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Post by oldmobie on Jun 7, 2017 14:08:28 GMT -5
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Post by oldmobie on Jun 15, 2017 4:05:48 GMT -5
 First picking of Joseph Lofthouse 's peas today.  Made about a serving. I spread 'em on a sheet pan in the freezer. When they're good and IQF, I'll put 'em in a ziplock until I have a good "mess". Planted "green" beans today. Flamingo, Scarlet Runner, Top Crop, Blue Lake, Yellow Wax, and ? ? ? Stringless. |
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Post by reed on Jun 15, 2017 10:08:35 GMT -5
That looks like some radish flowers and seed pods in the post above your last one. Have you tried them? To me they are way better than the roots and one plant makes enough for a lot of salads. They get tough and chewy as they mature but the fresh little ones are great. That's my primary selection on radishes. I let them all grow but I prefer milder flavored so I only save seed from them. Turnip pods are also delicious.
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Post by oldmobie on Jun 16, 2017 1:34:13 GMT -5
That looks like some radish flowers and seed pods in the post above your last one. Have you tried them? To me they are way better than the roots and one plant makes enough for a lot of salads. They get tough and chewy as they mature but the fresh little ones are great. That's my primary selection on radishes. I let them all grow but I prefer milder flavored so I only save seed from them. Turnip pods are also delicious. The flowers are radish. Not sure about the pods, they're a little older and volunteer. Could be radish or turnip. I've got some brassicas running around that have been allowed to cross willy-nilly. I think I tasted pods of that and of radish. Wasn't really my thing. Maybe with some selection. I may try again, since I don't seem to remember very well. |
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Post by oldmobie on Jun 21, 2017 18:38:19 GMT -5
 That's the eating pea crop (general population) for the year. (Not counting any that may have fallen into my mouth while shelling. Surely such a travesty has never occured. No picture of THOSE. You're welcome.) The plants are starting to show their age, so I'm leaving the rest for seed replenishment. I marked some pods for special saving; some because of many peas per pod (7 or more), others because they're on three or so plants ~ a foot and a half taller than the rest. I haven't decided, but may plant the proto-heat-tolerant seeds when I pull these out. Or maybe half of them, in case that's too much stress too soon.  I thought I was out of turnip seed. I saved last years tops, but thought they should dry more. I put them in a contractor bag left open. During the remodel, they got put in the yard right-side-up and rained in. I poured out the water and hung the bag upside-down to dry. A bunch of volunteers came up where I poured the water. Yesterday, my wife was cleaning where I hung them, so I stomped 'em a little and removed as much chaff as I could. I'll have to germination test, but they're alive I may never run out! |
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Post by mjc on Jun 21, 2017 19:14:35 GMT -5
 But instead I have this:  I get that it's bolting. We had a week or so of pretty warm weather. But it's WinterSown! It was out there through frost! Where's the "head"? Did it just break the seed open and shove out a flower stalk? Oh well, I think that was all my seed. I guess I'll let it produce seed, and hope something in a future generation bolts slower, so I can select for that. Cabbages are biennial...and they are pretty much 'cool weather' items, so even if it was a tiny thing and sprouted, then it got cold again, it probably was tricked into early bolting. There shouldn't be a problem with saved seed...as it wasn't really a selection, but a 'forcing'. That's one reason I don't really like wintersown brassicas. |
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Post by oldmobie on Jul 10, 2017 19:16:05 GMT -5
Finally got the garden cleaned up and in better condition. (Mrs. oldmobie did the majority. She works better down low than I can, I'm better at the heavy lifting.)  The "green" beans are getting established. Blooms shouldn't be too far off.  I'm trying to be more thorough at removing bulbils from garlic this year. Hopefully, I'm not damaging the flowers too badly. I'm a little too big and clumsy for delicate work. (Maybe I can get a better focused picture today. The light was almost gone.)  I found some unusual clover in the yard. I guess it must be environmental; I've lived here most of my life without seeing anything like it. If it's genetic it must be new, but where would it have come from?   |
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Post by steev on Jul 10, 2017 19:20:41 GMT -5
I'd suspect a virus; attractive, though.
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Post by oldmobie on Jul 10, 2017 19:57:43 GMT -5
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Post by oldmobie on Jul 14, 2017 22:43:23 GMT -5
Gonna be a late corn harvest this year. I started planting today. Gonna detassle some non-sweet to polinate with sweet corn pollen again this year. The rows to detassle will be seeds from when I did the same thing before. Should already be half sweet, the other half assorted indian and dent corns. Pollen parents to be LISP Ashworth, Astronomy Domine, and High Carotene. I'm also trying something new in my planting.  The rows are in 3-4" strips of exposed soil, seperated by two layers of newspaper about ½ sheet wide, held by straw. In row spacing 6-8". I lost the light, so I'll finish planting tomorrow. I plan to plant the half-sweets ear-to-row. |
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Post by steev on Jul 14, 2017 23:00:12 GMT -5
Given that you're newsprint-mulching, I wonder why only two layers.
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Post by oldmobie on Jul 15, 2017 0:11:47 GMT -5
Given that you're newsprint-mulching, I wonder why only two layers. My newspaper and cardboard drew moisture and started molding in the garage. We disposed of a lot. I'm a little afraid of running out. |
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Post by richardw on Jul 15, 2017 0:21:50 GMT -5
How come such a late corn sowing
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Post by oldmobie on Jul 15, 2017 2:18:51 GMT -5
How come such a late corn sowing Ground wasn't prepped. I had such a bumper crop of thistles. I wanted a degree of confidence I could control them without killing my crops. That bed's now had two visits from the stirrup hoe and two from the flamer. With the mulch, I think it should work. |
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Post by richardw on Jul 15, 2017 15:27:14 GMT -5
What sort of thistle
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