The 2010 Garden Thread

**pgg** · 05-28-10, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by IMGreat101

Remember corn needs to be planted in a "block" not a row.

Are you planting bush or pole beans?
(bush produces faster, pole takes longer but keeps producing longer)

Asparagus will take a few years to produce. If you can find it in the wild, it is better than homegrown.

Everything is done in long rows (about 3 rows in a 1/4 acre spot for the corn). The beans are done with stakes and string for them to grow on. Thinking about asparagus in a corner of the plot for that purpose. I grew up on a farm and we grew about 40 acres of row crops

**IMGreat101** · 05-28-10, 07:06 AM

The beans are done with stakes and string for them to grow on.

We have had beans vine up to 20 feet.

**IMGreat101** · 05-31-10, 10:17 AM

2 lbs. of strawberries

Onions/Scallions and radishes

The scrap marble flower tower is done

**Ducky** · 05-31-10, 02:07 PM

I love the tower and am envious of your harvests.

**IMGreat101** · 06-03-10, 10:04 AM

Picked 3 lbs.

I gave the first batch to my folks.

**Ducky** · 06-03-10, 02:19 PM

*drool*

**IMGreat101** · 06-09-10, 01:32 PM

onions and radishes

MOAR RHUBARB!!!

picked

clipped

STRAWBERRIES

Another 8 1/4 lbs. One of our secrets is shown here. The rubber snake is our "scarecrow". We have lost nearly the whole patch to birds one year. This year we have not lost 1!
This brings the total to 13 1/4 lbs. (the best year was 20 lbs.)

Most of this went to my folks.

**pgg** · 06-09-10, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by IMGreat101

STRAWBERRIES

Another 8 1/4 lbs. One of our secrets is shown here. The rubber snake is our "scarecrow". We have lost nearly the whole patch to birds one year. This year we have not lost 1!
This brings the total to 13 1/4 lbs. (the best year was 20 lbs.)

Most of this went to my folks.

Whatever you do don't show Lewisipso this picture. He WILL shoot the computer

**IMGreat101** · 06-09-10, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by pgg

Whatever you do don't show Lewisipso this picture. He WILL shoot the computer

**IMGreat101** · 06-09-10, 05:24 PM

From left to right

lettuce/greens/radishes

tomatoes/basil/beets

potatoes

tomatoes/beets

beans/peas/cucumbers/spaghetti squash

zucchini/squash/potatoes

onions/garlic

**IMGreat101** · 07-01-10, 10:25 AM

Sugar snap peas and baby gypsy peppers. The peppers are an ingredient in a cooking competition I am in. If you want to follow this, pm me and I will send you the link.

A few beets

The beets went to my folks, we ate the greens.

More peas from an earlier date.

**IMGreat101** · 07-05-10, 12:17 PM

A perfect collard plant

Yellow summer squash. We will be eating some of the blossoms tonight.

Zucchini. Some of these blossoms will be harvested also.

Green beans, jalapenos, garden salsa peppers, sugar snap peas
(Two bags of bread gf and I made last night, naan and hamburger buns)

**CTR man** · 07-05-10, 01:24 PM

A lot of great eating here. Fruits and vegetables have a lot of anti-oxidants which are great cancer fighters.

Originally Posted by IMGreat101

STRAWBERRIES

Another 8 1/4 lbs. One of our secrets is shown here. The rubber snake is our "scarecrow". We have lost nearly the whole patch to birds one year. This year we have not lost 1!
This brings the total to 13 1/4 lbs. (the best year was 20 lbs.)

Most of this went to my folks.

Originally Posted by pgg

Whatever you do don't show Lewisipso this picture. He WILL shoot the computer

Then he will bury it and shoot it again.

**IMGreat101** · 07-11-10, 04:22 PM

fried squash blossoms

flour
egg
salt
pepper

stuffed with
bleu cheese
cream cheese
kalamata olives, diced

fried and served with ranch dressing

**IMGreat101** · 08-07-10, 09:25 PM

Tomatoes are not doing so well in this area. A combination of too much rain and extreme heat has reduced yields and created more disease and insect issues.

A few more beets. This seems to be a bulletproof crop for us.

Squash, beans, onions,cucumbers. The cucumbers seem to be producing more nubbins.

tomorrow it is time to dig a few taters!

**Jenna** · 08-07-10, 09:44 PM

Yummy!

**IMGreat101** · 08-08-10, 12:54 PM

TATERS!!!

There is approximately 10x more to dig.

Lemon Basil and two other basil, jalapenos and serranos, more green beans and cucumbers

The basil will become pesto. Some of the hot peppers will be for poppers tonight.

**IMGreat101** · 08-14-10, 01:22 PM

The biggest crop failure this year is the tomatoes. We pulled seven of the plants today.

The zucchini and yellow squash have not done well either. We are leaving them in to harvest the blossoms.

Happy basil plants. We have topped these four times this year.

Okra blossom and okra

Okra, jalapenos, serranos, green tomatoes

**IMGreat101** · 08-14-10, 01:29 PM

The last of the beets

Baby spaghetti squash

A few more onions

Green beans, cucumbers and some Chapati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia we made for an Indian meal.

**Jenna** · 08-14-10, 01:35 PM

What a healthy, delicious, and environmentally friendly harvest! As you sow, so you shall reap!

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