S&W Fan
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Well , you know what they say. “ You can lead a horse to water
2025 Gardening thread, whatcha growing or doing in the yard
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Saltwater60
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I told her and my mil I would grow all their veggies for them if they came over to help me here and there or pitched in some funds. Neither one wants to do that but neither one pays any attention. I went to my mil’s the other day and redid her garden again for the 10th time. She wants it but does nothing to it or with it. I looked at her veggies and she took them out of the pots but never planted them. The mound of dirt was sitting on top and dried out. Took care of that too. People are crazy. I harvested more already than they will get all season.
Jmac00
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the Campground we work at has a labors' garden. Last week we planted cherry tomato's, Peppers, carrots, squash and watermelon and radishes.
The radishes are delicious
The radishes are delicious
Saltwater60
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That’s fun. I always thought about being a campground monitor when I retire. I’d like to live in my camper many days through the summers when I retire.the Campground we work at has a labors' garden. Last week we planted cherry tomato's, Peppers, carrots, squash and watermelon and radishes.
The radishes are delicious
Robin
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Harvested my wife's garlic yesterday, best I've ever seen!
Robin
Robin
Jmac00
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ya, we cut some lettuce out and pulled some more radishes, then we planted more radishes
The watermelon and squash are coming in nicely, Peppers, carrots and onions are doing well
And we are in the Cherry capital of the world. We're going to go pick fresh cherries this afternoon.
DanMNY
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Nice. Here in Irondequoit my garlic is still about a week away.
S&W Fan
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I harvested my Garlic yesterday, well most of it anyways. I Still have about a 1/4 of a raised bed to dig up. It grew very well this year.
Saltwater60
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I’m jealous of you all with your garlic. I can’t grow it. I have tried 3-4 different varieties from different local farms, I bought elephant garlic on line last year and planted that. I follow all the directions planting it about Halloween, 4-6” deep, same distance away, cover with leaves or hay for mulch, fertilize in spring, keep it watered but in a raised grow bag so it’s not soaking wet, I add compost in the fall and mine always sucks. Tops always die off early, no scapes this year and always small bulbs. Some so small they are barely usable. I’m giving up.
S&W Fan
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I’ve got more garlic this year than I know what to do with. I’ll mince a bunch and store it in olive oil but , damn !
S&W Fan
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We always try to grow something unique and unusual every year. Last year it was cuckamellons . They pickled well and were a big hit with the family. This year we found and picked lemon cucumbers. So far they are growing like crazy. We’re going to try our first one today.
GTN
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I’m growing some also but I only have flowers so far
Saltwater60
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I’m trying watermelons this year. Not odd but not easy to grow around here successfully I had flowers as of last week so I should have baby watermelons by now.
S&W Fan
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You’re right, watermelons aren’t all that easy to grow in my region either. Of all the things that I’ve grown or have tried to grow watermelons and musk melons have given me the most difficulty.
Saltwater60
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We don’t have a long though hot season is my understanding. Although one is growing great and the other is doing ok. Probably too wet for the one doing ok but that’s life. The other one looks great. Again I am growing the small watermelons but I can tell you the Amish grow them around me and do well at it. Not sure what they do or if they have special seeds they hybridized or something. I do love a good watermelon. If they do not perform for me I will stop growing them. I have them growing in an area that is my compost pile for fall so it’s not taking away from anything else anyway. With the heat they are growing quickly and lots of flowers so maybe this is the year.
It’s beyond me why I can’t get garlic to grow but it just doesn’t like me.
Saltwater60
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I had blueberries and raspberries coming out my ears. Both are a good thing.
S&W Fan
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My grandkids have pretty much gobbled up all my raspberries and blackberries. The blueberry bushes are still producing very well . I also have a giant Mulberry bush that flowered very heavily the last two weeks so we’re expecting that to produce a bumper crop of berries in a couple of weeks .
S&W Fan
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The Japanese beetles are terrible this year. I’ve had to make up a mixture of Neem oil and spray three times so far.
Saltwater60
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I have seen none and I’m happy. Many around me are complaining though
GTN
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And two more heavy downpours today.
We had one Sunday that broke some tomato branches
We had one Sunday that broke some tomato branches
Saltwater60
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If they are broken right off I have taken some thing and supported them in the past. This allows the tomatoes to develop and I had no issues moving forward. If this is the central leader for growth it’s very much worth saving IMO. If it’s a side shoot maybe not, if it’s a sucker cut it off
S&W Fan
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S&W Fan
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Zucchinis are starting to come on strong . I picked these this morning
Saltwater60
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My squash is going crazy as well. I have a zucchini plant that is massive. I at remove it because it’s huge. Probably 4’ tall and 4-5’ wide, never seen one this big.
Saltwater60
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I use grubex here and there for larvae. A few years ago I had grubs so bad that I raked up some leftover leaves and my plants were tearing out of the ground. Under one small plant smaller than a dinner plate there was three grubs there. I used grubex over everything except my veggie growing area and no issues since. I have no June bugs and no Japanese nettles. I’m happy about that.
Saltwater60
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My citrus tree arrived and it looks great. Price was reasonable but shipping is terrible. I was going to add more fertilizer for it but shipping is $25-30 so Amazon got that money. Let’s see where this goes but I’d like to get 1-3 more depending on how this one goes. It’s a satsuma mandarin tree and that fruit is so good I hope to get some. It’s about 30” tall with a couple of multi branches coming off it. Looks healthy and arrived in great condition. I bought it from Madison Citrus growers and they were wonderful to deal with. The trees were about half price but no warranty.
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Saltwater60
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More caterpillars this year than ever before. I harvested some parsley and I had a monarch and a black swallowtail butterfly one in just that hunch. So cool.
S&W Fan
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I planted this saw-tooth blackberry bush about 5 yrs. ago. It’s done pretty well for me but this year it has exploded with giant berries!
Saltwater60
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Love it. Things are going fairly well for me. Tomatoes are taking forever to turn red. I grew a veranda tomato this year and it’s doing fantastic. My carrots look great, raspberries and black berries look good as well. Blueberries are fantastic but squirrels are getting in them. I have some watermelons but a raccoon got one. Squash are going crazy and finally getting some cukes. Only the full sized ones grow for me and not the pickle cukes??