Thread: In the Garden 2017

Got the peppers strung and ready to dry. These are red habaneros as opposed to the usual orange peppers. The wrinkled ones are Ghost peppers

No gardening for us this year
I did just turn "Glen's Half-Acre" last week for the winter and tilled the Smaller garden

We just didn't figure we would have the time to do it with getting the new boat at the start of season, now that we have that squared away next season we will be ready

Small garden will be a Italian "Sauce Garden" only
The Half Acre we will try Corn one more time before I grade it and turn it into an Apple/Cherry Orchard

Looks like everyone had a pretty succesful season from the pics I see

real good garden this year, my wife is still bringing in tomatoes every day. next year will have the asparagus to harvest and the blueberries will be in full glory. our seed onions are ready to be put up. we had such a great year, but cucumbers were disappointing, and they are usually our best performer. but the tomatoes were the king this year, been eating mass amounts of cherry and regular since early may and here it is the 23rd of October and still getting them. we also was able to get 4 full plantings of lettuce in rotation. Tc

Tonight I told my son to pick the last green tomatoes etc out of the garden tomorrow. I have a load going to compost Wed.

The garden is done this year as the forecast temps for Friday night are in the low 20'f range.

I may dig some horseradish yet though.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

real good garden this year, my wife is still bringing in tomatoes every day. next year will have the asparagus to harvest and the blueberries will be in full glory. our seed onions are ready to be put up. we had such a great year, but cucumbers were disappointing, and they are usually our best performer. but the tomatoes were the king this year, been eating mass amounts of cherry and regular since early may and here it is the 23rd of October and still getting them. we also was able to get 4 full plantings of lettuce in rotation. Tc

I hope you get home in time to make plenty of raised beds for Sweet Onions as I'm planning on sending you a Shite Pot of Starts next Spring!

Originally Posted by 32t

Tonight I told my son to pick the last green tomatoes etc out of the garden tomorrow. I have a load going to compost Wed.

The garden is done this year as the forecast temps for Friday night are in the low 20'f range.

I may dig some horseradish yet though.

My buddy Ski grows horseradish and he pull quite a bit then puts it in the freezer for use later. I also find that once you clean, peel, grind and prepare it processed horseradish keeps very well frozen.

Ski has found that as long any chunk is still in the ground the horseradish plant just keeps on keeping on

Harvest Horseradish in a month that has an R in it. A rule that I was told and have had no reason to disagree with....

Stores well with vinegar and salt but I don't want to add any cream, "fancy" stuff etc. until I know I am going to use it soon.

the only thing that I have found that "kills" it is shade. I have moved my small patch a few times as things around it has grown to block the sun.

I have just heard of a "wild" patch from my brother that I have driven by many times in a road ditch. I will have to check it out!

Originally Posted by 32t

Harvest Horseradish in a month that has an R in it. A rule that I was told and have had no reason to disagree with....

I wouldn't disagree either since that's 8 months out of the year (must have something to do with the warmer weather).

January--February--March--April--May--June--July--August--September--October--November-December

Originally Posted by 32t

Harvest Horseradish in a month that has an R in it. A rule that I was told and have had no reason to disagree with....

Stores well with vinegar and salt but I don't want to add any cream, "fancy" stuff etc. until I know I am going to use it soon.

the only thing that I have found that "kills" it is shade. I have moved my small patch a few times as things around it has grown to block the sun.

I have just heard of a "wild" patch from my brother that I have driven by many times in a road ditch. I will have to check it out!

One of the first things I found out when I got a computer was that ANYONE could be a so called EXPERT on ANY SUBJECT. So take this with a grain of salt/but it does make sense in that by waiting until the R months it allows the roots to develop the flavor that we want and if the ground freezes up that the next R months will allow you to still have that flavor:

https://urbanoveralls.net/2013/10/30...t-horseradish/

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I wouldn't disagree either since that's 8 months out of the year (must have something to do with the warmer weather).

January--February--March--April--May--June--July--August--September--October--November-December

May ,June, July, August, no R at least in our hemisphere that is summer.

Many of these so called wife's tales or traditions have a reason. An easy way of saying it to pass it on? Maybe cryptic? If you can't spell how do you know there is no R?

Maybe it is as simple as if you dig it in the middle of summer you are going to kill it or that it is bitter?

Similar in a way to straights. This is the way that it is done.

If they had access to a 12K stone would they have used a barbers hone???????

Having fun in my thinking!

A green house with grow lights we could grow and harvest Horseradish year round!

Slow on my reply!