2020 Gardening Thread

[BDinPutnam]

That’s not a bad thought.
here’s my plan. My wife wants more gardens in the front and that’s less lawn to mow so I’m game for that. I have my apricot tree there and the cherry tree there. I’m thinking to cut both down and rip out roots. The make some beds out of 4”x6” and fill with good soil. At the corners of my lot I’ll make some more beds for flowers. Then I think I’ll get a late blooming cherry tree that Cornell University developed. Supposed to be the latest blooming cherry tree there is. If that doesn’t solve it I’m giving up.
I can’t eat apples. They ferment in my stomach now for some reason and come out with in a few hours and little bits at a time Over hours. Not sure why I’ve always been able to eat them in the past.

I like it.

I dont have the same reaction as you do to apples but I cant eat them raw or I want to tear out every tooth in my head (burning awful pain in my teeth and along the gumline). Do you get that reaction regardless of raw or cooked? Just curious.

 

[MilesTeg]

That’s not a bad thought.
here’s my plan. My wife wants more gardens in the front and that’s less lawn to mow so I’m game for that. I have my apricot tree there and the cherry tree there. I’m thinking to cut both down and rip out roots. The make some beds out of 4”x6” and fill with good soil. At the corners of my lot I’ll make some more beds for flowers. Then I think I’ll get a late blooming cherry tree that Cornell University developed. Supposed to be the latest blooming cherry tree there is. If that doesn’t solve it I’m giving up.
I can’t eat apples. They ferment in my stomach now for some reason and come out with in a few hours and little bits at a time Over hours. Not sure why I’ve always been able to eat them in the past.

How about doing some thornless berries?

 

[S&W Fan]

My little patch of garlic is ready. I had some scrap wood and chicken wire so I knocked together something to dry the bulbs on. Just need to place it in a shaded area for a few days until the bulbs dry and harden.

 

[fnfalguy]

@S&W Fan how do you know when the garlic is ready?

 

[pramaglia]

I'm calling the vegetable garden done for now. I've been clearing the area behind for the last few days for some fruit trees. I removed about a half dozen trees and tons of honeysuckle bushes and weeds. Been running the burn pile for 3 days. Went through about three cases of beer already. lol

 

[Calculon]

Looks great!

 

[S&W Fan]

@S&W Fan how do you know when the garlic is ready?

When The first two or three leaves just above the soil start to Brown it’s usually time to harvest. Also, depending on where you are , and you’ve planted the garlic around the end of October or early Nov. early to mid June is Typically the time to harvest. You could go a little longer, you just don’t want all your leaves dying back because The garlic cloves tend to separate if left in the ground too long.

 

[S&W Fan]

I'm calling the vegetable garden done for now. I've been clearing the area behind for the last few days for some fruit trees. I removed about a half dozen trees and tons of honeysuckle bushes and weeds. Been running the burn pile for 3 days. Went through about three cases of beer already. lol

Looking good .
It’s nice to finally have all the time you want on your hands isn’t it?

 

[Saltwater60]

I like it.

I dont have the same reaction as you do to apples but I cant eat them raw or I want to tear out every tooth in my head (burning awful pain in my teeth and along the gumline). Do you get that reaction regardless of raw or cooked? Just curious.

Cooked apples are fine. Just raw.

 

[Saltwater60]

I'm calling the vegetable garden done for now. I've been clearing the area behind for the last few days for some fruit trees. I removed about a half dozen trees and tons of honeysuckle bushes and weeds. Been running the burn pile for 3 days. Went through about three cases of beer already. lol

Looks fantastic!
I’ll be expanding this fall.

 

[BDinPutnam]

I'm calling the vegetable garden done for now. I've been clearing the area behind for the last few days for some fruit trees. I removed about a half dozen trees and tons of honeysuckle bushes and weeds. Been running the burn pile for 3 days. Went through about three cases of beer already. lol

Man, that looks great!

 

[MilesTeg]

My little patch of garlic is ready. I had some scrap wood and chicken wire so I knocked together something to dry the bulbs on. Just need to place it in a shaded area for a few days until the bulbs dry and harden.
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Funny you posted this, about 20 minutes ago I was having the conversation with my father about his garlic. He was swearing it was ready and i was saying it seems early. Ill let him know he probably should get after it in the next few days.

 

[Curmudgeon]

since we got married. Yesterday was 18 years

Happy Anniversary

 

[Saltwater60]

Happy Anniversary

Thanks. Hoping to get out to dinner together some day here. That’s what we do every year is just go get a nice dinner together. It’s hard right now with the very limited seating.

 

[pramaglia]

I found some black spots on my cubanelle pepper plant stems, but not on any of my bell peppers. Does anyone know what this is and should I be concerned? Is it fusarium?

 

[phatfarmerbob]

Some more tomatoe plants. With flowers

 

[Saltwater60]

Some more tomatoe plants. With flowers View attachment 75849

Nice looking fields.

 

[Doc8404]

Some more tomatoe plants. With flowers View attachment 75849

WTF do you do with the harvest?

 

[Saltwater60]

WTF do you do with the harvest?

He’s a farmer. He sells it.

 

[Doc8404]

He’s a farmer. He sells it.

what are you, his publicist?

 

[phatfarmerbob]

He’s a farmer. He sells it.

Yup. They don’t magically appear on the grocery store shelf...

 

[Doc8404]

Yup. They don’t magically appear on the grocery store shelf...

well I didn’t know if you sell at local markets or to the big dawgs.

 

[phatfarmerbob]

I only do wholesale...

 

[Saltwater60]

Yup. They don’t magically appear on the grocery store shelf...

By the way thanks for all your hard work. Farming is not easy!!

 

[BDinPutnam]

Doing some major weed whacking today to clear tick habitat and then going to try to do some work on deer feed, and maybe a bit on our "meadow experiment."

 

[Saltwater60]

Doing some major weed whacking today to clear tick habitat and then going to try to do some work on deer feed, and maybe a bit on our "meadow experiment."

What’s your meadow project? Sounds interesting.

 

[S&W Fan]

Looks like we’ll be enjoying some nice lettuce soon.

 

[nortatoga]

 

[S&W Fan]

I found some black spots on my cubanelle pepper plant stems, but not on any of my bell peppers. Does anyone know what this is and should I be concerned? Is it fusarium?

It doesn’t look like fusarium. I would keep an eye on it none the less.

 

[phatfarmerbob]

Looks like bacterial spot.. get some copper on those plants and all the pepper plants cause it will spread