Gardens 2019

UPDATE we have 5/6 trees down in our drive. 3 on my garden and more in the woods.
Counted 11 or 12 total. The Corps will come on Tuesday to clear what is on my garden. They have people trapped in a camping area so they have priority of course.
My husband finally got up at 10 after I made him. So far he has taken pictures and that's it. The day is half gone. He called someone and they said they were booked till Monday but if he had called earlier. Lol

We drove home in That storm . A huge old oak tree blew down across the road on the rual road we live on . We back tracked and detoured to get home .

Our neighbors had losses. One lost a tree. Pulled up by roots. That's a hard wind

Im sitting outside at Our pick nick table watching this next round of storms roll in .

I had to take mom to the doctor and coming home the clouds are getting worse.

I was up in Murphy NC in a bucket truck most of the day. The sky just kept getting darker and more breezy. Luckily we finished up and got out of dodge before any rain started, or thunder/lightning.

I think the rain is gone for a few days.

Hopefully the Corps will get the other trees off my garden tomorrow. Also, I hope they help with the fence the tree knocked down. It Should be their responsibility, but I'm unsure how the system works.

It's been really nice here but dry the last couple of days. Partly cloudy and temps in the 50's and 60's. We had a little rain and snow last week. We're getting some strawberries now. The wild strawberries that I transplanted last year are doing good and producing some small tasty berries too.
It looks like we lost 2 grape plants from the frost and a couple others are struggling. All of the fruit trees look good and several apple trees are loaded with fruit. I'm a little disappointed that some of the cherry trees don't have any fruit.

Walking down the lane today and hear a crack. Boom another tree dropped across the road. Luckily the road crew was just up the road cleaning and notice the entire event. The cleaned it up for me.

The Corps is still here working . The two women have worked very hard today. There are 3 or 4 trees on top of each other. I will still have to fix a temp fence tonight because the deer will destroy the garden in one night without a fence.

Oh, I have another baby chick. Just stood up for the first time.

I went down and fixed a temp nylon fence because the two workers were here for 3+ hours and managed to spend most of the time trying to get the pole saw unstuck from the tree.

I may be a sexist because I don't think it would have gone this way with 2 men.

Oh, they won't be back to finish until next Tuesday.

So my husband comes home at 3:30 p.m (he did bring food). I'm in the garden where I have been for hours off and on. In between cleaning the chicken house, vacuuming the pool etc.

I walk in with my hair plastered to my head and sweat dripping off my nose. He actually looked at me and said " oh my, I am so dehydrated. I had to SIT in the sun for 2 hours at the golf tournament ".

I just looked at him and he said "yeah I know you've had it worse. You always do". I just shook my head.

Need recipes for thoes white disc looking squash . I planted some and they are growing fast .

Not from me. We are yellow and zucchini type people.

Psalm7 said:

Need recipes for thoes white disc looking squash . I planted some and they are growing fast .

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robinjopo said:

Not from me. We are yellow and zucchini type people.

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I have some yellow squash that must be fifteen pounds now! I’ve been busy and neglected the garden recently. I will probably harvest the seeds but don’t eat the large yellow ones. I like zucchini the most but didn’t plant any this year for some unknown reason. The tomatoes are just now producing the first ripe tomatoes of the year. Picked a load of figs yesterday for preserves. It was a banner year for them, there must be a thousand figs on the four trees. most of the apple trees are covered with so much fruit they are sagging almost to the ground. Think about three more weeks till they are ripe. It’s a good year for Mellon’s too, have lots of cantaloupes, honey dews and watermelons. Those are the successes. Didn’t get a single plum from eight trees this time around. Peas sucked too. Every year is different so my advice is plant lots of different things and at least that way you will have something to eat.

At the end of the season, I always let a squash and a zucchini stay on the vine until vine is dead. Then I harvest the seeds. If you don't leave it until its almost rotten, the seeds won't be viable for planting.

I'm sure you already know that.

robinjopo said:

At the end of the season, I always let a squash and a zucchini stay on the vine until vine is dead. Then I harvest the seeds. If you don't leave it until its almost rotten, the seeds won't be viable for planting.

I'm sure you already know that.

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I’ve always thought it was best to get seeds from larger fruits but that was all. I’m pretty well stocked on seeds for the rest of my life, but using seeds from my own garden is somehow satisfying. Learning to propagate your plants is an important part of gardening and homesteading. So far I’ve done well with Mellon’s, Oakland, tomatoes, radishes, cukes, and some others.

Brent S said:

I’ve always thought it was best to get seeds from larger fruits but that was all. I’m pretty well stocked on seeds for the rest of my life, but using seeds from my own garden is somehow satisfying. Learning to propagate your plants is an important part of gardening and homesteading. So far I’ve done well with Mellon’s, Oakland, tomatoes, radishes, cukes, and some others.

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Me too. I save beans, okra, squash, zucchini, tomatoes and flowers. I think the hardest are tomatoes because you have to ferment them. I always try to save lettuce, radishes, spinach etc. too.

I save seeds and buy seeds each year . I only save squash seeds if I only planted one kind of squash . They cross pollinate with zucchini , some gourds and pumpkins .
I like Dixie hybrids and summer crook neck for yellow squash We planted both this year then I made a second small squash patch about 100 feet away with gray zucchini , thoes white squash and a real dark winter squash .

Psalm7 said:

Need recipes for thoes white disc looking squash . I planted some and they are growing fast .

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Granny and I love the white patty squash. I use it like I would use yellow squash in casserole recipes or just sautee them in bacon grease with onions and garlic with whatever seasoning you like. I will can them up for frying later.

I do find that if the pattys grow more "ballish" verses the flatter disk the skin can get tough and will need to be peeled