Gardening

[Ranger99]

Research plants that do well in your area before the next growing season. Don’t know if you do or not.

Yes I do
But you can only make a plant survive on
a steady diet of city water, not thrive.
They do best with untreated water.
Rain, well water, lake or creek,  etc.

[Mule 11]

Research plants that do well in your area before the next growing season. Don’t know if you do or not.

Yes I do
But you can only make a plant survive on
a steady diet of city water, not thrive.
They do best with untreated water.
Rain, well water, lake or creek,  etc.

Are you saying they don’t like chlorine or fluoride. That’s what is suppose to keep you right as rain...

[Bob Riebe]

Both gardens get totally pulled this week, with twenty some degree hard freeze coming next week I am not going to cover the tomatoes repeatedly as Ihave don in pbast years/decades.

We had a slight freeze last week but oddly, only patches of the garden up North showed signs of freeze, mostly squash leaves while the compost heap, which ususally creates its own heat to combat frost, was the area that really showed frost.

I pulled all the chiles yeastereday, and got enough to make a batch of chilli; Tomatoes are FULL of green and semi- to almost fully ripe tomatoes. Many are large ones big as a man's palm.
They were mostly all green last Sunday but the side of the house they are on due to house and fence is always warmer than rest of the  yard when the sun shines, so that they are trying to ripen is a pleasant surprise.

I will pull the last plot of corn up North, still green and make another shock for fall decoration; it is full of large ears of corn, some near a foot long, so I will bunch those and hang them for decoration also.

Marigolds and Zinnias are in full bloom,  as are three volunteer Cleomes I have not pulled yet; it will be sad next week going from a nice full green garden with flowers to an empty bare space.

[Graybeard]

You guys do know this is the Gardening Forum so you can make new posts and don't have to do all posting on this one thread.

[Mule 11]

You guys do know this is the Gardening Forum so you can make new posts and don't have to do all posting on this one thread.

I know. This forum does not seem to get a lot of use, so...

[wtxbadger]

Good to see this thread from earlier in the year has survived and is still active.

Here in the central Texas hill country its been a mixed bag of successes and failures, tried growing egg plant and won't do that again. The beets have done well and getting ready for a third planting with fingers crossed we harvest them before the first freeze. Butternut squash did fairly well with plenty put up for cooking later on. Onions did fairly well and have them hanging in the the store room. It was a hot summer and the tomatoes were fairly sketchy until a couple of weeks back and finally producing again. Yellow squash was middlin but we managed to a few quarts in the freezer. Blackeye peas have been fair with two plantings and have quite a few quart bags in the freezer along with enjoying them this summer.

[Ranger99]

None of mine has been exemplary.
I've had a few of most of it to use
in various dishes, but not enough to
put up for later on down the road.
I gave away 2 slim quart ziploc bags
of okra to neighbors and had some
for myself to cook and eat.
The bounty sure hasn't been there
this season. I was gifted a big box
of taters and some big yellow squash
that was really let go too long, but
if you cook it long enough it gets
tender. Beans are usually a goldmine,
but I didn't harvest a single bean
this year.  I've had a few tomatoes
and assorted peppers and a bit of
dill, but not very much of anything.
At least the jars last indefinitely 

[wtxbadger]

It was a mixed bag for sure Ranger99 on what did okay versus what didn't. We planted green beans just like you and didn't harvest a single one.
Gave up and planted blackeye peas instead that did fair but not great. The high temps early on pretty much shut down our garden along with the drought. Sure could use some rain.

Fingers crossed next year is better.

[Ranger99]

Last year, I had one freezer
shelf full of bags of green beans.
Still have a good many small
green tomatoes on, but I don't
know if they'll mature or not.
Crap shoot.  The collards that
did come up were from a last
year's stalk that I left in place.
Not really good leaves at all.
I have some free spaghetti
squash seeds that I'll try since
they were a windfall, but I
wouldn't try if I had to buy any.
The last batch of zucchini made
beautiful textbook foliage and
one fruit worthy of cooking.
If I'm still alive and able, I'll
doubling my tomato plants and
beans and peppers. Pintos and
northerns and strawberry beans
are still too cheap here at all
these mex stores to invest labor
and water. Onions turned over
this last year. Was cheaper at the
at a dollar some odd the sack.
They increased average around
3 fold ,  so I'll probably put in a
bed again. Tomatoes are always
a given. I never have bought a
tomato from a store that could
compare taste wise with the
ugliest tomato off one of my
own plants.