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Post by SA Hunter on Jun 1, 2020 9:27:48 GMT 10
Thanks - I'll give it a go.
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Post by dirtdiva on Jul 5, 2020 12:05:25 GMT 10
Vegetables right now growing beets, cabbage, green beans, zucchini, green onions (spring), potatoes, okra, butter beans, tomatoes, summer squash, french horticulture beans, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, kidney beans and lettuce, asparagus.
Fruit: blueberries, gooseberries, currants, rhubarb, mulberry, serviceberry, strawberry, American highbush cranberry, Pawpaw, native plum, sand plum, blackberry, grape, Nanking cherry, Cornelian cherry, peach.
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Post by spinifex on Jul 5, 2020 16:27:15 GMT 10
Thats a nice selection of stuff you have going!
And ... Whats a Serviceberry? Not heard of that before.
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Post by dirtdiva on Jul 7, 2020 0:43:13 GMT 10
Thats a nice selection of stuff you have going! And ... Whats a Serviceberry? Not heard of that before. Service berry is a native shrub/small tree native to most of the US in one form or another (Amelanchier canadensis) . It produces a berry similar to a blueberry. The fruit is loved by the birds. It is not as finicky about soil Ph requirements as blueberry, more shade tolerant, and pretty well disease and pest free. Also non invasive. Also known as Juneberry and Saskatoon.
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Post by SA Hunter on Aug 12, 2020 0:39:40 GMT 10
Bought some seed potatoes on Spins recommendation - will plant them in containers, and then some out bush later this week - if the rain stops.
Going through my seeds and sorting out what to try to grow this summer.
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Post by dirtdiva on Aug 15, 2020 9:54:00 GMT 10
Middle of August and picking cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini and okra every other day. Still picking red beans ( kidney) but finally pulled up the green beans and the plants went to the chickens. Still have butter (lima) beans, more red beans and french horticulture beans, sweet peppers, cantaloupes and melons. My first frost date is approximately Oct 15 ( zone 6B ) so in the upcoming days will plant garlic cloves. With 60 days to frost I planted purple hull (cow peas) as a crop and I also use it extensively as a cover crop. Also in the near future will plant fall crops of lettuce, cabbage, mustard greens and turnips. Grapes are ripe and also elderberries. Picked the first of the paste tomatoes but no figs ripe yet. Lots of canning, freezing, fermenting and dehydrating happening and lots of late nights. Both my husband and I and the chickens are eating well. Greetings from the U.S. and stay safe.
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Post by hd1340 on Aug 25, 2020 19:34:20 GMT 10
Transplanted a heap of baby spinach on Sunday that was doing nothing outside to long tubs on the kitchen windowsill, has now doubled in size in two days. The trials of relearning to garden in Tassie.
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Post by dirtdiva on Aug 26, 2020 4:20:23 GMT 10
Picking Tomatoes, cucumber, grapes, cantaloupe, okra, squash, lemon balm, mint, basil and blackberries
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 1, 2020 22:37:57 GMT 10
Planted some Rose Russian tomato seeds - never tried them before. Also, at my bol, heeded dirtdivas advice, and planted some pumpkin seeds in rotting tree stumps. Curious how they fare compared to others I planted direct into the soil.
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 2, 2020 2:21:47 GMT 10
Planted some Rose Russian tomato seeds - never tried them before. Also, at my bol, heeded dirtdivas advice, and planted some pumpkin seeds in rotting tree stumps. Curious how they fare compared to others I planted direct into the soil. Found this reference as well so guess someone else's Daddy did the same thing Lol http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=5746.0
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 9, 2020 13:52:40 GMT 10
Cleared away the spent paste tomato vines and burned! A few big slicers and the small plum tomatoes are still in full production. Gosh those things put out the fruit. Dehydrator full of chopped bell peppers and sliced okra. Finished shelling the dried red (pinto) beans and have butter beans drying and still more to pick along with french horticulture beans. The cantaloupe are finished but still have watermelons on the vine. Figs are still an unknown. With frost about 6 weeks out we shall see if they finish ripening. Elderberry done and fall blackberry crop finishing up. Cucumbers, squash and zucchini are winding down fast. Soon we will start spreading compost and putting the garden to bed. My husband likes to mix chopped up leaves with stable bedding and put a shallow layer over the beds to rot over winter. Apple season is just starting here.
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 9, 2020 22:25:18 GMT 10
I got given a few asparagus roots by Spinifex a few months ago, and planted then in pots. Well, I have shoots - and an ear of asparagus as well. I have no idea what to do, or what I am doing, but it sounds impressive that I'm growing asparagus.
Also, I bought a reduce lemon tree at Bunnings for $8. It's still about 20cm tall, but has about 6 lemons on it.
Some of my tomato seedlings are coming up, which I'm happy about.
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 10, 2020 0:27:19 GMT 10
Will you all be planting larger gardens and increasing your food production this year due to the shortages predicted in many places?
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 10, 2020 11:10:57 GMT 10
Will you all be planting larger gardens and increasing your food production this year due to the shortages predicted in many places? Unfortunately don't have much room - I even have containers spread all over the back yard with veggies in them. I'd love to rip up the back lawn and make it a veggie garden, but I don't think the homeowner would appreciate it.
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 10, 2020 11:53:45 GMT 10
I got a bit carried away and stuck something in every nook and cranny I could find to plant a vegetable in. Huge amount of food produced much more than usual but someone will eat it. We have been donating some to the local food bank and taking baskets to elderly neighbors. Hoping next year will be more stable and we will cut the gardens back to our usual size and amount. Better safe than sorry. In the meantime my little winter den is just about bursting at the seams
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 14, 2020 19:44:31 GMT 10
Planted more seeds today in my little hot house - Thai Rose tomatoes, Purple Thai Basil, some native seeds I'd bought - Cape Gooseberry, Creeping Saltbush, Snow Currants, as well as a few avocado seeds.
Also put in four cuttings from my Kaffir Lime tree - if 2 work I'll be happy.
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 15, 2020 6:00:53 GMT 10
Still harvesting okra, cucumbers, plum tomatoes, large bicolor slicing tomatoes, squash.
Yet to harvest purple hull peas, horticulture beans, Butter beans, figs, watermelons.
Last planted beets, turnips, mustard greens and cereal rye. The beets for human consumption, mustard greens to can for human consumption of greens in winter months and chickens in cooler months same with turnips. Turnips, mustard and cereal rye also function as cover crops. March the rye will green back up and be mowed for chickens and ducks. Turnips depending on the winter will sometimes survive till January feeding the chickens and same with mustard. Still also have to dig some potatoes and sweet potatoes.
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Post by Beno on Sept 15, 2020 17:33:22 GMT 10
I just harvested a decent crop of potatoes, some garlic and the last of last summers mortgage lifters. I let the vine struggle along just to see what would happen and it put off some small tasty toms. I'm tempted to see if it will recover with the change of season. My beetroot when baked is simply delicious. I’ll never eat the canned stuff again.
I’ve,learned a lot. I should have planned he design of garden a bit better and dug the potato patch a bit deeper as the soil was pretty hard below the tubers. I’ve not used any sprays and have had minimal losses so far and have noticed a balance of pest and predators developing in the garden. Will this be enough for the upcoming summer boost of bugs? who knows but it’s actually pretty fun gardening outside the regular norms. My bananas, toms and pumpkins got punched by some frosts but they have survived. They were planted out of season for laughs. I’m hoping they will get going soon just to see how good they go compared to new seedlings.
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Post by spinifex on Sept 15, 2020 17:57:44 GMT 10
I'm waiting to see if my Water Spinach and Thai and Taiwanese eggplants are going to rejuvinate after an unusually cold winter.
JuJube seedlings coming along nicely. Potted up 2 more last weekend bringing the tally to 6 out of the 12 seeds I started with.
Fruit trees are in blossom ... which is early. I haven't even done pruning yet. Oh Well ...
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 16, 2020 10:28:51 GMT 10
Took another four Kaffir Lime cuttings, dusted, and planted.
Some of my seeds in the hot house are coming up - mainly tomatoes - I might even plant a few out bush and see how they go left mainly unattended.
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