The General Gardening Thread

[Ricky Spanish]

I never have a problem with the birds and raspberries. Sometimes, when the berries are ripe, there will be ants on the berries. But I usually get to the berries first. I guess I'm just lucky.

 

[21stamps]

I never have a problem with the birds and raspberries. Sometimes, when the berries are ripe, there will be ants on the berries. But I usually get to the berries first. I guess I'm just lucky.

I did blackberries and blueberries.. maybe I should try raspberries and see if they work.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Golden raspberries are the best!
I like red raspberries but you can buy them all the time.
Golden are hard to get.

 

[Tiggerish]

I never have a problem with the birds and raspberries. Sometimes, when the berries are ripe, there will be ants on the berries. But I usually get to the berries first. I guess I'm just lucky.

That's the trick--get there first! Normally I would harvest my raspberries before breakfast every day. This year I slacked beyond belief, and watched catbirds, blue jays, and squirrels enjoy my berries

 

[Willmark]

Looking at my planting schedule, on the 24h of July it will be at 60 days since planting. Within 20-30 days of that my first harvest should be lining up.

While I don’t have any bees taking residence in the bee box yet there were a fair amount in and among the flowers today,

I also added a length of old garden hose that I had cut up to use for tree stakes and left it to ward off rabbits. Rabbits aren't too bright and will see it as a snake...

 

[MinnieM123]

I also added a length of old garden hose that I had cut up to use for tree stakes and left it to ward off rabbits. Rabbits aren't too bright and will see it as a snake...

Let's hope you're right about the cut garden hose. Some of those rascally rabbits are quite clever.

 

[Figgy1]

Salad nasturtiums The thyme flowers are also from my garden the greens are from the farm market

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Was gonna post a pic of my first tomato....a black krim......but I ate it before I got in the house.

 

[Willmark]

No further updates as of yet, still watering as were having a continued heat wave here.

 

[John park hopper]

Picked the last of the blueberries had a bumper crop this year must have picked 8 gallons, My 88 year old uncle came to the house and we went fishing caught enough Whiting for dinner and he caught a 4 1/2' bonnet head shark (through it back) gave him quit fight. Okra is loving this heat they have really started producing. Okra, tomatoes and chicken cooked together over rice --yum

 

[Willmark]

Picked the last of the blueberries had a bumper crop this year must have picked 8 gallons, My 88 year old uncle came to the house and we went fishing caught enough Whiting for dinner and he caught a 4 1/2' bonnet head shark (through it back) gave him quit fight. Okra is loving this heat they have really started producing. Okra, tomatoes and chicken cooked together over rice --yum

Very cool.

We finally just had a lot more rain. It’s been fairly dry for a month. Everything continues to explode vegetable wise. The weeds too.

 

[Tiggerish]

Picked the last of the blueberries had a bumper crop this year must have picked 8 gallons, My 88 year old uncle came to the house and we went fishing caught enough Whiting for dinner and he caught a 4 1/2' bonnet head shark (through it back) gave him quit fight. Okra is loving this heat they have really started producing. Okra, tomatoes and chicken cooked together over rice --yum

I love okra.

considering I'm a Yankee, that's sayin something

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Well, I totally jinxed myself!!!
Went outside to get my second ripe tomato, only to find that a squirrel beat me to it.
Guess I’ll just have bread and butter pickles on my sandwich.

 

[John park hopper]

Well, I totally jinxed myself!!!
Went outside to get my second ripe tomato, only to find that a squirrel beat me to it.
Guess I’ll just have bread and butter pickles on my sandwich.

I hate squirrels ---nothing but tree rats

 

[Ricky Spanish]

I hate squirrels ---nothing but tree rats

The Duchess hates when I call pigeons “sky rats”.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

I call my wife “the Duchess”

 

[Willmark]

Looks like all my hard work finally paid off, that, and a heck of a lot of weeding and watering.

I’m not the most patient person (ask Mrs Willmark) but the first vegetables are sprouting.

 

[John park hopper]

Looks ready to pick. All my eggplant that were in the garden died from bacterial wilt (first time that has ever happened) so I planted another in a pot with clean soil. Started producing eggplant went out this morning and half the leaves were gone and one eggplant was half eaten. Turned out to be a very large tomato horn worm was having a big meal. Needless to say it is now in tomato horn worm heaven. Wife just made a blueberry pie with the last blueberry pickings will be having a big slice with whip cream shortly

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Looks ready to pick. All my eggplant that were in the garden died from bacterial wilt (first time that has ever happened) so I planted another in a pot with clean soil. Started producing eggplant went out this morning and half the leaves were gone and one eggplant was half eaten. Turned out to be a very large tomato horn worm was having a big meal. Needless to say it is now in tomato horn worm heaven. Wife just made a blueberry pie with the last blueberry pickings will be having a big slice with whip cream shortly

Could you send a slice my way? I love blueberry pie!

 

[Willmark]

After all that hard work up thread? Here is what I have to show for it!


All kidding aside a lot more stuff is on the way, the zucchini just happened to be the first that’s ready.