Gardening Thread 2021

[Mini Horses]

At least something growing. I watered garden dirt where I planted seeds. Some grass is sprouting, guess it's possible the seeds will.

Good luck with the basil.

 

[Grizzlyhackle]

At least something growing. I watered garden dirt where I planted seeds. Some grass is sprouting, guess it's possible the seeds will.

Good luck with the basil.

I watered when I came home from work. Out in the dark, I imagine something got missed. I've got maples sprouting everywhere. Some dummy bought 2 at Wally worldin the early 90's. That hurricane last August snapped a big piece higher than I can climb on the one out front.
So when we gonna do the rain dance? Nothing showing on the weather report. Tuesday night when I got home the college kids across the street had their backyard lit up with a bonfire. I stood outside for awhile. Sparks going every where. Lord let me hit the Powerball.

 

[Alaskan]

Rain up here... all today and yesterday.

I am blah... have a bunch of plants to plant outside.... but highs are hitting 41!!!!

And with rain and wind... gusts so strong my car was rocking....

So I repotted and shifted stuff around... trying to make sure the plants stay happy and get enough light..... while they live inside.

 

[Grizzlyhackle]

Rain up here... all today and yesterday.

I am blah... have a bunch of plants to plant outside.... but highs are hitting 41!!!!

And with rain and wind... gusts so strong my car was rocking....

So I repotted and shifted stuff around... trying to make sure the plants stay happy and get enough light..... while they live inside.

Your May sounds like my February.

 

[Grizzlyhackle]

Figures don't it long range forecast shows rain memorial day weekend

 

[Baymule]

Rain. Drizzle. Mist. Stop. Start over again. In less than 2 weeks we hav got 8 3/4” of rain. It showered a moment ago, enough to send my 135 pound male Great Pyrenees bolting to the porch begging to come inside. Of course I let him in. Big quivering drooling lug. Gotta love him!

We have 48 Cornish Cross chickens we need to start slaughtering. Rain. Boo. It may slack up Sunday for awhile, hope so.

In other news, the purple podded green beans I planted are coming up. I have 3 varieties thanks to generous members on TEG. I’m going to grow them, we are going to eat them fresh and canned. Then we’ll select the one we like best.

The Painted Mountain corn I planted is coming up.

 

[Alaskan]

It is true... picking green pole beans... was always a bit of a search.

Purple pods would be a nice change.

I tried funky colored pea pods once... I think yellow and a purple-ish one, they were NOT as sweet as regular green.

That was years back though.... stayed with green since...

But from what I understand the purple podded beans do taste good.

 

[Mini Horses]

Green beans canned can be soggy. I tend to like the KY pole type for canning...they hold up to the processing well. Normally I grow a few bush type for fresh cook and sharing.

Just ate a bunch of yellow squash & onion tonight for dinner. Had grown them last year and froze some to heat and eat, when I had cooked a big batch. Nice to have them ready to go. Need to eat more because I'll be having a new crop in a couple months. Still some in freezer.

 

[Grizzlyhackle]

Just walked in and sat down found this dude crawling on my arm. Crappy picture of a tick. Tomorrow I'm going to Farmers and Planters uptown getting the biggest bag of Sevin dust they have. Good bugs better run cuz I've had it with ticks. Granules don't get it or I didn't spread enough. My skins crawling now.

 

[Alaskan]

I just don't remember tick borne diseases when I was a kid....

We just.... went and got ticks.

I remember getting a huge mess of them when I was picking pole beans!!

One bean leaf was solid ticks... I brushed against the pole bean plants, thought a dead bean leaf got on me.... then that brown leaf started moving... a jillion tiny ticks running to get supper.

I dashed into the house shucking clothes...

There sure are a bunch of tick diseases now a days...