Sunflowers galore- Okra- rattlesnake beans and tomatoes- few squash. Everything else kind of Petered out. My Luffa project still doing well. Bout ready to plow it under. Been gathering the good and putting up. Sunflowers for the chickens and birds.
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Been using cardboard boxes and paper feed sacks between the rows. Or we'd never get caught up. Picking okra tomatoes peppers rattlesnake beans abd crook necks daily. Eating many of them too.
Potatoes i still have to dig up. One cool morning when i get up early.
3rd day in...
My compost bin is just another place to grow things. Was going to actually buy a load of composted mulch this week.
Lot of rain this week- work has been minimal. We picked a bunch of Okra- Spotted beans- Crook necks and Tomatoes of all types. Supper from the garden tonight, fried Okra and CN's...
This might be one of them time i tegret not doing FaceBook or Twitter (any longer).
For you Zucchini growers
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Certain varieties of peas do very well in the cool fall weather. A bush type will do well. Beware rabbits love the tender new leaves
Okra does better in the hotter part of the season. You may have time still to plant okra. If you can find a 75 day maturity type. Hint to Okra soak the...
Gonna stick a couple more in the ground this morning. Found them in pantry yesterday while storing new potatoes. I had ordered some purple swet potatoe slips. From a Heirloom seed company in Missouri. Got a check back from them 2 months later saying they couldn't fill my order. Along with a...
My Gernan Johnsons are beginning to ripen. They look awesome. I have a few holes in garden too , i will look for more peppers. Off now. Fertilizing this morning.
Had a good rain last night. After i shut the water off. It was all needed after 2 days above 100 degrees.
We both worked in garden last evening for a couple hours. We have beans forming now. Will have them coming out our ears soon.
Somethings we planted too much of Rattlesnake beans be one of...
Squirrels are just rats with cute tails... Don't trust their innocent looks and clown like behaviors as good. They are just suckering you in for the freebees. They love tomatoes and squash and cukes and melons. They can be more destructive that the cute little cotton tailed, nose twitching ...