My garden is mostly done for this year, and I thought I'd tell about it some. This is the 2nd yr. I've seriously tried to garden.
Corn. Most of my garden was corn this year. I planted it in 2 blocks,but it ended up becoming 3 because half of the 2nd block became so heavily weeded that I had to till it under and replant. Each block was planted about 1 and a half weeks after each other. Each block looks stronger than the previous one. The corn in the 3rd block is ready to be picked now .
I planted so much corn because I expected the deer to take a lot of it, however God really blessed in that the deer barely touched it this year. I used Irish spring soap,human hair,and even hung up a sweaty t shirt of mine to dissuade the pesky critters. I also planted a bunch of marigolds, but I don't know if those helped repel the deer.
I have also canned some of the corn. Saw a corn cutter in the Lehmans catalog. Looks like a handy thing to speed up the canning process. I also saw a "high wheel cultivator" it seems like it would help make weeding quicker, and easier. Anyone use one of those?
Green beans. I had lots of them this year, and canned about 20 qts, and 7 pints. It took the plants a long time to get started, but once they got going they did well. We had a lot of cool wet weather this year, especially in the spring. It slowed up the whole garden.
Tomatoes. I planted Beefsteaks, and Roma. I got maybe 10 % of the Beefsteaks,and the rest just couldn't get ripe because of the weather. They were rotting on the vine. The Roma tomatoes are having the same problem,but if I can get a few more days of temps in the 80s I know that a bunch more will finish out. I was able to can some sauce from the Romas, and I still have a bunch in the freezer to make more.
Cucumbers. I expected to get more of them than what I ended up with, but it was enough to make about 18 qts. of dill pickles. I usually cut them into spears,or chips.
There's more , but I'll have to come back later.
