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Post by Alan on May 22, 2008 21:46:13 GMT -5
Just wanted to check in on everybody and see how their gardening is going so far! Anybody got any pics? Observations? I would like to definetly hear about the performance of the seeds I sent out and how they are doing.
Everything here is just about up, off to a decent start after one hell of an abysmall spring thus far, things are looking up though and I'll get some pics up as soon as I get a chance.
CSA program is going great. Selling a ton of greens and lettuces to restraunts and customers as well as the farmers market, writing research papers, working with other organic gardeners, doing some civic duties, staying very busy. Sundays will be my major update days as the rest of the week is full. Sorry to be out so much, just that time of year, this fall there will be many great things to talk about!
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Post by canadamike on May 22, 2008 23:01:44 GMT -5
Pictures of corn started in flats to make sure I have something to eat at a family reunion I am planning i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn312/canadamike1/JARDINPRINTEMPS002.jpgHow the heck can I put them here instead of the link?  OK! Here I am, the problem is I was trying to bring in a corn in flats photo!! At least I partly succeeded. I go back there and might have to re-edit...we will see:  And this is not Pickanniny corn, despite the stick, it is CHIRES BABY CORN, the miniature stuff you eat in Chinese restaurant. The seed is a little bigger than a radish seed, about the size of a sweetlet green pea, a small one, and the picture was taken only 5 days after planting. All I know is that the timing with the moon was perfect and I had put more sonic bloom in my trays than the recommended dosage of one teaspoon per gallon of water.  |
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sammyqc
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Post by sammyqc on May 22, 2008 23:04:13 GMT -5
I only managed to start Mer de Noms, of the seeds I received from you, but so far, very nice little plants. I'm looking forward to seeing how they produce. I've shared a few with other gardeners, and they've promised progress reports as well. They are smaller, bushier type plants, yes? So they would be more suitable to containers than some of the other large heirlooms, I would assume. At least, I'll try some that way this way this summer, and see how they do compared to the ones in the ground. Been busy, busy lately, with plants, kids, house repairs, life and all that jazz. But once the heat hits in a couple months, I'll be back, staying inside in the cool of the house.
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Post by stratcat on May 23, 2008 22:29:45 GMT -5
Jack White and Mer de Noms are included in my garden trials this year. Been real chilly in the daytime and downright cold at night.
Hope to begin setting my starts out the end of the month.
john
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Post by grunt on May 24, 2008 2:14:22 GMT -5
We had a minor disaster earlier with the Nicholson's, but the reseeding is up and will be just a bit behind everything else this time around. Mer De Noms is doing well, and the next time I come across it (they're hiding in the 400+ others left in the hoop house) I'll post a pic or two. Like everyone else, we're sort of going nuts right now.
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Post by Alan on May 29, 2008 22:16:42 GMT -5
We had a good rain the day before yesterday and upper 70's and lower 80's temperatures which really has brought everything around.
Corn is approaching a foot to a foot and a half tall, tomatoes are purky, some are blooming. Potatoes are setting blooms know, lettuce has gone crazy, cabbage is heading, other brassicas are bulking up for production, the watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers and other things are breaking the surface. All is going to be well, oh, to boot I got the cucumber beetles under control!
Pictures coming this weekend after my allergy attack is over and the cultivation is done for a couple of weeks!
The only downside is this case of sinusitus I'm fighting, I picked a good profession huh?
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Post by Alan on May 29, 2008 22:18:01 GMT -5
Forgot to mention, new research papers and articles this weekend too, some really good impassioned articles indeed this time! From Bio-Fule to Green living, politics and survivalism, in these writings my passions have been flamed into a raviging fire!
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Post by Alan on Jun 5, 2008 21:37:07 GMT -5
Finally getting the cucumber beetles and the weeds under control, feeling much better today, getting my seasonal allergies under control and feeling very invigorated. Slowly building and replanting things, preping new spots, amending soil, cultivating, more replanting, companion planting. Staying very busy. Getting ready to take some pics over the weekend and writing a few new articles. There is a new one up at the blog site homegrowngoodness.blogspot.com more to come in the next few days. Doing a lot of careful research, evaluation, hand pollinations this year. Documenting all of it. Evolving ideas to fit what I have in mind for next year, this year will see the last of the mono crop, huge mass cross fields. Next year will see fields that are companion planted and laid out more like bio-intensive home gardens, a smaller planting area. There will be lots of new info to share in the next 12 months as well as foundation stock seed. Everything is slowly coming together, including our little community here on the net, I'm so anxious to share everything with all of you. |
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Post by flowerpower on Jun 6, 2008 6:00:32 GMT -5
I wish I could put some shit in the ground now. But I have yet to see a volunteer mater or gourd. The soil here is still cold. And b/c I started seeds late due to lack of room this yr, all my seedlings are tiny. The maters will catch up, I'm sure.
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Post by americangardener on Jun 6, 2008 8:29:19 GMT -5
Yeah.. i'm pretty much in the same position as FP.. my soil is just warming up. Went from lows in the 20's at nite to highs in the 90's in the daytime in just a matter of a couple days.
I did get some transplanting done these past few days though. So far got 100 pepper plants out and 150 tomatoes. Amazingly though i'm finding voulenteer tomato plants all over the garden... thousands of em. And some are even bigger than the transplants i've been growing indoors for the past 6 weeks or so.
I'm using a few of the voulenteers to fill in amongst my regular tomatoes.. just cause they're looking so good, but i hate not knowing the names of em.. it makes it impossible for seed saving and trading when i can't tell what they are. But, i just hate destroying em all too.
Welp.. not much of an update!.. Just getting started here. Time to go transplant some more.
Dave
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Post by tomc on Jun 6, 2008 9:48:38 GMT -5
Tomatoes are almost all planted. Paprika is in too. Eggplant is still not big enough to plant out. One of these years I'm gonna remember that and start it like I do paprika (in Feb.)
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Post by johno on Jun 6, 2008 12:20:57 GMT -5
I'm behind on lots of things, as usual... I still have more tomato plants to transplant, but these are the ones I have in the ground (and I emphasize "ONES," 'cuz it's largely one of each.)
Absynth
Aunt Gerdie’s gold
Beefsteak
Big Boy OP
Black Cherry
Blackfoot
Black Zebra
Brad’s Black Heart
Cerise
Cheeseman’s
Chinese Purple
Coyote
Dr. Carolyn Ivory
Eva Purple Ball
Galina’s
Golden Egg
Guernsey Island
Guernsey Pink Blush
Guido
Hawaiian Pineapple
Indian Stripe
J.D.’s Special C-Tex
Jet Star
La Mer Noir
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom
Large Barred Boar
(Came to me labeled as ) Murk’s Mutts black (I think it’s supposed to be “Turk’s…”)
Negro Azteca
Palmira’s North Italian
Peacevine (from yellow fruit)
Purple Haze F-1
Rouge D’ Irak
Russe
Slavic Masterpiece
Top Sirloin
Vintage Wine
Vorlon
Whippersnapper
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Bring back the rotary phone so we don't have to press "1" for English
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Post by oldgaredneck on Jun 6, 2008 12:58:36 GMT -5
Picked two Hungarian Spice Peppers yesterday - they were tasty!
Have sweet cherry peppers almost ready
Tiny Tim and Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes have baby tomatoes,
yellow squash and zucchini have blooms.
Several different varieties of cowpeas and our peanuts are growing well
Three rows of okra are up about 4 inches high - hopefully we'll have some okra this year
Got off to a late start with the regular tomatoes, but they're trying to catch up
No sign of watermelon or cantelope plants yet, or the different winter squash varieties we planted.
Was going to take pics, discovered that the digital camera is not working!!! Oh well, it was fun while we had one, dadgummit....
Still having to take it slow and rest frequently - especially now that the temps are hitting the mid to high 90's - makes it VERY hard to breathe, even with the oxygen.
The ol' ticker is still ticking with long acting nitrates and two different beta blockers. Not too much they can do with the dead tissue, or so the VA claims.....
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Post by Alan on Jun 6, 2008 20:56:57 GMT -5
Wow, peppers and tomatoes allready! That's great! I'm getting ripe tomatoes now from the greenhouse tomatoes, they are going quickly to the CSA members and next week to the local co-op along with lettuce, salad greens, and collards! Today I spent several hours hoeing and cultivating by hand two acres worth of watermelon and squash, I have been more than kissed by the sun, I have been raped. Tomarrow I have another acre worth of intensive cultivation to do, squash to spray with diatomacious earth, squash, cucmbers and watermelon to plant, and some mechanical cultivation with the tomato crop. Remember friend to take it easy in the garden, we want you kicking around in the dirt for years and years to come friend!  |
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Post by flowerpower on Jun 7, 2008 7:13:57 GMT -5
Since I saw a few volunteers yesterday, I put in plants. I must have put in close to 100 bean plants. I am sure I'll regret this come picking time lol. Also a few maters- Red Zebra, Tiger Like, Furry Yellow Hog, Copia,Zaoptec Pleated, Orange Ruffled, BW Pink, and Orangia x Grub's Mystery Green (Thanks KCTom). I put all the striped ones near each other in case they cross. I also put in my pathetic eggplant and peppers.
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