucks, don't it, Cliff??

Looks good!

Yep, sure does!!! Partially completed. Lots more to go.

[Mr B]

Lookin real good Cliff.

[Mr B]

New garden video, raised beds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3joEyUOPGVs