Garden 2006 - Page 4

footfootfoot · 05-23-2006, 08:39 PM

Warch, zone 4 represent!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-23-2006, 09:46 PM

We haven't had enough warm weather, Griff.

05-24-2006, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

all the raw ingredients for homemade salsa are headed for our garden:

roma tomatoes
tomatillos (yes, together!)
bell peppers (green, red, yellow)
jalapenos (and other hot ones: cowhorns, anaheims, pimentos...)
garlic
onions
cilantro (aka coriander)
basil
limes (still have to come from the store)

I can't wait to fire up the ol' cuisinart! The 2 of us can go thru a 1/2 gal. container in a single standing.

Poor neighbors.

footfootfoot · 05-24-2006, 02:17 PM

I love those boston terriers, they crack me up.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-24-2006, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I love those boston terriers, they crack me up.

Are you going to get some seeds?

footfootfoot · 05-24-2006, 10:18 PM

you must be a boston terrier

Griff · 05-25-2006, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

We haven't had enough warm weather, Griff.

We had frost on the windshields but the 'maters still stand! Of course, the chickens were in the garden excavating so who knows what seeds are left.

Cyclefrance · 06-02-2006, 02:39 PM

Rhododendrons just about ready to give their best - will get an up-to-date photo tomorrow, but meantime here are two showing them first two weeks ago, and then last week:

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Cyclefrance · 06-02-2006, 02:42 PM

And a close up of the light pink ones that seem to be bloom early:

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warch · 06-02-2006, 03:00 PM

I do, I do represent zone 4!

I need to get a camera rollin' 'cause its prime lovely time here: Peonies flopping their flouncy thangs; Japanese Iris starting, cranes bill, honeysuckles, mock orange, coral bells, yah!

It has been so beautiful here, not too too hot, just enough rain but not too much. the greens are loving it. Friday, and time to lounge in the Beer Garten!

I am going Saturday to work on the community veggie plot. We have baby pea spriglets a plenty, the herb patch is rockin, the salad greens are rocketing, and we'll will slam in some tomato freebie starts.

I love this time of year.

Cyclefrance · 06-06-2006, 02:15 PM

Possibly the last pics of the rhododendrons - I think they're at their peak now. Look good but were better last year - more abundant. Maybe 2007 will be better...

First pic taken at the weekend and second one taken today

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Undertoad · 06-06-2006, 02:38 PM

Carrots

Brussels Sprouts, which already have that sort of Brusselly Sprouty leaf to them.

Tomatoes, from Bonnie Plants plants. We have a ton of these vines in and I expect by fall we will be marketing Cellar Brand Spaghetti Sauce.

Rosemary, also Bonnie. We also have in basil, sage, oregano, thyme, spinach and beets.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-06-2006, 05:32 PM

Good, you can cater your reception.

busterb · 06-11-2006, 07:49 PM

I've picked 7 maters so far. About 12 gals. purple beans. 7 gals. cucumbers and some hot pepper. A few eggplants. No rain in about 6 weeks.

footfootfoot · 06-12-2006, 10:40 PM

Seven gallons of cukes? DAMN. My cukes just got in the ground a few days ago, only two true leaves. Today I lifted the row covers to have a peak and one entire row of pickling cukes was completely GONE. not a trace. the other row was just leaf skeletons. Oddly whoever didn't eat the cotyledons, just the true leaves.

I'm too stressed to care. I'm looking at next year.

Also a new bastard woodchuck has taken up residnece under my shed, He ate 2/3 of my parsnip plant that I am letting go to seed. Today the brazen rodent kept running out to eat things whenever I went to the other side of the house to get a tool. I walked up to him with the paslode framing nailer and from about five feet I fired a couple of 3 1/2 framing nails at him. Since the thing doesn't really have sights, per se, my aim was a bit high and the nail missed him.

That's my gardening story this year.

05-23-2006, 08:39 PM	#46
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Warch, zone 4 represent! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-23-2006, 09:46 PM	#47
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	We haven't had enough warm weather, Griff. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-24-2006, 02:17 PM	#49
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I love those boston terriers, they crack me up. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-24-2006, 10:18 PM	#51
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	you must be a boston terrier __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-02-2006, 02:39 PM	#53
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Rhododendrons just about ready to give their best - will get an up-to-date photo tomorrow, but meantime here are two showing them first two weeks ago, and then last week: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-02-2006, 02:42 PM	#54
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	And a close up of the light pink ones that seem to be bloom early: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-02-2006, 03:00 PM	#55
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	I do, I do represent zone 4! I need to get a camera rollin' 'cause its prime lovely time here: Peonies flopping their flouncy thangs; Japanese Iris starting, cranes bill, honeysuckles, mock orange, coral bells, yah! It has been so beautiful here, not too too hot, just enough rain but not too much. the greens are loving it. Friday, and time to lounge in the Beer Garten! I am going Saturday to work on the community veggie plot. We have baby pea spriglets a plenty, the herb patch is rockin, the salad greens are rocketing, and we'll will slam in some tomato freebie starts. I love this time of year.

06-06-2006, 02:15 PM	#56
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Possibly the last pics of the rhododendrons - I think they're at their peak now. Look good but were better last year - more abundant. Maybe 2007 will be better... First pic taken at the weekend and second one taken today . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-06-2006, 02:38 PM	#57
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Carrots Brussels Sprouts, which already have that sort of Brusselly Sprouty leaf to them. Tomatoes, from Bonnie Plants plants. We have a ton of these vines in and I expect by fall we will be marketing Cellar Brand Spaghetti Sauce. Rosemary, also Bonnie. We also have in basil, sage, oregano, thyme, spinach and beets.

06-06-2006, 05:32 PM	#58
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good, you can cater your reception. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-11-2006, 07:49 PM	#59
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I've picked 7 maters so far. About 12 gals. purple beans. 7 gals. cucumbers and some hot pepper. A few eggplants. No rain in about 6 weeks. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-12-2006, 10:40 PM	#60
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Seven gallons of cukes? DAMN. My cukes just got in the ground a few days ago, only two true leaves. Today I lifted the row covers to have a peak and one entire row of pickling cukes was completely GONE. not a trace. the other row was just leaf skeletons. Oddly whoever didn't eat the cotyledons, just the true leaves. I'm too stressed to care. I'm looking at next year. Also a new bastard woodchuck has taken up residnece under my shed, He ate 2/3 of my parsnip plant that I am letting go to seed. Today the brazen rodent kept running out to eat things whenever I went to the other side of the house to get a tool. I walked up to him with the paslode framing nailer and from about five feet I fired a couple of 3 1/2 framing nails at him. Since the thing doesn't really have sights, per se, my aim was a bit high and the nail missed him. That's my gardening story this year. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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