CathyA
8-14-15, 10:13am
Wow......this summer is really going fast. My garden is pooping out sooner than usual this year.....But that's okay.....'cause I am too. :~)
I'm planning on converting almost everything in the garden to raised container gardens for next year. I'll have about 9 containers, and my swing set. I'm evening going to plant pole beans in them, with trellises in the ground next to them.
I tried that this year in my back yard and the pole beans are trying to reach a nearby branch of a tree! Cathy and the bean stalk... haha
Everyone on the gardenweb tomato forum told me that I shouldn't have planted 6 Roma tomatoes in a 6' foot (70 gallon) stocktank..........but they were wrong. These Romas saved the day (with all the monsoon rains). They are pooping out because of septoria leaf spot......but they've given me a lot of tomatoes that I've frozen. The San Marzano tomatoes that were in the ground have only given me a few.
I planted 6 peppers and 2 sun sugar cherry tomatoes in another 6' stock tank and they are all doing great. Now I need to figure out how to plug a couple of the drainage holes, because they drain too quickly. I'm trying to figure out a drain plug system where, from underneath the containers, I can either open or close the drains. That way, I can shift from drought to monsoon..........which seems to be the future of the weather.
The cucumbers are slowly plugging along, growing up the swingset trellis. I don't have nearly what I usually have, but at least I have some.
I picked some of the green tomatoes for a green tomato casserole. It's so yummy.........green tomatoes, fresh bread crumbs, grated cheddar cheese.
I saved up enough cucumbers to make Danish cucumber salad (marinated cucs and onions with dill). I usually made this constantly last summer, but because the cucs aren't growing well this year (because of the monsoons).....we've only had it once........which made it even more special.
Many of the hostas are blooming in the back yard and the hummingbirds and bees are loving the blossoms. I'm getting yellow and pink waterlilies, but still no lotus blossoms. I have about 6-8 green frogs sitting around on lily pads.
But most of all..........I have mosquitoes!! We spend most of our time outdoors slapping ourselves. haha It's funny........when I talk about all this stuff, it makes it sound like my place is sooooo perfect. Well, it is perfect in a VERY rustic/rural/weedy/jungle sense. But we love it!
Okay........your turn.
I'm planning on converting almost everything in the garden to raised container gardens for next year. I'll have about 9 containers, and my swing set. I'm evening going to plant pole beans in them, with trellises in the ground next to them.
I tried that this year in my back yard and the pole beans are trying to reach a nearby branch of a tree! Cathy and the bean stalk... haha
Everyone on the gardenweb tomato forum told me that I shouldn't have planted 6 Roma tomatoes in a 6' foot (70 gallon) stocktank..........but they were wrong. These Romas saved the day (with all the monsoon rains). They are pooping out because of septoria leaf spot......but they've given me a lot of tomatoes that I've frozen. The San Marzano tomatoes that were in the ground have only given me a few.
I planted 6 peppers and 2 sun sugar cherry tomatoes in another 6' stock tank and they are all doing great. Now I need to figure out how to plug a couple of the drainage holes, because they drain too quickly. I'm trying to figure out a drain plug system where, from underneath the containers, I can either open or close the drains. That way, I can shift from drought to monsoon..........which seems to be the future of the weather.
The cucumbers are slowly plugging along, growing up the swingset trellis. I don't have nearly what I usually have, but at least I have some.
I picked some of the green tomatoes for a green tomato casserole. It's so yummy.........green tomatoes, fresh bread crumbs, grated cheddar cheese.
I saved up enough cucumbers to make Danish cucumber salad (marinated cucs and onions with dill). I usually made this constantly last summer, but because the cucs aren't growing well this year (because of the monsoons).....we've only had it once........which made it even more special.
Many of the hostas are blooming in the back yard and the hummingbirds and bees are loving the blossoms. I'm getting yellow and pink waterlilies, but still no lotus blossoms. I have about 6-8 green frogs sitting around on lily pads.
But most of all..........I have mosquitoes!! We spend most of our time outdoors slapping ourselves. haha It's funny........when I talk about all this stuff, it makes it sound like my place is sooooo perfect. Well, it is perfect in a VERY rustic/rural/weedy/jungle sense. But we love it!
Okay........your turn.