Gardening 2024 - Whatcha got going on this year?

[Kickass]

 

[Willy]

Third year for my little rose hedge

 

[Rodent]

The snap peas be a bloomin'!

three varieties of heat tolerant Broccolini are in the ground behind the greenhouse. I'm a week or two late getting these out, but also not so late that I shouldn't get a decent harvest if the bugs and critters stay away

Bed #2 of peppers is overflow from what I had remaining after planting the primary bed this past weekend. Bed #1 utilized a fish based organic fertilizer supplement, and Bed #2 utilized a kelp+fish based supplement. All else is equal including soil pH and organics. it'll be interesting to see which performs better this year

On another note, it's looking like we'll have a solid year for Rainier cherries IF I get netting up in time so the birds do take it all. This is typical loading on eight of my 10 +20-year old Rainier trees.

 

[Nagorg]

A nice batch of peppers (Jalapeno, Serrano, Scotch Bonnet, Carolina Reaper and Ghost Pepper) plus some tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and radishes so far... Plus a blackberry bush!

 

[Agent]

A token picture you have to ultra zoom to see, but yellow, white, and green onion seedlings are in. As well as a row and change of celery.

This is year two doing onions from seed, and the continued lesson is to start them waaaaaay earlier than you think.

 

[hottpeper13]

I start my onions the first week of Feb. I trim my pepper plants to 4 branches,trim the roots to fit the pot I choose and put them in a south window. In march they started to leaf out and I have 6 jalapeno plants with a stalk the thickness of my thumb.

 

[Leezer]

@Kickass your garden is beautiful!

 

[Kent88]

I call shenanigans. I think I saw that garden in a magazine.

 

[Kickass]

Thank you. My wife is the design brains of the operation. She’ll be responsible for the home brewery/bar remodel.

 

[day_trippr]

8'x24' doesn't look like much now but it'll be crammed with greenery by July. Tomatoes to the left with four heirlooms at the back, two kinds of bell peppers in the middle foreground followed by summer squash hills and then a line of cukes across the back. Herbs down the right.

Near-left corner unplanted as it's shaded by a huge flowering "shrub" behind the camera my wife will not let me prune. All on a drip hose and timer. Went back to textiles again after a near-disastrous slug experience using straw last year. Won't do that again!

It's Beer Thirty!

Cheers!

 

[Deadalus]

Got the peppers (40), tomatoes (44), and eggplant (6) into the ground this weekend, seeded yellow and green beans near the peppers Cleaned out the pollinator bed and interspersed a native pollinator mix. Trimmed two branches off the neighbors tree that were blocking my light! Overwatered my cucumber starts and replanted so still need to get them in the ground. Going to clean out those ne'er do well strawberries soon and plant squash, rapini, and amaranth. Oregano, tarragon, and sage overwintered and I have basil, thyme, bergamot, dill, cilantro, and marjoram seedlings in the greenhouse. Herbs have been fussy, I probably have overwatered them at critical times. I'm thinking they get dampened off after sprouting.

A lot of the hard work done. Looking forward to watching things grow and getting some time to brew!

 

[Kent88]

 

[Deadalus]

Almost entirely planted. I didn't consistently water that bed where the lettuces are and the germination was poor. Probably need to reseed it. Tore out those pitiful strawberries and planted zukes, crooknecks, pattypans and salad cucumbers, with pickling cucumber starts also planted near the lettuces. Picked some bok choy, garlic scapes, and peapods for some lo mein tonight.

 

[Agent]

T minus a few days before its the beginning of "Strawberry-Rhubarb Everything" season.

 

[Kent88]

My wife hates baked strawberry, so I never get strawberry-rhubarb stuff.

 

[Rodent]

Got the 50'x50' bird netting installed over three neighboring Rainier cherry trees, and will net one additional tree after work tonight, securing four of our 10 Rainier trees for us (and friends) Should net us somewhere between 50-80 quarts of fresh cherries in the next 2-4 weeks. The remaining six trees will feed the birds this year, as one can only consume/preserve/share so many cherries

 

[Rodent]

Got the melons transplanted yesterday - a bit over a week later than I had hoped for thanks to being sick and then several days of high winds.

Several varieties of musk melons including Ananas, Charentais, and Rocky Ford, plus Cracker Jack seedless watermelon and its pollinator Sugar Baby.

 

[Deadalus]

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Got the melons transplanted yesterday - a bit over a week later than I had hoped for thanks to being sick and then several days of high winds.

Several varieties of musk melons including Ananas, Charentais, and Rocky Ford, plus Cracker Jack seedless watermelon and its pollinator Sugar Baby.

So are seedless watermelons the result of crossbreeding varieties that then produce sterile(seedless) fruits?

 

[day_trippr]

A little freaky, but bottom line answer is: yes

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MV152

 

[Rodent]

the 2024 Rainier cherry picking season has begun here at the Chateau

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

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Nice! I was just out watering my garden for the impending heat wave. I bought 4 honeybeery plants from Gurneys Kawa and Maxine about two years ago. I had just noticed that Im getting a small crop on a scraggly pair that I was thinking about moving. The other pair are doing really well but no fruit. Any advice?

I'm actually surprised they're doing ok as I'm in a real intense sun followed by intense shade yard. I need to do some research on any additives to make them even more happy. It will be just a matter of time as I believe deer pruned some in the spring and there's some New England hares in the area. Buggers took out my strawberries.

 

[Kent88]

I've been pretty hands off with my haskaps. If you planted them two years ago and you're getting a small crop now, I'd say that next year you should be prepared for a bit more. I think my mature plant is on year three or four.

 

[Agent]

They ain't no Raniers, but at nearly a gallon bucket every other day they are starting to accumulate.

The lovely SWMBO made a pile of jam and jelly including what I understood to be a strawberry lemon beer jelly. Strawbeery Lemon? We'll find out in the next episode of "What's in this jar dear?"

 

[Deadalus]

Got the florida weave going on my tomatoes and one set of fencing for the cucumbers. Got some additional fenching for support of the squash to still put in. Some rain would be nice!

 

[TexasTea]

I didn't do the garden this year except for the orchard (peaches, pears, apples, dates, persimmons, 1 lone fig tree and 1 lone lemon tree) and planting hops. I'm enlarging and moving the garden and will locate 2 plots around the sprinklers from the aerobic septic. I figure its free water, I had it tested, no e coli, and I figure it will reduce/eliminate buying fertilizer. I never had much use for lawns, and will most likely replace the rest of the lawn with clover at some point.

I'm saving the current garden space for root crops. Even though the water is good coming out of that aerobic septic, I just don't want to use it on root crops (taters, carrots, turnips) etc. so I will plant them in the old garden.

 

[Kent88]

soon

 

[TexasTea]

oh, I forgot about the grapes, heh. Thanks for reminding me Kent. I put them in years ago, they are sour as all get out. The soil here has a high clay content. But the birds and deer enjoy them. I planted 8 vines and still have 4 survivors scattered around the property.

 

[Kent88]

My image was actually of black currants. I do see a resemblance to your grapes, though.

 

[TexasTea]

Thanks Kent for setting me straight.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I've been pretty hands off with my haskaps. If you planted them two years ago and you're getting a small crop now, I'd say that next year you should be prepared for a bit more. I think my mature plant is on year three or four.

Doh! A couple of days ago while watering my garden I decided to try one of the berries that looked ripe. Not quite a Maine blueberry as I heard them described but a good tartness to it compared to the blueberries in the store. This was two days ago. There were probably about a dozen berries left almost ripe. I have no problem as I enjoy the wildlife that wonders thru my yard but today I took a look and I'm guessing the birds took them all except one. This is where I curse the bald eagle that visits my yard. Do Your Job!!!!

BTW I started growing Haskaps after trying Schramms Honeyberry mead. Delicious