2020 Gardening Thread

[S&W Fan]

My Kiowa thornless blackberry bush is producing for the first time this year. The bush is loaded with huge berries. Most aren’t quite ripe yet , but a few were. My granddaughter and I picked the ripe ones earlier for breakfast in the morning.

 

[Robin]

My wife has picked about twenty quarts, she's making juice from them now. suppose to have a lot of good for you shit in it, dunno, but it sure tastes good and will be a little ray of sunshine next February. Still tons of them for the picking.
Robin

 

[Depick]

Tomato prison is complete! Hopefully this will keep the squirrels at bay.

 

[BDinPutnam]

I like that, @Depick - what is that, conduit?

But how do you get the tomatoes out?

 

[Saltwater60]

My Kiowa thornless blackberry bush is producing for the first time this year. The bush is loaded with huge berries. Most aren’t quite ripe yet , but a few were. My granddaughter and I picked the ripe ones earlier for breakfast in the morning.
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Looks nice. Watch out for those pesky critters.

I found one peach on my peach tree. Small victories.

 

[Saltwater60]

My wife has picked about twenty quarts, she's making juice from them now. suppose to have a lot of good for you shit in it, dunno, but it sure tastes good and will be a little ray of sunshine next February. Still tons of them for the picking.
Robin

Wow that’s sounds so good!

 

[Saltwater60]

I like that, @Depick - what is that, conduit?

But how do you get the tomatoes out?

Looks like grey PVC outdoor electrical conduit and since I think he’s an electrician I might be right. That’s what I need to do for like everything in my yard.

 

[Depick]

I like that, @Depick - what is that, conduit?

But how do you get the tomatoes out?

It is pvc conduit and I made the two larger side panels removable. I left the chicken wire loose on one side so I can still get one of the panels off. I’ll probably build a permanent sloped roof for it over the winter.

 

[S&W Fan]

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Tomato prison is complete! Hopefully this will keep the squirrels at bay.

Ingenuity at it’s best. Nice idea. But, where the heck are the tomato plants?

 

[S&W Fan]

Man I love this time of year ! Fruits and veggies are ripening and harvest time is almost upon us. One of my older blueberry bushes is yielding some nice fruit! Made this blueberry cornbread in a cast iron skillet for breakfast this morning.

 

[Depick]

Ingenuity at it’s best. Nice idea. But, where the heck are the tomato plants?

They’re in there. They blend in with the grass so they’re pretty hard to see. I’ve got seven tomato plants total. Three are Roma which have just started to grow some tomatoes the other four are parks whopper.

 

[Saltwater60]

They’re in there. They blend in with the grass so they’re pretty hard to see. I’ve got seven tomato plants total. Three are Roma which have just started to grow some tomatoes the other four are parks whopper.

Let me know how this works out for you please. I have a huge squirrel problem. They get more than I do honestly.

 

[Depick]

Let me know how this works out for you please. I have a huge squirrel problem. They get more than I do honestly.

I will

 

[Varmint]

Ok so I put in a test plot and I do not remember the squash variety...I work 12/16 hour days so feel free to laugh ...what is it? Ukrainian?...Yugoslavia’s?

 

[E the massive]

Toppled was going to stake it tonight. Never give up buddy, never give up.

 

[S&W Fan]

Ok so I put in a test plot and I do not remember the squash variety...I work 12/16 hour days so feel free to laugh ...what is it? Ukrainian?...Yugoslavia’s? View attachment 81561 View attachment 81562 View attachment 81563

That looks like a hybrid variety of summer squash. The yugo and Ukrainian squash that I’ve seen don’t look anything like that. The stuff that I’ve seen from some of the organic growers at the farmers market looks more like this.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Toppled was going to stake it tonight. Never give up buddy, never give up.

Had to convince mine to use the stakes instead of the fence, lol.

Totally random question but- if you put that clover underneath in on purpose, do you know what kind it is?

 

[E the massive]

Had to convince mine to use the stakes instead of the fence, lol.

Totally random question but- if you put that clover underneath in on purpose, do you know what kind it is?

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Nope. Most of the yard is evrything but grass. Bunnies love it. Bees go nuts for the white clover and purple stuff. It's white clover.

 

[Varmint]

That looks like a hybrid variety of summer squash. The yugo and Ukrainian squash that I’ve seen don’t look anything like that. The stuff that I’ve seen from some of the organic growers at the farmers market looks more like this.
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That’s pan patty...not to be confused with yippee yi yay cow patty

 

[Calculon]

Spotted these on my fence. Looks like tiny eggs - my dirty thumb for perspective. Any idea what they are? Was going to spray them but my son insisted I try to figure out what they are first.

 

[Saltwater60]

Spotted these on my fence. Looks like tiny eggs - my dirty thumb for perspective. Any idea what they are? Was going to spray them but my son insisted I try to figure out what they are first.
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No clue. Very interesting though. I’ve never seen anything like it

 

[E the massive]

Spotted these on my fence. Looks like tiny eggs - my dirty thumb for perspective. Any idea what they are? Was going to spray them but my son insisted I try to figure out what they are first.
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Fence caviar.

 

[phatfarmerbob]

pumpkins brought in about 40 cases of nice cukes today
started picking tomatoes this week

 

[Varmint]

View attachment 81603 pumpkins View attachment 81604 brought in about 40 cases of nice cukes today
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Juliet and sweet 100’s ...What a pain here

 

[phatfarmerbob]

Shudder

Sweet 100 take tooooo damn long to pick can’t make any money on them

 

[enigma]

Spotted these on my fence. Looks like tiny eggs - my dirty thumb for perspective. Any idea what they are? Was going to spray them but my son insisted I try to figure out what they are first.

They look like moth or butterfly eggs. I thought they might be the swallowtail eggs, but those are usually greenish colored. Whatever they are, they will be producing a bunch of hungry larvae when hatched. If you keep them, it's best to watch them closely. Some early pictures of the larvae may help figure out what they really are.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Good lookin' cukes there, Bob.

 

[phatfarmerbob]

Thanks, packed out another 40 cases today they are coming in nicely.

Good lookin' cukes there, Bob.

 

[E the massive]

Doing pickles now. First time. Also drinking beer, so we shall see.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Thanks, packed out another 40 cases today they are coming in nicely.

So you packed a peck of not yet pickled pickles?