Thread: In the garden 2021

Right after taking the above pic our resident mallards arrived. They are eating the bird seed we keep on the deck.

No idea what we are doing yet this year

Having the place logged right now, so I think I will be dedicating a lot of time to clean up when it is all over

We did plant 6 buckets with potatoes leaving two for tomato plants so there is that, just not sure what comes next in the garden

So buckets are to avoid the Vole problem?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

So buckets are to avoid the Vole problem?

Exactly,

A friend of mine is testing a poison out from last year, which we might use in the surrounding yard area, I am reluctant to use it in the actual garden

My thought is to spread it in the yard if it works for him and then Rototill the garden pretty deep

The other option is to wire the bottom of a few Garden boxes but that is quite an investment

I am trying to learn if Voles will climb through Hay Bales as my neighbor is using them

"The Shan" however is mentioning Damn Ducks again hehehe

The Walla Walla onions are looking good

Roy
How long before they are big enough for cooking?

Those have a ways to go----You can start pulling them when they get to the size of green onions but around here most wait until they are at least an inch across. Back in the day the machines for seeding weren't as accurate as they are today so the growers would thin the onions then bunch them up and sell them as 'Salad Onions'. These days they just start pulling a row until the onions are close to being big enough to become dry onions. Here's a pic;



I hope this is of some help.

I tried to load just the picture of the onion's development but it didn't work so here's a link to more about the WW Sweets including the picture;

https://www.spokesman.com/agriculture/onions/

I will add that while they can be cooked due to the extremely high water content (around 90%) they aren't real good for cooking. Where they excel is used raw. You'll see people around here with a slice of WW Sweet almost as big as the patty on their hamburger.

That’s what I find they are good for, RAW, mine are doing great, thanks Roy