Your 2024 Garden

[LTAY1946]

I managed to plant 6 hills of summer squash before the rain chased me inside. 3 hills of Cupcakes and 3 hill of Golden Nugget.

 

[fuzzi]

Pruned, wrapped, and tied my Summer squash.

Found one squash bug, fed it to Naomi. I swear she "smacked her lips" after eating it!

There are a few 1-2" squash fruits on the vines.

I also pruned the lowest branches of the tomatoes.

The lettuce is about spent, ready to bolt.

Then I thinned out the carrots:

The flock appreciated the carrot tops.

I went inside the house, ate a little late lunch, and boiled eggs. When I went back outside I found an order of temporary fencing had arrived. And as I dragged the box to the shed I saw one of my feral cats rolling on her back in my melon bed, on top of my melon seedlings!

Good timing! I threw together a temporary deterrent:

It feels much like the plastic rings that were used on 6 packs of Coke cans. It should be fine for temporary fencing purposes.

And also saw this little guy on a squash leaf...eat bugs, buddy!

 

[LTAY1946]

This is my first season with vining yellow summer squash. Once this stormy spell is over I'll plant some of the seed and some in sequential plantings. I had planned on using a cattle panel for them but I like the way you could wrap them on the stakes. I'm going to try and drive some 2x2's in the ground that are 8' long down about a foot and a half into our clay leaving the squash 6 1/2' to grow on. I'm thinking it will not hurt to connect the tops of the stakes down the row and across the row to make a stronger place for them to climb. We get some strong winds here and I need to be prepared. I may can rip some 2x4's into 3 stakes that would make them easier to drive into the ground. Going to try that first.

Pruned, wrapped, and tied my Summer squash.
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Found one squash bug, fed it to Naomi. I swear she "smacked her lips" after eating it!

There are a few 1-2" squash fruits on the vines.

 

[fuzzi]

This is my first season with vining yellow summer squash. Once this stormy spell is over I'll plant some of the seed and some in sequential plantings. I had planned on using a cattle panel for them but I like the way you could wrap them on the stakes. I'm going to try and drive some 2x2's in the ground that are 8' long down about a foot and a half into our clay leaving the squash 6 1/2' to grow on. I'm thinking it will not hurt to connect the tops of the stakes down the row and across the row to make a stronger place for them to climb. We get some strong winds here and I need to be prepared. I may can rip some 2x4's into 3 stakes that would make them easier to drive into the ground. Going to try that first.

I was pleased with how well the squash plants produced last year, the first time I tried this method.

 

[LTAY1946]

Some years back I grew some cayenne peppers in 5 gallon buckets. This year I have them on a sweet potato type ridge. I just wonder if the frogs and grasshoppers will find them?

 

[Sally PB]

For anyone who has cherry trees... how do you keep the birds from eating the cherries? This is the first year we will get a cherry crop, IF the birds don't get them.

Does the reflective tape work?

 

[tripletfeb]

For anyone who has cherry trees... how do you keep the birds from eating the cherries? This is the first year we will get a cherry crop, IF the birds don't get them.

Does the reflective tape work?

How tall are they? Can you use a netting?