Let's see those '11 gardens!

[hotreds]

Still too wet!

[thebayratt]

The heat and lack of rain is starting to take its toll on the garden. We haven't had but a 1/4" of rain in a month or more. I picked another gallon of beans today. May have a gallon or two left growing, but I think thats going to be it on the green beens. I may plant a few more to see if they come up or not. May have a second run of beans.

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by thebayratt

The heat and lack of rain is starting to take its toll on the garden. We haven't had but a 1/4" of rain in a month or more. I picked another gallon of beans today. May have a gallon or two left growing, but I think thats going to be it on the green beens. I may plant a few more to see if they come up or not. May have a second run of beans.

Those soybeans are looking good! Mine look pretty bad right now.

If your green beans were Contender, I read that they will not continually produce like other varieties. Contender was made to fruit all at once for commercial harvesting. That is still a heck of a lot of green beans.

[thebayratt]

Another gallon of beans and pulled a few carrots to see how they are doing.


Soybeans about ready to pick


A few of the cucumbers on the trellis


Lima beans are doing ok. Could use some more water.

[shilala]

I'm not sure if I mentioned or not, but I may get a little garden in yet. I had some pressure treated frames from shelves that will work perfect. I'll have three more when I tear another shelving unit apart.
It won't be much, but it'll be more than I wanted to mess with. I might have to get you guys to all come over and dig them in. I'll supply the dirt, drinks, food and smokes.

[jjirons69]

Beautiful carrots, Shawn!

Wayne, planted Kentucky Blue pole and Blue Lake bush several times. Both produced very well, especially the pole. I planted a small, new row every 2-3 weeks and they keep putting out all season. Quite delicious and almost more than our family could keep up with. Shared them with the neighbors. Japanese beetles love them, too.

[Mr B]

Finally got my stuff in the ground. It was a late spring here. Lots of rain and cold.

(1) Parks Whopper Tom.
(2) Lemon Boy Toms.
(4) Early Girl Toms.
(4) Celebrity Toms.
(12) Jalapenos
(8) Green Bells
(2) Orange Bells
(2) Green Zuks.
(2) Yellow Zuks.
(4) Hybrid Burpless Cucs.
(1) Habanero

and from seed:
Spinach
Butter Leaf
Carrots
Raddish (a little late, I know)

Basil
Chives
Strawberries

Pics to come later

Originally Posted by Mr B

Raddish (a little late, I know)

Depends on the radish type. You can grow radishes most the year. They mature so fast you can replant again and again.

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

Depends on the radish type. You can grow radishes most the year. They mature so fast you can replant again and again.

Lance, sorry to hear about your dog problems.

I am also planting the raddish's in an area that gets a little less sun than the rest of the garden so it should be fine. I hope.

[thebayratt]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Beautiful carrots, Shawn!

Wayne, planted Kentucky Blue pole and Blue Lake bush several times. Both produced very well, especially the pole. I planted a small, new row every 2-3 weeks and they keep putting out all season. Quite delicious and almost more than our family could keep up with. Shared them with the neighbors. Japanese beetles love them, too.

Thanks

I like the idea of spreading out the planting a few weeks. I will try that next year or maybe this year if I get enough time for a second run of plants.


I myself had to put up fencing. Last year, I used wood 2x2s for posts but they rotted and the termites ate them. So I went with a metal t-post. They are more sturdier and I can use them over and over. I got a 25' roll of chicken wire that I strung out as tight as I could to keep the dogs out. The back part of the garden is bordered by chainlink, so that saved me some fence/cash.

[Ahbroody]

Nice.

Still fighting the dogs here. I will never, EVER, put fish meal in the ground again. That move is costing me a lot of money in fencing and reinforcement. I may have to go electronic next. Hours and hours of extra time spent that I could have been relaxing with a cigar. I need to find a "bad mood" icon to insert here.
On second thought, I could randomly trowel in a little fish meal in gopher holes around the field to distract the dogs.

[shilala]

I tore apart another big shelf and got me another two frames for the garden. If I get moving, I'll have a couple more. I'll have a nice little terraced thing going on. I'm stoked.

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by shilala

I tore apart another big shelf and got me another two frames for the garden. If I get moving, I'll have a couple more. I'll have a nice little terraced thing going on. I'm stoked.

I have a decent sized garden this year:

4 6 ft rows of green beans
4 6 ft rows of peas
4 5 ft rows of lettuce (2 of them are getting very close to pruning the outside leaves for salads)
3 bush beans
4 roma tom
10 tomatoes (celebrity, better bush)
4 jalapeno
2 serrano
16 green p
4 yellow p
2ft x 10ft "patch" of raspberries

Question: I know lettuce will do fine for a fall harvest since it is a little cooler, how about peas?

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by jlaker

I have a decent sized garden this year:

4 6 ft rows of green beans
4 6 ft rows of peas
4 5 ft rows of lettuce (2 of them are getting very close to pruning the outside leaves for salads)
3 bush beans
4 roma tom
10 tomatoes (celebrity, better bush)
4 jalapeno
2 serrano
16 green p
4 yellow p
2ft x 10ft "patch" of raspberries

Question: I know lettuce will do fine for a fall harvest since it is a little cooler, how about peas?

Depends on the variety of pea. If it's a snow pea type then it loves cooler weather. If it's a cowpea type, then heat is what you want.

Originally Posted by wayner123

Depends on the variety of pea. If it's a snow pea type then it loves cooler weather. If it's a cowpea type, then heat is what you want.

It's a Spring/Sweet pea so I 'm guessing the would be good for the fall too

Originally Posted by jlaker

I have a decent sized garden this year:

4 6 ft rows of green beans
4 6 ft rows of peas
4 5 ft rows of lettuce (2 of them are getting very close to pruning the outside leaves for salads)
3 bush beans
4 roma tom
10 tomatoes (celebrity, better bush)
4 jalapeno
2 serrano
16 green p
4 yellow p
2ft x 10ft "patch" of raspberries

Question: I know lettuce will do fine for a fall harvest since it is a little cooler, how about peas?

Wareza pix?

[jjirons69]

Called my dad - going to help him harvest 4 rows of potatoes this weekend. His rows are probably 40 yards long. We'll end up with a truckload of red and irish potatoes. I'll end up passing them out to folks at work and friends of ours. We've never ate them all. Saturday afternoon we're replanting the rows with Valencia peanuts. I'm bringing a large handful back to put in my garden. I need something else to water.

Below are some squash from Friday and today, plus a few sweet 100 cherries. I also snapped some pictures of the garden. Those japalenos are huge and still growing. I'm still eating pickled ones from last year.

[shilala]

I managed to turn up some dirt alongside the house for a garden. I'll turn up the whole side eventually and use some treated lumber to hold back the dirt.
I improved the dirt with composted poop and SAP, so it should grow stuff well. I'm excited to see how it goes.