2021 Gardening Thread
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phatfarmerbob
.223 Rem
Tomato season it is... that damn hurricane then the 3 days of heat right after didn’t help tho...
phatfarmerbob
.223 Rem
This is the biggest sellable tomato I have ever grown ( by sellable I mean good shape, no cracks or deformation) 1.88 poundsMy san Marzanos are ripening ! I’m not going to get nearly as many as I had hoped for. This container and probably two more if I’m lucky. The last deluge of rain that we had followed by a few days of absolutely no sunshine kind of trashed the plants, but I should still get a few quarts of nice rich sauce and I’ll make some homemade concentrated paste with the remnants.
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We picked, processed, and froze 9 pounds of green beans yesterday and another 9 today. Got a batch of hot peppers on the dehydrator last night. Overall, out garden is doing great compared to years past. Not sure if it's experience or luck, lol.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
That’s a hot year for you. The heat makes those peppers grow for sure.
We picked All of our sauce tomatoes this morning. This is one of two and half fish buckets full. Not as many as we hoped for but it should yield us close to a doz. quarts of sauce once they’re all cooked down. Going to picking All the jalapeños and serranos tomorrow and spend a few hours making hot sauce to jar up.
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Best year yet for my pear tree, juicy, delicious and there are a ton of them!!!! Anyone have any recipe's for pear dishes?
Robin
Robin
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
My pear tree is bare this year. Last year we had more than we knew what to do with. The opposite is true for our peach tree. Last year, nothing. This year, we were loaded with them and ended up blanching, pealing, and freezing a LOT.
The tomatoes cooked down for the last 7 hours. It’s looking pretty good . Sautéed some garlic from my garden, some green onion and seasoned the sauce about halfway through. Going to let it cool for the night and finish it off in the morning then can it. It’s cooked down nice and rich and it looks like we’re going to get a bit less than first thought but its damn good.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
How dey git it in dair?!?!?!?!?!?
Robin
Robin
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fnfalguy
.308 Win
i believe that today we will be harvesting the kiwis. Curious to see what we actually have on the vine as it’s taken many years to get to the point of being able to harvest. Hopefully photos to come later.
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Wul, Sumbitch!
Robin
TEOTWAWKI inc.
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fnfalguy
.308 Win
@TEOTWAWKI inc. at a minimum it’s 3 yrs. but supposedly once they get going it should be abundant. Like 50 lbs of fruit per vine.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
If one of my trees didn't produce a bunch of delicious cherries for the first time this year, I would probably never plant something that takes that long again. It requires Taliban level patience.
Mine is two years old and growing like a monster. Looking forward to next year !
fnfalguy
.308 Win
Picked about 5lbs that was ripe. Will go after more next weekend. Two different varieties, but not really much of a taste difference.
I’ve got a couple of extra large zucchini and some spaghetti squash if you’re interested in trading.
whauburger
6.5 Creedmoor
Figured this would be a good place to ask how to "close" my garden.
So I moved and my new place had an overgrown garden. I weed whacked it down and tilled it and within days it was a forest of weeds and stuff. Whacked again and raked crap out. My father in law came and helped me till it good because my tiller did a shitty job. Had some plants that did well for being planted late and with my lack of knowledge. Now they are pretty much done for except pumpkins and the entire garden is covered with weeds again.... so I'm asking the garden gurus what I should do to come out in best shape for next spring? Spray something to kill everything growing? Weed whack and till again? Burn everything? Do nothing? I'm very new to gardening if you haven't figured it out and would like to be somewhat prepared for next spring.
So I moved and my new place had an overgrown garden. I weed whacked it down and tilled it and within days it was a forest of weeds and stuff. Whacked again and raked crap out. My father in law came and helped me till it good because my tiller did a shitty job. Had some plants that did well for being planted late and with my lack of knowledge. Now they are pretty much done for except pumpkins and the entire garden is covered with weeds again.... so I'm asking the garden gurus what I should do to come out in best shape for next spring? Spray something to kill everything growing? Weed whack and till again? Burn everything? Do nothing? I'm very new to gardening if you haven't figured it out and would like to be somewhat prepared for next spring.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
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Im going to compost, turn, and mulch