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Post by bunkie on Jul 11, 2011 8:44:10 GMT -5
it's still strange weather here. has been 42F the last few mornings! doing lots of weeding and finishing up transplanting and attempting a fall garden now. got the shade cloth on the greenhouse yesterday...in case summer ever arrives! here's a pics of the last moose sighting...he's a little left of center... i54.tinypic.com/bg7kli.jpg |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 11, 2011 9:49:34 GMT -5
Wow, very odd weather everywhere. Love the moose pics. That is so amazing to me.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 13, 2011 13:10:53 GMT -5
Bunkie, what are you putting in the fall garden?
I'm scared of moose.
I got stuck inside a quick stop market in Banff, because a moose decided to graze the front of the store. They are huge!
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Post by steev on Jul 13, 2011 13:46:41 GMT -5
Tasty, too.
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Post by seedywen on Jul 13, 2011 16:57:59 GMT -5
A native friend didn't grow vegetables.
I didn't hunt moose.
So we traded.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 14, 2011 20:30:16 GMT -5
Moose is not as good as caribou....ummm I wish some one would send me a nice rump roast...I'll send you all the tomatoes I can pack! And jam!
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Post by bunkie on Jul 16, 2011 8:52:38 GMT -5
yum caribou!!! i remember it well when we lived in Alaska! catching up here...some fall gardening this year...Kohlrabi, short season cabbage, baby (round parisienne) carrots, more lettuce (i have a couple summer type lettuce to try) and greens, broccoli, more radishes, so far. i'm sure i'll think of more and soon.... we're eating loads of radishes now. unheard of, having our first radish in july?  ! i'm readying to make some Rosie Red Radish Relish today! both our new gardens are looking super. the tom plants are loaded with greenies waiting to ripen. i've got one row where the leaves are curled upward. no signs of disease, just weird curling. they have plenty of water...not too much. i think it might be the cold weather we've been having. the corn's still a bit short, but looking good. i'm surprized they aren't all bent over with the strong winds we've been had. the cukes are loaded with blossoms as are the summer squash plants and pepper plants. baby squashes soon to harvest, yum! some of the cabbages are starting to head. the beans are still taking their time. the potatoes are coming along nicely. the other day we brought out the ones from last year in our basement and planted them...the ones with the long sprouts like joseph's mystery plant! ;D so far we've been picking rhubarb, cherries and strawberries. it's jam makin' time! will post more pics soon...looks like rain today... |
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Post by bunkie on Jul 26, 2011 13:46:45 GMT -5
some pics of garden 1... cloudy morning...  mowing...  asparagus and violas...  petunias and strawberries...  zuchini...   rows of summer squash and toms...  ronde de nice...  tomatilloes...purple...  verde...  tomatoes...    OSU Blue...  Blueberry Tomato...  rows of tomatoes...  and tomatilloes...  peppers...   Cayenne Pepper...  barn, corn and peppers...  corn rows...  |
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Post by bunkie on Jul 26, 2011 14:39:38 GMT -5
garden 2... rows of beans and sunflowers...  rows of sugar beets, beets, carrots and radishes...  cukes, corn, beans...  cukes,corn winter squash...  more cukes...  a cuke 'happening'...  sweet potatoes and popcorn and more beans...  San Michael Cabbage...  Winter Squash and pumpkins...    mulching all the squashes and pumpkins...  possible pumpkin contest winner 2011???...  |
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 26, 2011 14:59:26 GMT -5
What contest?
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Post by bunkie on Jul 27, 2011 8:42:03 GMT -5
nother forum. we had the best garlic harvest ever this year...still have a bit more to dig up...   |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 28, 2011 8:52:14 GMT -5
Beautiful garlic Bunkie! How interesting that we've had opposing weather and opposing garlic results. The purple in your hand is SO beautiful! What variety is it?
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Post by bunkie on Aug 2, 2011 10:08:14 GMT -5
jo, i'm pretty sure it's the 'Shandong'. there's another variety, 'Simonetti', that's of equal size and color. we had 23 varieties in all. even the white ones were so beautiful this year!
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Post by mnjrutherford on Aug 4, 2011 6:54:00 GMT -5
Wow.... What are your water figures for this past growing season? If we get out of the drought, I'd like to try growing those.
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Post by bunkie on Aug 5, 2011 8:21:38 GMT -5
hubs is in charge of the water and irrigation, so he'd probably know. ew have two five thousand gallon tanks. a few yeaars ago we dug a well and hit water at 90 plus feet. hubby hooked up a solar panel to a solar pump and he rotates it as the sun moves across the sky. it pumps water into the tanks which then drip into our irrigation system. it's a neat setup, and so amazing to watch water pumped by the sun!
i mulch everything thickly and that saves on the water. plus, hubby's in the process of cutting the irrigation into sections in both gardens. it will save on water, aand water more thoroughly with lines less long. all part of the learning process!!!
when do you plant your garlic jo? i'll see if i can get a bulb or two off to you.
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! i'm readying to make some Rosie Red Radish Relish today!