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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 22, 2015 17:37:45 GMT -5
Getting ready for the farmer's market tomorrow. Woo Hoo!!! They are Jagodka. Thanks FusionPower, and Dan, and all the unknowable plant breeders in the USSR.  |
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Post by templeton on May 22, 2015 18:30:59 GMT -5
Sigh, I forget what mud looks like. Nice stalls. Templeton, I love those sturdy pots! Wonder if I can get them here? I hate those flimsy things. Tomatillos make great weeds. Easy to pull, and crowd out other things like pig weed and amaranth. I always leave several in the fringes to actually eat. I already have tomatillos on. Also, green tomatoes. Joseph, next year I want to try those Green Mtn. Potato Onions. Holly, Hiko trays from Oregon, must be someone in Cal who does them www.stuewe.com/products/hiko.php...and pm me if you want some Green Mountain F2 seed. Buckets of the stuff. And are you writing notes to yourself on your hand, Joseph?  Nice looking tomatoes, by the way. T |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 22, 2015 22:24:33 GMT -5
templeton: I had to blur out part of the writing on my hand because it was too sensitive for public viewing... Mud eh? On the way into town this evening to go to market, I saw something that was so unusual around here that I took the time to make a photo. 
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Post by 12540dumont on May 24, 2015 21:52:31 GMT -5
Good God that's practically a river. Templeton, only if you let me send you something too.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 4, 2015 19:39:49 GMT -5
Today was my biggest planting day of this season. I planted about 13,000 square feet (1/3 acre) before the sun got too hot this morning. I was planting beans, corn, and squash, so it went quick. I even had time left over to weed the sesame, tobacco, sweet corn, tomatoes, and potato onions. I planted about 600 row-feet of (skunk resistant) Astronomy Domine sweet corn, 600 row-feet of dry bush beans, 120 row-feet of runner beans, and about 500 row feet of squash.
I am all-in on the runner beans. If I don't get an increase this year, then I am out of seed.
I planted a new variety of tepary bean. The seed is orange.
I planted the mixta and the moschata squash side-by-side, so it will be interesting to see if I can identify any inter-species hybrids. I had thought about planting them every-other seed to mix it up more, but that makes identifying off-types harder. I planted the few seeds I harvested from that bright yellow moschata that I suspected last fall of being an inter-species hybrid. Anyone playing the odds about whether or not they will germinate?
I planted two patches of moschata squash: An extra large fruited patch, and a small fruited patch. I'm expecting to plant the production crop of medium (for me) sized fruits in a few days.
Last summer I was marking maxima and moschata squash with odd-leaves and I saved the seed separate. I planted the off types together in the same field. I want to mix it up a little if they will. They went right next to the mixta/moschata rows.
A pal shared Moschata Trombocino seed last fall. Ha! I'm really looking forward to seeing how that one grows for me. I planted more of the [Seminole X Joseph's moschata], and the [Seminole X Waltham Butternut] seed. Those went into the experimental patch.
I planted the beans as a trial... So little short rows of 10 or 20 seeds per row. Depending on how much I liked how particular varieties look. I was meticulous about counting seeds, so that this fall, I have the option of documenting yield. I did that last fall and really liked it. I also planted a long row of bulk collected bean seed from last year. I expect to plant my production bean crop next week.
Yikes! I'm running out of room. Before I get too much more carried away planting beans I aughta calculate how much space I need for okra and watermelons. I already have a field set aside for cucumbers, buttercup squash, and muskmelons.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 4, 2015 19:57:16 GMT -5
Good God that's practically a river. Really, if I had that much water out at the ranch I'd think it was an oasis. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 4, 2015 21:11:12 GMT -5
I did some unexpected frost tolerance testing the other day... I had tested seed germination in real soil, and after the tests were done I set the pots into the greenhouse so that I could recycle the soil. Dutch Hybrid Cross on the left.  After some more cold temperatures, I planted the only remaining plant of the Dutch Hybrid Cross into the soil of the greenhouse. I harvested the dried seeds today. The Resilient Bean Breeder plant also survived. It's about a week or two from maturing seed. |
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 5, 2015 12:27:30 GMT -5
Keep planting! Soon it will be time to weed.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 14, 2015 17:53:41 GMT -5
Goji Berries:  |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 20, 2015 2:20:09 GMT -5
Picked these for the farmer's market tomorrow (Saturday).  |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 23, 2015 23:27:12 GMT -5
Today I completed this year's harvest from my warmest field. That is a highly significant milestone in my personal life... The harvest included fava beans, garbanzo beans, goji berries, the mangetout red-podded peas, and a pail of Egyptian onion bulbils. The harvest coincided with the greenhouse finally being emptied of this springs transplants. I put the F2:[Jagodka X loose/open] plants into the field today. (oops. Just remembered that the irrigation water was not working, so I forgot to drag a hose to water them.] Tomorrow will be soon enough, the ground was still wet from the last irrigation.
The F2:[Hillbilly X Jagodka] are still quite small, but I took them over to the field anyway. Didn't get them planted before I was too baked. Perhaps tomorrow.
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Post by steev on Jun 24, 2015 0:21:21 GMT -5
Our expected-last-days-to-frost are so different, that it's weird how different our planting/harvest days are; I really need to be more on-site (with a greenhouse); this commuter gardening blows.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 13, 2015 23:29:28 GMT -5
I harvested bok choi seeds on Friday. They managed to outgrow the thistles and bindweed.   |
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Post by steev on Jul 14, 2015 0:28:42 GMT -5
A fine harvest and a healthy-looking farmer.
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Post by jondear on Jul 14, 2015 21:01:50 GMT -5
That should keep you in bok choi seed for a while... That reminds me to get some planted right after I rip out my peas.
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