How Does Your Garden Grow??????

As hot as the last few days have been, a shorter growing season has it attractions

It's 88F here @ 1600 this afternoon, and wunderground has in big blue letters, Today's forecast is Much Cooler than yesterday. It was 96 yesterday.

Been hot here too man, mid 90's past 10 days or so, it's supposed to cool down to upper 80's, low 90's next week.

Dave's Not Here said:

Been hot here too man, mid 90's past 10 days or so, it's supposed to cool down to upper 80's, low 90's next week.

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We've had three days of big bad thunderstorms. Looks like no more rain for the next week or so. Got about 5 inches this week. But it dries up in a hurry.

Larry {the} Gardener said:

We've had three days of big bad thunderstorms. Looks like no more rain for the next week or so. Got about 5 inches this week. But it dries up in a hurry.

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sheeeit what I wouldn't do for an inch of rain. tomorrow's supposed to be 115

It doesn't grow at all, sigh....haven't done anything in the yard (veg), and I've got hundreds of mj seeds just sitting around aging/dying...

Big_Lou said:

It doesn't grow at all, sigh....haven't done anything in the yard (veg), and I've got hundreds of mj seeds just sitting around aging/dying...

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Put a few seeds in soil. I've popped so many of my Sidetracked: seeds that I'm having to move on down the list to some of the lesser crosses from last year. Six months from now I'm hoping to have enough I won't have to do that next season.

Larry {the} Gardener said:

Put a few seeds in soil. I've popped so many of my Sidetracked: seeds that I'm having to move on down the list to some of the lesser crosses from last year. Six months from now I'm hoping to have enough I won't have to do that next season.

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I have plans for my potatoes, onions, lettuce, etc., and as far as the other seeds are concerned, I think I'm gonna Johnny Appleseed it and toss a few palmfuls into the weeded (snicker) area out back. I'm going to try and cull the best seeds for a possible indoor grow, also. (Barebones stuff; just enough for me.)

Big_Lou said:

I have plans for my potatoes, onions, lettuce, etc., and as far as the other seeds are concerned, I think I'm gonna Johnny Appleseed it and toss a few palmfuls into the weeded (snicker) area out back. I'm going to try and cull the best seeds for a possible indoor grow, also. (Barebones stuff; just enough for me.)

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I've thought about doing something like that. Maybe 25-30 of my Slo2 in the huckleberry patch for a late crop. I'm not trying for much weight either. I need lots of plants to get a male or two for breeding. Once I get my seed situation nailed down, I won't do near as many as this year. This is too damn much work for someone my age.

I got all the young stuff {squash, winter squash, cucumbers, Armenian cucumbers} hoed the last couple of days. Also hoed the 2nd planting of melons, banana cantaloupe and Armenian cucumbers. They need side dressing, but I ran out of time.

I cut the first okra yesterday. Added it to a pot of peas today. Pretty good.



One kind of my sweet pumpkins turned orange yesterday or today.



I ate my first melon. It was a rotten ended Charleston Gray. About 90% ripe. Still pretty good. I clipped a small Crimson Sweet yesterday, but haven't cut it yet. {one of my customers gave me a melon tonight. They cut a couple and I sampled them. Pretty good}

Had a little cloud blow up yesterday while I was planting the skips in my squash and winter squash. Almost 4 inches of rain, 3 1/2 of which came in 30 minutes. I spent today trying to uncover everything.

First blooms on 2nd planting of peas. I got them hoed and laid down cardboard between 3 or 4 rows. I also raked up the grass clippings from the backyard to go on top of the cardboard, just haven't got it to the garden yet.



Mini sweet peppers. {grown from seeds from store bought peppers} I eat two or three of these a day in the garden. {sorry about the camera strap. I didn't see it until I had already posted}

My little low impact gardensMy little one's pumpkin patch some catnip lol.and others.

I have a little plot in a community garden here where I'm growing various peppers and a wild flower called milkweed from seed. some raspberries, blackberries and some basil is all she wrote this season.
The vine is called hyacinth bean. The cem is along the road I walk to the garden. I'm not growing in a cemetery, lol.

farmerfischer said:

My little low impact gardensView attachment 3720349View attachment 3720351My little one's pumpkin patch View attachment 3720352some catnip lol.View attachment 3720353and others.

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Looking good. I need to do lower impact next year. {and less of it} Now that everything has to be picked everyday, I'm having trouble keeping up.

Now it's the melons that are ripe and will only last a week or so. I'm eating two or three of the small ones a day in the garden.

dannyboy602 said:

I have a little plot in a community garden here where I'm growing various peppers and a wild flower called milkweed from seed. some raspberries, blackberries and some basil is all she wrote this season.
The vine is called hyacinth bean. The cem is along the road I walk to the garden. I'm not growing in a cemetery, lol.

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Since my Daddy died in '02, caring for the family graveyard has fell to me. I have been replacing the bushes around the parking area this year. My biggest problem is Mamma wanting to plant little wildflower patches all over. They do look good, but it makes mowing such a PITA.

So far no complaints for the folks who stay down there though.

dam it nex year im growin me some fuckin watermelon.

dannyboy602 said:

dam it nex year im growin me some fuckin watermelon.

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They take up a lot of space relative to the amount of fruit, but damn they are good on a hot day.

Larry {the} Gardener said:

They take up a lot of space relative to the amount of fruit, but damn they are good on a hot day.

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I bet they are larry...I have the space in the community garden...neeext year. too late now I think

dannyboy602 said:

I bet they are larry...I have the space in the community garden...neeext year. too late now I think

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Back when I truck farmed, we moved a lot of the Crimson Sweet melons. They are small enough most folks can find room in the fridge for half of one. Very good taste. Though the Charleston Gray's are tasting good too. Haven't got a ripe one off the Tendersweet's yet.

I'll get in on this once my phone is back in my hand.