The Garden is in...

[topper]

In the June 25th photo, the corn in the field looks like it had a head start on your corn.

Now your corn is taller!  

All that personal attention sure makes a difference!

[rendezvous]

Believe it or not that corn in the field is taller than mine. It's feed corn, it is much taller than sweet corn, but no wheres as good eating!

[topper]

Jul 22, 2015 18:56:49 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

Believe it or not that corn in the field is taller than mine. It's feed corn, it is much taller than sweet corn, but no wheres as good eating!

Dang!!! I was afraid that maybe it was the camera making the field corn look smaller. But didn't want to believe it.

[rendezvous]

Jul 23, 2015 15:45:57 GMT -5 topper said:

Jul 22, 2015 18:56:49 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

Believe it or not that corn in the field is taller than mine. It's feed corn, it is much taller than sweet corn, but no wheres as good eating!

Dang!!! I was afraid that maybe it was the camera making the field corn look smaller. But didn't want to believe it.

You should see my camera work with fish, every one is a trophy! 

[tkfurs]

Jul 23, 2015 17:13:37 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

Jul 23, 2015 15:45:57 GMT -5 topper said:

Dang!!! I was afraid that maybe it was the camera making the field corn look smaller. But didn't want to believe it.

You should see my camera work with fish, every one is a trophy! 

I want a camera like that!!

[rendezvous]

Pulled a few weeds this morning, side-dressed the corn with blood meal and added some mulch(straw) to the potato box. May have to water the garden the first time this year, its been dry and not much rain in the immediate forecast...

[rendezvous]

Still learning the camera and youtube, but here's how the garden is coming along...



youtu.be/6IW7LWGQJ30

[histopicker]

Jul 30, 2015 10:03:56 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

Still learning the camera and youtube, but here's how the garden is coming along...



youtu.be/6IW7LWGQJ30

I am glad to see you on the tube. I subscribed to your channel.

[hogkiller]

Strange thing not seeing several hundred mosquitos come flying out when you picked up those bean plant's like mine. lol

Garden looks great,,how do you keep the tree chickens out of the corn without a fence?

[rendezvous]

Jul 30, 2015 17:24:14 GMT -5 histopicker said:

Jul 30, 2015 10:03:56 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

Still learning the camera and youtube, but here's how the garden is coming along...



youtu.be/6IW7LWGQJ30

I am glad to see you on the tube. I subscribed to your channel.

Thanks, as soon a I got on You Tube their stock went down 30 points! 

[rendezvous]

Jul 30, 2015 19:15:32 GMT -5 hogkiller said:

Strange thing not seeing several hundred mosquitos come flying out when you picked up those bean plant's like mine. lol

Garden looks great,,how do you keep the tree chickens out of the corn without a fence?

We haven't had a lot of mosquitoes, we have a lot of bats though? What the heck is a "tree chicken"? 

[hogkiller]

Jul 31, 2015 6:21:36 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

Jul 30, 2015 19:15:32 GMT -5 hogkiller said:

Strange thing not seeing several hundred mosquitos come flying out when you picked up those bean plant's like mine. lol

Garden looks great,,how do you keep the tree chickens out of the corn without a fence?

We haven't had a lot of mosquitoes, we have a lot of bats though? What the heck is a "tree chicken"? 

That's what i call squirrel. My little one love's tree chicken,,,won't eat squirrel though,,,,lmao!!

[rendezvous]

Jul 31, 2015 17:32:07 GMT -5 hogkiller said:

Jul 31, 2015 6:21:36 GMT -5 rendezvous said:

We haven't had a lot of mosquitoes, we have a lot of bats though? What the heck is a "tree chicken"? 

That's what i call squirrel. My little one love's tree chicken,,,won't eat squirrel though,,,,lmao!!

I have never had problems with squirrels, deer is another thing...

[rendezvous]

I got off my butt and did a little picking. Not a big fan of string beans, pick a few, I only eat them young and raw. I only grow string beans to have the "Three Sisters"(corn, beans and squash) in my garden, my wife was a Mohawk. Peppers are growing well, it's Sausage, Onion and peppers for lunch! Nothing else is ready yet, I did do a carrot check though... 

[rendezvous]

Finally! The first ripe tomato of this summer! 



Tomato sandwich... 


And a BLT on rye... 

[swampcat]

Nice Garden, and beautiful country there..

Question were you a gardener before starting to trap?

I was, got sick of coons in the corn patch.

I subscribed to your channel too.

[rendezvous]

Thanks. I was a gardener first I guess, well at least helping my father in the garden at a pretty young age. I spent a lot of time weeding the garden. I think I started trapping about 12? Here deer are the biggest threat to the sweet corn. 

Thanks for subscribing, just playing with it...

[rendezvous]

Sweet corn is finally ready!  Ribs, tomatoes and corn for lunch today. Sausage, onion and peppers for dinner... 

[rendezvous]

I just did my final pick and clean up of the garden. Everything went well except the pumpkins, I usually get 20 or so pumpkins, I only got 4? Tomatoes were awesome, I have been getting bottom rot for the past 5-6 years, what I thought was the blight and didn't think there was much I could do? Bottom rot is largely caused be calcium deficiency. After researching bottom rot, one remedy was dry-milk. I started early and applied the dry-milk 4 times throughout the summer, no bottom rot! I am going to apply bone meal this fall.



Here's some peppers, onions, pumpkins and a few carrots. I left some carrots in the garden to keep them for potential muskrat bait.


Then there was the Potato Box...


The initial removing of boards didn't look promising.


Then there was a little glimmer of hope...



Well, some potatoes, a few huge ones. Not a great success but some potatoes, I'm glad I didn't buy a french fry cutter. All my potatoes were on the bottom.



Potatoes are on the menu, for at least a couple of meals

Also the corn was awesome and saving a few marigold seeds. 

[nytrapper23]

Nice job rondy , I need to get my butt out and get mine cleaned up . What does bottom rot look like ?

[topper]

Nice size to them onions too. I've never been able to get them that big!!!  

Are you going to try the potato box again? Do anything different?

[tkfurs]

Oct 2, 2015 17:54:14 GMT -5 nytrapper23 said:

Nice job rondy , I need to get my butt out and get mine cleaned up . What does bottom rot look like ?

Here you go Wade

www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/tomato-blossom-rot.htm

I had this last year too, wasn't as bad this year, but I still need to add some calcium to the dirt.

[rendezvous]

Oct 2, 2015 17:54:14 GMT -5 nytrapper23 said:

Nice job rondy , I need to get my butt out and get mine cleaned up . What does bottom rot look like ?

The bottom side of the tomato (either a green or ripened one) develops a sunken, leathery dark brown or black spot. Gardeners most often notice BER when fruit is 1/3 to 1/2 its full size.
Caused by a calcium imbalance. I would get one ripe tomato and all the rest with bottom rot...

I found this picture.

[rendezvous]

Oct 2, 2015 18:14:29 GMT -5 topper said:

Nice size to them onions too. I've never been able to get them that big!!!  

Are you going to try the potato box again? Do anything different?

Those are my smaller onions, I have picked the larger onions first. I have pretty good soil and keep them weeded.

The Potato Box, we'll see if I give it another shot next year? Probably the traditional way next time and pick CJ's brain on potatoes, he definitely can grow potatoes!

[brl]

Rondy did your potatoes grow just on the bottom?

[rendezvous]

Oct 5, 2015 7:17:23 GMT -5 brl said:

Rondy did your potatoes grow just on the bottom?

 There was a lot... of dirt on top of those few potatoes I grew, all my potatoes were on the bottom!