At this point in time, my garden is really taking off. My Ornamental Indian corn is now 5 inches tall. I have 9 hills of pumpkins. I planted 10 but one of my cats pooped on one of them as soon as it broke ground and killed it LOL!! Anyway, the remaining 9 look really good, they're about 3 inches tall. Most of my bedding plants got killed when my wonderful cats decided to use my flower bed as a litterbox :rolleyes: so I have 6 out of 24 still alive, but I'm expecting more fatalities any day now. My Sunflowers are about 5 inches tall, but they've been under the attack of aphids of some sort.So I'm keeping my fingers crossed on those. I caught one of my tomcats hosing down one of my Alberta Spruce trees, and shot him with the hose. You'd be surprised how a direct hit of cold water, to the nuts will clear a cat out of stuff. All in all I'd say it's going pretty good. :smile:
cool!
It would be awesome if my cats weren't terrorists. They seem to rape and pilage everything in the yard. :rolleyes: Today I caught them killing those cute little ground squirrels. Has your new place got room for a garden?? It's probably too late for one this year, but there's always next year. :smile:
Definitely next year. I am looking forward to it.
Plus theres a small farmers market about a quarter mile away, so I'll be hitting them up after we move in.
Quote from: ~Daisy~ on June 30, 2007, 06:59:30 PM
Definitely next year. I am looking forward to it.
Plus theres a small farmers market about a quarter mile away, so I'll be hitting them up after we move in.
Have you ever done any gardening or will it be your first time?? When I was a kid we had an acre garden. I spent alot of Summers planting, weeding and harvesting the garden. At harvest we had to pick apples,grapes and other stuff. I spent alot of time stemming grapes, shelling peas, snapping beans, bundling onions,digging potatoes, etc etc etc. Maybe that's why I don't like very many fruits. :biggrin:
Just tomatoes. Once.
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on June 30, 2007, 07:43:13 PM
Have you ever done any gardening or will it be your first time?? When I was a kid we had an acre garden. I spent alot of Summers planting, weeding and harvesting the garden. At harvest we had to pick apples,grapes and other stuff. I spent alot of time stemming grapes, shelling peas, snapping beans, bundling onions,digging potatoes, etc etc etc. Maybe that's why I don't like very many fruits. :biggrin:
I don't know how big our garden was, but I could get lost in it as a little girl. I hated weeding. That was the worst job ever. Not because it was so hard, but because I'd end up day dreaming and get in trouble. :biggrin:
I used to eat raw corn while I worked or tomatoes, but for some reason, Mom noticed the tomatoes. We had every green and bean known to mankind. Several different types of lettuce, cabbage, potatoes (white and sweet), pumpkins, grapes. We had berry patches too and we use to pretend they were forts and get lost back in the bushes. We encountered so many turtles and snakes back there and to this day, I'm not afraid of snakes. In fact, I kinda like them. Mom would send me for berries and I'd end up w/more on my face and clothes than in the pail. We canned EVERYTHING! I hated it.
One thing that I'm not real fond of, but I eat them because they're good for me, is apples. We had crab apples and a slew of other types of apple trees. They must have been easy to grow. Sour, sweet, you name it..if it was an apple we had it. We even had the most delicious winter apple that Mom used to call a "water crest" that matured in the fall/late fall and it was SO delicious. It is a huge apple w/packets of juice throughout the apple. If you bite into one of those you have juice running down your face. Every now and then I see a similar apple at a farmer's market and I have to buy them.
Unfortunately, I didn't inherit mom's green thumb.
I detest apples, but that water crest one actually sounds good! My number one complaint about apples is how they are so dry and spongy.
Quote from: ~Daisy~ on June 30, 2007, 11:42:42 PM
I detest apples, but that water crest one actually sounds good! My number one complaint about apples is how they are so dry and spongy.
They make me hungry. I can't explain it, but I can eat an apple and I'm starving afterwards, yet I can eat an orange and it curbs my appetite.
Quote from: ~Daisy~ on June 30, 2007, 11:28:25 PM
Just tomatoes. Once.
It will be an awesome expeirience for you. :smile: I love to wait for the plants to pop out of the ground. When they do, I feel a real sense of achivement. I know that sounds corny, but I get real excited about it. It doesn't take much to entertain me LOL!!! I think you'll enjoy it too. :smile:
Quote from: PIYA on June 30, 2007, 11:36:34 PM
I don't know how big our garden was, but I could get lost in it as a little girl. I hated weeding. That was the worst job ever. Not because it was so hard, but because I'd end up day dreaming and get in trouble. :biggrin:
I used to eat raw corn while I worked or tomatoes, but for some reason, Mom noticed the tomatoes. We had every green and bean known to mankind. Several different types of lettuce, cabbage, potatoes (white and sweet), pumpkins, grapes. We had berry patches too and we use to pretend they were forts and get lost back in the bushes. We encountered so many turtles and snakes back there and to this day, I'm not afraid of snakes. In fact, I kinda like them. Mom would send me for berries and I'd end up w/more on my face and clothes than in the pail. We canned EVERYTHING! I hated it.
One thing that I'm not real fond of, but I eat them because they're good for me, is apples. We had crab apples and a slew of other types of apple trees. They must have been easy to grow. Sour, sweet, you name it..if it was an apple we had it. We even had the most delicious winter apple that Mom used to call a "water crest" that matured in the fall/late fall and it was SO delicious. It is a huge apple w/packets of juice throughout the apple. If you bite into one of those you have juice running down your face. Every now and then I see a similar apple at a farmer's market and I have to buy them.
Unfortunately, I didn't inherit mom's green thumb.
It sounds like we had very similar upbringings. :smile: I hated it when Mom used the pressure cooker for canning. Back in those days pressure cookers were a bomb waiting to go off. I was always scared to death of it. I work around them at KFC, but I totally avoid the frying area. I've never heard of that kind of apples. They sound like they'd be good. I've got a Cortland apple tree out back that has some apples on it. Last year it had a bumper crop, it was soo loaded it almost snapped in half. I've never seen that many apples on one tree.
Quote from: ~Daisy~ on June 30, 2007, 11:42:42 PM
I detest apples, but that water crest one actually sounds good! My number one complaint about apples is how they are so dry and spongy.
I hate it when apples get mealy. I love Johnathons. The only time I eat apples, is when they're freshly picked.
We've been enjoying our first few tomatoes of the season. I have baby peppers the size of a nickle in the garden. The ornamental Indian corn is 6 inches tall and my pumpkin plants are just starting to vine out. The Sunflowers have taken a direct hit of aphids, but I think they'll make it. All of the spruce trees we planted are doing good. The grape vines and berry bushes are showing signs of growth. It has been so dry here, I have to water everything every night. It takes about an hour. I wonder how everybody's gardens are doing? Lets have an update guys!!! :smile:
Yes, I'm wondering if Kimmi got her trees yet?
Quote from: PIYA on July 03, 2007, 11:40:51 PM
Yes, I'm wondering if Kimmi got her trees yet?
I'm not sure, I haven't seen her around tonight. Hope everything is ok. :smile:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on July 03, 2007, 11:06:27 PM
We've been enjoying our first few tomatoes of the season. I have baby peppers the size of a nickle in the garden. The ornamental Indian corn is 6 inches tall and my pumpkin plants are just starting to vine out. The Sunflowers have taken a direct hit of aphids, but I think they'll make it. All of the spruce trees we planted are doing good. The grape vines and berry bushes are showing signs of growth. It has been so dry here, I have to water everything every night. It takes about an hour. I wonder how everybody's gardens are doing? Lets have an update guys!!! :smile:
We don't have any tomatoes that are ready for picking, yet...so, that means you either planted your garden earlier than we did...or does that mean it's warmer where you are?
*clueless* :biggrin:
I'm not sure if it could be the temperature. The tomatoe plants were good sized when we bought them,so that could be it. We've been having 90* weather, so I water them every night. We also use Miracle Grow on them. They're pretty small tomatoes, none of them are big. I think we've had 3 so far. :smile:
ahhh...okay! I was beginning to think we did something wrong. No miracle grow here...
Now IF we could keep the bunnies outta the garden, we should have a few maters to pick soon. :yes:
Isn't there a trick to that - keeping the bunnies out? Something about planting flowers around your garden? or no? :confused:
Quote from: Sunny on July 06, 2007, 10:58:05 AM
We don't have any tomatoes that are ready for picking, yet...so, that means you either planted your garden earlier than we did...or does that mean it's warmer where you are?
*clueless* :biggrin:
Both Sunny - you normally don't harvest there until mid or end of July. We have corn here already and remember the PA saying "Knee high by 4th of July" That is because we are in different zones. PIYA is also in a warmer zone and she probably put her tomatoes in earlier.
Bunny repelant - I've heard that pee keeps deer away. I don't know if that works for bunnies. Have a beer drinking party and send the boys around the garden to pee! haha
Oh dear. I know this is all part of life, littlefoot...but, the thought of compost...and now pee around a garden...anywhere near food we will someday consume...
But, I guess the alternative is pesticides & preservatives that we eat on grocery items.
Thanks, kimmi...I'll surely share this tip with hubby tonight. He may even call to thank ya! :wink:
Party on! It is natural! haha
Go ask someone at Home Depot or that tractor supply place over by DeSantis'. I bet they have something that would work great!
Will do...we have about 10 tractor-supply type stores here now...surely I can find some type of repellant.
Now, to keep the neighbor's dog out of my yard. Any suggestions for that? :icon_evil:
BB gun! :razz:
That would be husband's answer.
Or a bigger dog than that one. I'm getting a rottie eventually. I'll let you borrow him/her.
Just promise that you'll clean up the mess. :yes:
Quote from: Sunny on July 07, 2007, 10:38:22 AM
Just promise that you'll clean up the mess. :yes:
Great chore for the kids. :biggrin: Seriously, my daughter is older though and she's had other pets, but that was a condition of getting her a puppy of her own. She cleans up the yard, feeds, waters, bathes and brushes him. It's the one thing I NEVER have to remind her to do. I supervised in the beginning, but she's a natural.
Quote from: Sunny on July 07, 2007, 06:58:16 AM
ahhh...okay! I was beginning to think we did something wrong. No miracle grow here...
Now IF we could keep the bunnies outta the garden, we should have a few maters to pick soon. :yes:
I don't like using fertilizer of any sort, because some of them are toxic to animals. We researched Miracle Grow ,and it's supposed to be OK for animals, if you follow the directions. For the Bunnie problem, I recommend putting pieces of citrus fruit around your plants. That's suppose to work with keeping a wide assortment of animals away. :smile:
Oh...I'll look into that, Dex! Thanks! :yes:
Quote from: Sunny on July 07, 2007, 11:10:14 AM
Oh...I'll look into that, Dex! Thanks! :yes:
No problem. :smile:
Last night I picked 2 peppers from my garden. They were about the size of a baseball. I'm going to cut them up,and put them in my freezer. My pumpkin vines are starting to get very tiny pumpkins on them. I'm really excited about about how well the garden is doing. I am concerned about the Indian corn though. It's about 3 feet tall, but it doesn't have any tassels on it, or starts of developing corn cobs. Just have to wait and see on those.
Don't forget that if you want large pumpkins, you have to pluck off some of the flowers on the vine that are growing pumpkins right now. That way all of the nutrients go to the ones already growing. Same goes for any vine plant. Happy growing!
I trimmed my bushes in the front yesterday. I'm sure they look like hell! haha Oh and I don't claim to be blonde all that often but I did yesterday. I couldn't figure out why my grass never seemed to be short enough. I had moved the deck on my front tires down to the lowest setting. Yeah and didn't realize I had to do that with the back tires! DUH! I'll get this whole house upkeep thing down to a science before I die! :razz:
Quote from: kimmi on July 23, 2007, 08:21:26 AM
Don't forget that if you want large pumpkins, you have to pluck off some of the flowers on the vine that are growing pumpkins right now. That way all of the nutrients go to the ones already growing. Same goes for any vine plant. Happy growing!
I trimmed my bushes in the front yesterday. I'm sure they look like hell! haha Oh and I don't claim to be blonde all that often but I did yesterday. I couldn't figure out why my grass never seemed to be short enough. I had moved the deck on my front tires down to the lowest setting. Yeah and didn't realize I had to do that with the back tires! DUH! I'll get this whole house upkeep thing down to a science before I die! :razz:
LOL!!!! Thanks for the tip on the pumpkins, I didn't know that. :smile: I have the same mechanical problems you do. I have no clue how all that stuff works. I know how to start the mower,engage the blades, and mow with it. If it doesn't idle down enough before you turn the key off, it back fires real loud. :spooked: That's about the time hubby comes running over and says"You need to let it idle down longer, before you turn the key off." :yes: I'm brunette by nature and blond by choice LOL!!!! So, I guess I'm a dingy brunette. :yes:
I'm brunette by nature and blond by choice
Now that is a great saying!
PS: My principal thought my mower story was hilarious!
Quote from: kimmi on July 23, 2007, 12:36:58 PM
I'm brunette by nature and blond by choice
Now that is a great saying!
PS: My principal thought my mower story was hilarious!
When somebody tells a dumb blond joke to me I say," If I wasn't a blond by choice, I might be insulted by that." You ought to see the look on people's faces!!! :o Then they usually bust out laughing. Us blonds gotta be quik with a comeback you know. :wink: :biggrin: