Ok, my wussified frilly side is showing. It's been a year since I've seen 'em - and they did not disappoint. Sorta feel like I have my own can-can girls! I don't eat'em or can'em but I shore do like look'n at 'em!
What's Growing in the Garden
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Great looking ruffels!!
These are the Jap. mums all staked out. Sure hope this is a fun experiment! Taller ones on the left - shorter on the right.
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Cherry pudding and cherry pit syrup on the menu for the end of the week.
Neighbors called tonight and once again had more cherries than they wanted. A little under a gallon, but enough to make some pudding and freeze some for later.
Neighbors called tonight and once again had more cherries than they wanted. A little under a gallon, but enough to make some pudding and freeze some for later.
Cherry season is just starting here in TN on the plateau. My workmate brought a bit of sour cherry jam to work from this year's harvest
We spent the last week camping and came home to plenty to harvest out of the garden.
Bok Choy, Red Leaf Lettuce, Chijimisai, Mizuna, Arugula, and White Icicle Radishes. None of these are things we've grown before. And some of these are things we've never eaten before, but grew to try them.
Bok Choy, Red Leaf Lettuce, Chijimisai, Mizuna, Arugula, and White Icicle Radishes. None of these are things we've grown before. And some of these are things we've never eaten before, but grew to try them.
@Mike Hill and @trc65 - don't ask me to identify the variety - every variety of hostas are "hostas" to me - but saw these while we were at Bond Falls in the western part of MI's UP. All over there. Perhaps planted around the boardwalk for erosion control, as something that would do well in shade? These had some pretty big leaves on them, certainly bigger than they look in the pic.
Went up to check the veggie garden this morning and all was looking good. Been getting the slugs under control and most of what was planted is advancing well. Went up a couple hours later to water a few things with some added fish emulsion/seaweed fertilizer and found two of my broccoli eaten all to hell. Think I've got a ground hog coming from somewhere. Came down to the house, got what I had on hand and surrounded that area with a low electric fence. Now I'm wondering if it's going to go after the Taters in the other area... Another day on Pestilence Farms.
Maybe it's time to start putting chicken backs and stuff out for the fox and coyote.
Maybe it's time to start putting chicken backs and stuff out for the fox and coyote.
Rabbits get to all my plants. Strawberries, peas, squash, lettuce and cucumbers. I gave use metal chicken wire around everything. They chewed through the more manageable plastic chicken wire. I've read a pepper spray made from cheap hot sauce works, but I haven't tried it yet.
You have Horseradish? There was a local Horseradish field last winter that the county cut a bike path through along the edge of the field. They put in conctrete and sowed grass along the sides. Some Horseradish plants cropped up in the grass, and I knew they would be Round-Uped in the Spring, so I dug up a few and planted them in my raised bed. There're over a foot high now. When do you harvest them? And replant? Ever eat the greens?
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My garden is terrible again this year. Peas didn't germinate. May replant in August and try for a Fall crop. The beans didn't germinate either. I planted a 16' row of climbers this year and only one came up. I'm going to replant today and hopefully get one picking before they're done.
Speaking of wood chips. I put them on my 16' of row of tame blackberries and they seem to do fine. Maybe I should add some wood ashes, though?
Speaking of wood chips. I put them on my 16' of row of tame blackberries and they seem to do fine. Maybe I should add some wood ashes, though?
@Mike Hill thought about you when this flower opened. This is one of my hybrids and it is the first time it has ever bloomed. A beautiful daylily in its own right, but has been doing something crazy.
Now for the really interesting point... this is the same flower bloom , BUT it stayed open for 2 days before falling off!
First picture is Monday, and the second picture Tuesday afternoon( still the same bloom!)
Now for the really interesting point... this is the same flower bloom , BUT it stayed open for 2 days before falling off!
First picture is Monday, and the second picture Tuesday afternoon( still the same bloom!)
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Not in the garden, but pretty in spite of what it is.
If it wasn't a thistle, you could call it an artichoke or a cardoon!
Heck, I like the coloration and the (to me) unusual form! And add 2 days - wowzer!
I've got 3 types. Two "normal" I got from different places and a variegated leaf variety I bought. The catalogue said it would be a few years until the variegation to the leaves comes out - guess it hasn't been a few years yet as they are still all green. I usually don't harvest until well past first frost. I usually dig in from the side and take out what I want and leave the rest. Some people dig all the big roots up and leave all the little ones in the ground till next year. Others dig the whole thing up and save some for replanting. No "right" way.
Funny you ask about the leaves. I've eaten them, "standing there in the dirt", but never a mess of em. All I have is 3 established clumps (with 3 young'uns growing) - and afraid if I take enough leaves to make up a mess, it would stunt the roots. They taste rather peppery - not unlike arugula or kale. On my oldest bunch - when I was given the start - did not have a bed ready, so I just put it in a big pot (probably 20 gal) that previously held a blueberry bush that just died. The horseradish had now been in the pot for 15 years or more and does well - and easy to harvest. Now, the roots will grow down through the drainage holes and root into the soil if you have it not sitting on the concrete walk or deck. Then when you move the pot, there are little roots left in the ground that grow into another clump. That's how 2 of the 3 younger clumps I have started.
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Cool, but not like any hosta I have ever seen. Skunk cabbage? Y'all got stuff up there in the norther hinte......er.......winter wonderland, that we don't got. Two other bigger leafed plants with the type of form might be Petasites and Eurybia (sorta).
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Way cool.
Sour Cherry Jam be good!