Once they have creeped as far as 'YOU' would like--maybe you could clip the end of the vines off---:w
Maybe this will be of some help:
Pumpkin Vine Care and Maintenance by Pumpkin Nook
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Once they have creeped as far as 'YOU' would like--maybe you could clip the end of the vines off---:w
Maybe this will be of some help:
Pumpkin Vine Care and Maintenance by Pumpkin Nook
Here's the new plot I was dropping compost on. It doesn't look it from this view but it's 300'x50'.
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And here's the other field where we have 2 hoop houses, the nursery cold frame (18'x 20') and the production cold frame (66'x 30').
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Very Nice!
Now all you need is to find and rebuild a proper manure spreader. We had one that was very similar to this one at the my great grandfather's homestead but it hadn't seen action in many years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_NfG8kvpVc
I told Roy that I would post pictures of the onion growing attempt it is a long story!:D
Please don't laugh to hard....
And also a couple of my apple trees. Again a fun learning experiment and long story behind them.
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I'd sent Tim Genuine Walla Walla Sweet Onion 'Sets/or/Starts'. The local growers plant in September and then they pull the sets/starts in the spring and sell them to home gardeners.
The ones I sent Tim were really nice ones/they'd been brought into the store only an hour before I bought them (I'm friends with the Produce Dept Manager).
I packaged them up and sent them the next day. They landed two days later. Tim had been planning on planting very soon as the weather was warming up.
However MN's weather had a differnent idea! :banghead: It snowed, and then let's just say it was a Beach for him to get them in the ground. His solution was those 'Peat Cups' that pretty much dissolve in the ground.
For all of the stresses his starts have had I think he's going to be pleased once the weather warms up more and those onions get used to their new home.
I had a friend who was a third generation WW Sweet Onion Grower. His grandfather had come over from Italy. Anyway we had a hard winter with little to no snow cover to protect the small plants. Frank brought some to show me the damage. They were blackened at the tips, brown almost to about an inch of the base. But Low and Behold his crop recovered and he made a good profit.
I'm looking forward to seeing some MN Sweets that are about 3-4" across and sweet as candy! :tu
I just tried to send another reply but I think a couple of people are watching movies on my system...
Thanks Roy and i will update further!
While I love my kids and actually miss having them live with me here at The Boars Nest---
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I don’t know if anyone else has seen this. I went to visit my mom on mother’s day. My mother lives in a typical suburban town with the typical amount of suburban property. Meaning, not much. But for this little suburban lot of land (cutting the grass would take no more than thirty minutes with a push mower), she plants a thousand little things every year as if she owned a farm. She was showing me all that she intended to plant as soon as the weather here stopped dropping into the freezing zone. She had some damn thing called fries and ketchup. It’s a potato plant and a tomato plant all in one. Tomatoes upstairs, potatoes below. Not only do I have no idea where she is going to plant this but I have no idea what it might produce. I love her. But I shake my head.
:hmmm: Interesting--Very Interesting--
Here's a link:
https://www.gardeners.com/buy/ketchu...t/8594305.html
It's been raining in these parts so I hadn't bothered with my little berry patch but it dried up some yesterday so I did some picking. A few were borderline 'Over Ripe'. Right at 24 oz. I got them rinsed off, patted dry, de-stemmed and on a baking sheet in the freezer.
Another 40 oz or so and I'll have enough for a batch of jam. Yum!
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My dear friend, thanks for posting a picture of this beautiful crop. I wouldn't know any better what homegrown strawberries look like, given the fact that we had around 7 inches of snow yesterday.
Luckily the tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and herbs got covered. I'm still hoping that they will recover from this fantastic CO weather!
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Old Man Winter just doesn't seem to want to let you poor guys alone! :banghead:
There's a family here that's been raising strawberries for ages. Many a child has been hired to pick (including two of mine) some have advanced to higher positions and worked summers for them while on break from college.
They don't sell wholesale here in the valley. They don't need to as it's all sold out of their little 'Berry Stand'. However you can drive 100 miles and find them in stores.
You might find this interesting. Scroll down and take a look at those rows.
https://www.klickerstrawberry.com/
Upstate New York has finally thawed and just might be warm enough to garden. Unfortunately, it has been terribly rainy, and most folks have not planted anything yet because its just too darn wet. Gonna be a slow garden year.
I put in about 100 miles on the bike today just out riding the back roads as it's really nice today. I stopped by my friend Carolyn's and she was in the back yard with her two small grandsons working on her raised beds and I mean Raised Beds.
They sit on concrete blocks stacked two high. The base is a small pallet and the side come on the pallet for where her son in law works. She's going to see if he can get me and my friend Annie some.
Prettry Cool--:tu
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Looks like I'll be making Strawberry Jam here in a day or two--
2 and a half pounds after sorting and cleaning:
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These damn things keep eating at them. I've also found 'Rolly Poly's' :banghead:
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Oh well, I don't use any pesticides so they get to stay.
Look out Roy - my strawberry patch is coming for ya! :rofl2: One flower so far...
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Back in '79 when I was working as a cutter for a mom and pop store I went looking for a better paying job as we had a child on the way. I asked one of Safeway's meat managers if they were hiring and he sent me to the District Office. I met the District Manager and he said that there weren't any openings for cutters but they were looking for someone who could work produce. Well when the guy who was the produce manager at the mom and pop store had a day off I would take care of his little department so I knew a little bit.
Long story short, while I did many things for Safeway in my 36 year, 7 month and 6 day career, I was basically a produce clerk.
More times than I care to remember some customer would bring a container of strawberries to me and tell me that they were moldy. 90% of the time what they were seeing was part of the strawberries white flower. :gaah: I'd politely say; "I'm sorry but that's not mold, that's simply the bloom.
You wouldn't believe how many would take it back and re-check only to find that I was right. Amazing how disappointed some people could get not being able to ding the product.
After culling and cleaning I have another 1.5 lbs of berries in the freezer. I now have enough to make a batch of jam tomorrow so I'm off to check on my supplies to make sure I have everything I need on hand.
I sure don't want to get started only to find I don't have enough pectin, sugar, jars etc.
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Cold, raining and damp
Had to turn the furnace on
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The same here.
Being wet makes it much more colder..........
Supper tonight from my bathtub garden.
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I probably should post this elsewhere but here's what my little strawberry patch allowed me to make---5 pints of jam to share with family and friends.
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I picked another pound of berries today so I have 1.5 lbs in the freezer and if the patch keeps producing like has been I'm thinking about trying to make some strawberry syurp for pancakes and waffles.
By the way, I'm not cheap but I am frugal so when I pick ripe berries I pick and use Every ripe berry :w
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Showoff!
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That looks delicious - enjoy it!
Thank you! :bow
Ordered some 12 oz bottles to see if I can make and preserve Strawberry Syrup today. They should work in a water bath canner as the seals are made of the same material as Ball Lids and the lids are metal. I also watched a video that showed that while a straight edge layed across the top when first brought out of the water bath there wasn't any light but after several hours you could see daylight so that would indicate that there was a vacuum created when the syrup was cooling.
The last couple of years I've found that my 'Ever bearing' plants peter out for awhile but then come back like gang busters. However I've been on my Harley rides when they do and my son doesn't bother with picking them (the same with my Roma Tomatoes) but this year I should be here and able to put up a lot more of both the strawberries and the tomatoes.
Welllllll
I finally have Corn in "Glen's Half Acre"
One of my friends up here had it growing in the greenhouse at the High School, tells me "Glen please take it nobody else is" so I planted 24 stalks to start in 4 staggered rows of 6
I ran the sprinkler to see what pattern I had and I am filling it in, I might pick up 24 more today..
They are already past knee high so I stand at least a good chance this year :p
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The "Sauce Garden" is looking pretty good so far
How many day corn is it?
In my opinion in a small plot plant it in a square not a row so no matter how the wind blows it pollinate.
Wouldn't work well with modern harvesting machines!;)
I am pretty sure it is the Sunglow Sweet Corn 63 day, that seems to be the "Goto" seed up here for anyone that tries it
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Last year when I was at my best friend's home in El Cajon (which is about 20 miles outside of San Diego) he had attempted to grow some tomatoes in that clay that they call 'soil' and he had tomato plants that were HUGE! But little to no fruit. He thought that he'd had set his watering system to water too much.
While it was completely covered by vines he said that he'd put 'metal supports' when he'd planted them.
With this said I will cut him a bunch of slack as he'd been away from home for over a month and his lovely bride didn't lay a finger to help with his little 'Garden'. OH! He also had several pepper plants but they also suffered.
NOW! Back to tomatoes. I stumbled upon this guys video and I found it very informative and helpful. I actually have known about the 'Planting Deep' since the early 80's there were many tips that I will be following.
I've sent this link to my buddy in hopes that it'll help him out. Never ONCE do I recall ever eating something like green beans, peas, corn, carrots etc from a store bought can as his parents had a huge garden and I'm sure he's trying to relive some of the memories of being able to serve and consume something that he'd grown himself.
I hope this is helpful and all will enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-7RoH_uic
Another cold rainy day. Turned the heat back on.
I am very concerned about the garden. With this weather the veggies will not grow. Bummer
I ride out tomorrow and am leaving my son in charge of watering the lawn, the strawberries and my Roma tomatoes. He did ok last year as far as watering but he didn't pick any strawberries or tomatoes.
This year I should be home before the tomatoes ripen and my neighbor lady said she'd keep the strawberries picked (and I'm hoping weeded also):w
Any way things are progressing---
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I haven't posted any pics of my modest garden this year, but my squash, herbs, sunflowers and all my other flowers, and blueberries are going crazy! My tomatoes and peppers aren't nearly so great (but then again I neglect them). I have high hopes that my new Brown Turkey Fig will start producing next year too.
Half of this years hardneck garlic. Everything is delayed this year for me but is doing o.k.
Will harvest the other hardneck in a couple of weeks, as it looks like it is a little behind.